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Daniel Craig was "daunted" by the prospect of making 'Spectre'.
The 47-year-old actor is to return to the role of the secret agent in the Sam Mendes-directed movie, but thinks it's an unenviable task due to the success of 'Skyfall', which became one of the highest-grossing movies of all time when it was released in 2012.
He shared: "I think everyone was just daunted, understandably.
"Like, it's 'the biggest British movie of all time'. What does it f**king mean? Where do we go from there? How do you process that?
"It could have been an albatross around everyone's necks. It turned out not to be, but there was a massive amount of pressure at the beginning."
Daniel promised the eagerly-awaited new movie will be distinct from its predecessors.
He told Esquire magazine: "I love James Bond movies, and I love all the old gags and everything that goes along with that. No disrespect to what happened before but this is completely different. It's got weight and meaning. Because I don't know another way to do it.
"However big and grand it is, however boisterous the script is, you look for the truth in it, and you stick to that, and then you can mess around with it. And if you have that and you have the car chases and the explosions as well, then you're quids in.
"But there have to be consequences. He has to be affected by what happens to him. It's not just that he has to kill the bad guy, there has to be a reason for it."

Reese Witherspoon's career is inspired by real-life stories.
The 39-year-old actress - who stars alongside Arnold Oceng in the 2014 drama movie 'The Good Lie', about a group of Sudanese refugees - has revealed she takes inspiration from true and informative stories, similar to those explored in the Philippe Falardeau-directed movie.
She shared: "I'm definitely one of those people that has post-its everywhere, like, the six evils in the world and how to avoid them, I really do.
"Desire, greed, envy. I try to tell myself all those things to avoid. The positive affirmations, I have to say that 'judge not less ye be judged' is a pretty good one that's sort of guided me through life."
Meanwhile, Reese also advised aspiring stars to follow their own path, rather than taking too much advice from outsiders.
She recalled: "I really wanted to be a Broadway kid and so I went to all these camps in the Catskills and I had to sing and dance and act and I remember getting through the singing coaching session at the end and I had my evaluation and they said, 'Whatever you do - don't sing!'
"I think that I told that story when I won an award for 'Walk The Line.' I was like, 'Thank God I didn't listen to them!'
"Frankly, it was hard to get over that mental block because someone had told me, basically, 'You don't know how to do that. Don't do it.' So you have to be careful what you say to people."
Reese Witherspoon's 'The Good Lie' is out on Blu-ray and DVD now, courtesy of Entertainment One.

Daniel Craig thinks James Bond is a lonely, "sexist and misogynistic" man.
The 47-year-old actor - who is about to return to the big screen for the new Bond movie 'Spectre' - hopes his version of the British spy is not the worst, but believes the womaniser has always discriminated against women and ended up a "sad" and unhappy character because of it.
He said: "Hopefully my Bond is not as sexist and misogynistic as (earlier incarnations). The world has changed.
"I am certainly not that person. But he is ... There's a great sadness. He's got these beautiful women but then they leave. It's sad. And as a man gets older it's not a good look. It might be a nice fantasy, that's debatable, but the reality, after a couple of months..."
Daniel - who's married to actress Rachel Weisz, 45 - thinks the handsome agent isn't someone he could be friends with in real life.
He said: "I don't know if I'd like to spend too much time with him. Maybe an evening but it would have to be early doors. What goes on after hours I'm not so sure about."
Meanwhile, the star revealed he's set to pack away his revolver and hang up his dinner suit because he wants to get on with life after James Bond.
When asked if he's staying with the franchise, he told Esquire magazine: "At this moment, no. I have a life and I've got to get on with it a bit. But we'll see.
"You know, it sounds awful but I've been left a wealthy man by doing this. I can afford to live very comfortably... I'm incredibly fortunate. But the day I can walk into a pub and someone goes, 'Oh, there's Daniel Craig' and then just leaves me alone, that'll be great."

Nicholas Hoult is to play acclaimed writer J.D. Salinger in the biopic 'Rebel in the Rye'.
The 25-year-old Brit - who starred alongside Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron in 'Mad Max: Fury Road' earlier this year - will appear as the American writer best known for his controversial novel 'The Catcher in the Rye' in the Danny Strong-directed movie, Variety reports.
Alex Walton of Bloom, which is currently looking for a foreign buyer for the movie, said: "'The Catcher in the Rye' is a classic coming-of-age story which continues to make a significant impression six generations later.
"The world has long been fascinated with J.D. Salinger, whom the talented Nicholas Hoult will bring to life in this enigmatic role."
Earlier this year, meanwhile, Nicholas revealed he'd like to become the next James Bond - but said he's too young for the part.
Although Nicholas is a self-confessed Bond fan and would relish the opportunity, he doesn't think it's likely.
He shared: "I think I'm too young! He's (Daniel Craig's) got this film and then one more to go, hasn't he? So that's another five years? I'll only be 30, and I think I'd need another few years behind me to play Bond. Maybe a little further down the road, who knows? I mean, I grew up loving James Bond."

Bill Murray filmed a cameo in the 'Ghostbusters' reboot because he wanted to give it his blessing.
The 64-year-old actor - who played Peter Venkman in 'Ghostbusters' and 'Ghostbusters II' - admitted he thought long and hard about working on director Paul Feig's new movie and took on a small role so that everyone would know he approved of it.
Speaking about the film, which stars Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones, he explained to Vulture: "I thought about it for a very long time. Like, many, many months. No, that's not right. I was seriously thinking about this for years, really.
"It kept eating at me, and I really respect those girls. And then I started to feel like if I didn't do this movie, maybe somebody would write a bad review or something, thinking there was some sort of disapproval [on my part].
"I like those girls a lot. I mean, I really do. They are tough to say no to. And Paul is a real nice fellow."
Bill won't reprise the role of Peter in the new movie and is instead believed to be playing a medium who tries to discredit the work of the ghostbusters.
He added: "They were incredibly nice to ask me, and I really enjoyed being there. They have such a jolly group, and they are going to have great success with this project. I didn't want to overshadow [them] or anything, and I feel really good about it."

Margot Robbie struggled to get cast in 'Z for Zachariah'.
The stunning Australian actress admits she wasn't considered a big enough international star when she first auditioned for the movie, but eventually got the role after her breakthrough film 'The Wolf of Wall Street' was released.
She said: "I was actually trying to get the role of Ann in 'Z for Zachariah' before I had done 'Wolf'. But because I hadn't done a large film, I didn't have enough international value to my name to get the film funded.
"So another actress was attached who had been in more bigger budget, commercial films.
"Ironically, you have to do the bigger films in order to make a small film. When I first tried to do 'Z for Zachariah', I couldn't attach enough value to my name."
Margot is also set to star in the much anticipated DC Comics movie 'Suicide Squad', playing the sexily unstable Harley Quinn.
The blonde beauty admits the shoot, which recently finished, was "pretty intense".
She told The Guardian newspaper: "It's pretty intense. It's always bigger than you think it's going to be. I definitely didn't think it through when I took on the job, but once you're in the midst of it, it's too late to take it back.
"The whole comic-book world has such a huge fan base. But fortunately when you're on set every day, you're with the same crew, and the same cast every day for so many months, that you're kind of sheltered from it. You get a taste of it when you do exterior shoots, like on the streets, and fans line up - you're kind of reminded of how closely people are watching and anticipating it.

Matt Damon had to "wait for the world to change" before reprising his role in the 'Bourne' franchise.
The 44-year-old actor hasn't appeared on our screens as Jason Bourne since 2007, when he disappeared at the end of 'The Bourne Ultimatum', but now the Hollywood star is to return to his role and has revealed that his long break from the series was because he was waiting for change.
Speaking to Buzzfeed News about his long absence, Matt explained: "We always looked at those movies as really about the Bush presidency, and so we kind of had to wait for the world to change."
Matt's character was absent from 2012's 'The Bourne Legacy', which instead saw Jeremy Renner introduced as the film's hero, agent Aaron Cross.
Matt explained that while he and director Paul Greengrass considered making another 'Bourne' movie every few years, they couldn't think of a new storyline until former US National Security Agency worker Edward Snowden leaked classified information to the media in 2013.
Of the film, Matt said: "Without giving too much of it away, it's Bourne through an austerity-riddled Europe and in a post-Snowden world."
He continued: "It seems like enough has changed, you know? There are all these kinds of arguments about spying and civil liberties and the nature of democracy."

Jesse Eisenberg doesn't get hassled in public.
The 31-year-old actor - who is known for playing Mark Zuckerberg in 'The Social Network' in 2010 - may have a string of films and productions under his belt but has admitted he is rarely noticed by fans when he goes about his daily business in New York City.
He said: "My life is not scrutinised. If anything, I get to reap the benefits of having more exposure for something that would normally have less exposure."
The hunk believes part of the reason he doesn't get harassed by an adoring following is because he commutes around the city via bicycle and nobody has time to chase after a push bike when their lives are busy enough.
Speaking to The Sunday Times magazine, he explained: "I ride a bicycle. In an urban setting like New York, I can live my life. The thing people care less about here is stopping. Who is going to stop you on the sidewalk in New York City when everyone is permanently late for something?"

Daniel Craig likes to be involved in the writing of the James Bond scripts.
The 47-year-old actor - who is about to return to the big screen for the new Bond movie 'Spectre' - has revealed he likes to have some input into the writing, even if he ends up upsetting some people in the process.
When asked how involved he gets with the scripts, Daniel replied: "As much as I possibly can without treading on toes, although you have to offend some people sometimes to move on."
Daniel explained that when he was first offered the part of the iconic secret agent in 2005, he was determined to make the role his own by adding his own jokes.
Speaking to DuJour magazine, Daniel said: "When I first started, they offered me a blank page, really, and what that means is I was allowed to add my own bits. I wanted there to be gags, and I wanted there to be funny bits, but I wanted them to come from a fresh place."
As the films progressed, Daniel grew in confidence, and didn't just want to make sure his character's script was humorous - he even wanted to be involved with the choosing of the director.
He said: "I wanted desperately for Sam Mendes to do this movie, but at the time he had other commitments. I said he's got to do it. We started something with him on the last movie, the beginning of a relationship with a director I haven't had in a long time."