007 Star Craig Wants Stage Work...As Long As Its 'Uncomplicated'

WENN news service reports that current James Bond, Daniel Craig is eager to appear in a West End play - but is hoping he explains to avoid classics which are too "complicated" or have "too many lines."

The British actor admits to WENN that he would love a starring role on the London stage, but would only consider appearing in new works, because he doesn't want to take on the challenge of Shakespeare or other legendary playwrights. 

He says, "If a play came along right now, I would jump at it. I'm very keen on doing new writing with plays - that's where my heart is.

"Not that I don't think that doing the classics is a wonderful idea, but Shakespeare's got too many lines and the other stuff is really complicated." Craig has done a number of theatre productions in the past.

Daniel Craig succeeded Pierce Brosnan as filmdom's new James Bond in the 2006 film Casino Royale and the 2008 Bond release Quantum of Solace. Craig's popularity as a leading man spread beyond his native England with the success of the 2004's Layer Cake (also with Sienna Miller). Prior to that he was known to TV audiences as the star of the BBC miniseries Our Friends in the North (1996), and to movie audiences as Paul Newman's son in the 2002 film Road to Perdition (with Tom Hanks and Jude Law), and as poet Ted Hughes in Sylvia (2003, starring Gwyneth Paltrow as author Sylvia Plath). Craig's other films include Some Voices (2000), Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001, starring Angelina Jolie), Enduring Love (2004, with Samantha Morton), The Jacket (2005, with Adrien Brody) and Munich (2005, with Craig as a Mossad assassin).

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