Daniel Craig continues to show off his quirky new look as he rocks long hair and a green suit for Queer screening at New York Film Festival
Daniel Craig continued to show off his quirky new style as he took to the stage for a special screening of his latest film Queer.
The James Bond star, 56, was spotted on Sunday with the long blonde hair he has been sporting lately at the New York Film Festival.
The actor looked chic in a fitted double-breasted bottle green suit and opted for a black shirt underneath.
Daniel added dark sunglasses to his look as he posed on the red carpet, and completed his dapper ensemble with a pair of black patent shoes.
The Knives Out star was also photographed with his co-star, Drew Starkey and director Luca Guadagnino.
Daniel Craig, 56, continued to show off his quirky new style at a special screening of his latest film Queers on Sunday in New York City
The star’s new look is a far cry from his James Bond character (pictured in Casino Royale 2006)
The James Bond star was spotted with his new long blonde hair as he took to the stage for a special Q&A ahead of the premiere
The actor cut a chic figure in a double-breasted suit as he posed alongside his co-star, Drew Starkey, 30, (right) and director Luca Guadagnino, 53 (left)
The James Bond star plays an American expat and war veteran who becomes embroiled in a romance with a younger man, and is said to feature several explicit sex scenes
The actor, 30, wore a vintage-inspired brown suit with baggy pants and a white shirt, while the film’s director, 53, wore a black suit with a silver silk shirt.
After posing on the red carpet, Daniel and the rest of the cast headed inside for a Q&A before the special screening at the US festival.
The Layer Cake star put on an animated show as he took the stage with the cast of Queer.
Based on the semi-autobiographical novella by William Burroughs, the new film stars Daniel as American expat and war veteran William Lee, who has a romance with a younger man, Eugene Allerton (Drew Starkey), a drug addict and discharged Navy soldier.
Early reviews indicate that moviegoers will be shocked by the explicit nature of some key moments in the film.
In one much-discussed scene in particular, Daniel performs oral sex on Allerton.
Venice Film Festival boss Alberto Barbera said he believes Daniel gave “the performance of a lifetime” in Queer, adding he would be surprised if we don’t see the British actor at the Academy Awards next year to see.
Daniel said on the red carpet at the event: “I play a role that I think is universal. I wouldn’t have touched it unless I thought it was a universal role.
Daniel looked stylish in a bottle green double-breasted suit, which he teamed with a simple black shirt underneath
He added dark sunglasses and patent leather shoes to his outfit and looked dapper as he posed on the red carpet
After posing on the red carpet, Daniel and the rest of the cast headed inside for a Q&A before the special screening at the US festival, where Daniel performed an animated show.
Based on the semi-autobiographical novella by William Burroughs, the new film stars Daniel as American expat and war veteran William Lee, who has a romance with a younger man, Eugene Allerton (Drew Starkey), a drug addict and discharged Navy soldier.
‘The film is about love, loss, the pain of love, all those things. All the things that hopefully we’ve all experienced in our lives.
‘And that’s really what I put my heart and soul into.
“And what people think about it is of course their opinion and I hope as many people as possible get to see the film because I think the film has a lot of good things to say.
And the film also means a lot to the maker of Call Me BY Your Name.
In an interview, Luca said: ‘Queer will be my most personal film. It is a tribute to Powell and Pressburger.
“I’ve seen The Red Shoes at least fifty times and I think they would appreciate the sex scenes in Queer, which are numerous and quite scandalous.”
The novella that inspired the project was written between 1951 and 1953, but was not published until 1985.
Much of it was written in the aftermath of the death of Burroughs’ wife Joan Vollmer, whom he shot in the head during a drinking party in Mexico City.
Early reviews indicate that moviegoers will be shocked by the explicit nature of some key moments in the film
Venice Film Festival boss Alberto Barbera said he believes Daniel gave “the performance of a lifetime” in Queer, adding that he is in the running for an Academy Awards next year.
Their four-year-old son was in the room at the time. Burroughs said he tried to shoot a glass off her head, William Tell style, but later changed his story, saying the weapon misfired.
He was convicted of manslaughter in his absence after fleeing to the US.
Daniel’s appearance comes as he spoke about the candid gay love scenes in his new film, telling the Venice Film Festival: “We just wanted to make it as moving, real and natural as possible.”
Last month he said: ‘Drew (Starkey) is a great, fantastic, beautiful actor to work with and we laughed, we tried to make it fun.
‘There was some choreography in the film, which was a very important part of the film. Drew and I started rehearsing the dance months before filming. Dancing with someone is a great icebreaker.
“You know as well as I do that there’s nothing intimate about filming a sex scene on a movie set, but we just wanted to make it as moving, as real and natural as possible.”
Luca, who was behind the summer hit Challengers starring Zendaya, said: “Daniel in our first Zoom was convinced this was going to be a love story first and foremost. That’s what we stayed with: what it means to love and be loved, to be connected and to be disconnected.’
Asked whether James Bond – the spy who played his protagonist five times – could be homosexual, Luca replied: “Let’s all be grown up about this. There is no escaping the fact that no one would know James Bond’s desires.
“That said – no! The most important thing is that he carries out his missions well.’