Daniel Craig Finally Teaches Stephen Colbert The Correct Way To Say "Daniel Craig"

[@mickleberry]

okay, that was delightfully endearing ✨ both of them able to surf gracefully through awkwardness together

[@johnjames661]

Give me a break! Endearing??

[@maudeboggins9834]

I love Mr. Colbert, such a polite man, my heart goes out to him when he spoke of 11 of us, sadly in 1974 he lost 2 siblings & father.

[@TanukiSC]

He’s just so…interesting. Just a fascinating dude. And so much more range than people ever thought.

[@andreww5574]

Logan Lucky surprises people all the time

[@MJ-dq8ik]

If you've never seen Daniel Craig in LAYERCAKE, see it. A terrific crime flick

[@donnadizucchero]

So so true! And NOONE, noone ever talks about it!!! Great crime drama, based on good book, too, but made way better with the brilliant cast and small, but inventive and smart direction. The best thing Craig ever done and i see The Layered Cake as an audition tape for Bond))))

[@StewedFishProductions]

Absolutely agree, a great film, rarely metioned !? 👍👍👍

[@DonSoprano47]

That film put him on the map in my opinion it’s a great film

[@danrice2797]

Facts, arguably a better performance in layercake than any of the bonds

[@MJ-dq8ik]

@@danrice2797 Well, it's a different character, a different world. Craig is an excellent actor & I loved his Bond.

[@MrNeongekko82]

Craig: "... A friend of mine, doing a show in London." Colbert: "Was it good?" Craig: "It was very good. Oedipus." Colbert: "Oh wow. Don't tell me how it ends." ... is a hilarious Colbert joke, all but sailed over the audience's head.😂

[@L._Titus]

There once was a man named Oedipus Rex; You may have heard about his odd complex. His name appears in Freud's index 'Cause he _loved_ his mother!

[@Sekusamu]

@@L._Titus A Tom Lehrer fan in the KZbin comments!

[@Allagi22]

That play is a motherfucking masterpiece!

[@josephinenobile1594]

They pull their legg to each other....😂😂😂😂😂

[@julievazquez6081]

As did the "ben wa" comment ;)

[@hadorstapa]

Even trying to get it right, at the end Stephen said "Crehg" in stead of Craig.

[@MozartHerbert]

This was such a random conversation and I love it 😂

[@theoloutlaw]

Ahhhh This is what makes a great TV ....Real adlib and very entertaining!

[@aaspid09]

daniel on colberts show is just pure and unguarded joy

[@jperez75432]

Love Daniel Craig! He and Stephen always have a fun time together

[@DocGatt]

The tension is palpable 😂 they are so real with each other lol shout-out to the best 007 thus far👏🏿

[@erickarreman6119]

Hmm...for me the best Bond was Pierce Brosnan...he was a bit unlucky with the scripts of his Bond-films, but nonetheless the Best Bond actor!

[@DocGatt]

@erickarreman6119 fair I will only watch 007 movies from Pierce Bronson and upwards👏

[@ActualToucan]

Easily the best Bond

[@ericthompson3982]

Benoit Blanc: one of the single most delightful detectives in movie history.

[@synchronistory]

What chemistry between CRAYg and ColBEAR🤩

[@SayAhh]

Don't be cagey, Daniel Cray-g

[@thecomicdirector8417]

one of the best and funniest interviews ive seen

[@JCTiggs1]

Imagine a James Bond who swings both ways. No one would be safe from his charm.

[@SweetJohnnyCage]

We got a preview of this in Skyfall!

[@beatlesnqueen]

That’s how it should be for that character lol

[@Animaniac-vd5st]

I want Terry Crews as the next Bond girl then

[@lalittl]

@@Animaniac-vd5stsounds hot

[@micahhawkins8233]

@@Animaniac-vd5st haha Crews is so good at emoting that would be hilarious!

[@daves8628]

Great interview, it brightened up my day :-)

[@boogiemode20]

the way he said im not on NBC hahaha @cbs

[@itsmeprasad1987]

Hahaha

[@megbond]

Americans have always pronounce Craig weird - Cregg. What the heck is that about? It's Cray-g! Just like Daniel pronounced it!

[@ozvoyager]

And the difference is not "subtle" as Colbert suggests. It's glaringly obvious to any non-American. But then Americans can't pronounce Mirror, Caramel, buoy or squirrel either.

[@MarcKloos]

, solder, jaguar, herbs.

[@svrfan]

@@ozvoyager let them try Van Gogh.

[@ndie8075]

🤔

[@TheConorsmithusa]

@@ozvoyager or the name Graham

[@senguptasayn]

Awesome conversation.loved every bit of it.

[@cyyrious]

Daniel Craig is my boo in my head.

[@stephenchurns6634]

Daniel Craig** not Craig

[@breal7277]

What a great conversation this was, like two old friends hanging out.

[@RobertvanderBroek]

Colbert is cool. He is the only talkshow host who dares to fool around with his guests, as if he wants to test them. He doesn't care if the audience feels uncomfortable. Truly a master of his craft

[@HAMMATCBO1]

First time I ever seen Daniel Craig smile

[@geoffreyfeinberg9792]

He's so dapper. He was good as James Bond. He's good in those Knives out movies as well. Can't wait for the next one.

[@lindaswanson9328]

Stephen's ben wa line had me roaring. They both got a chuckle, from which I thought would take longer to recover.🤣🤣🤣

[@susanrobinson910]

Oh! I get it now 😂😂 I thought it had something to do with the death of Chris Benoit at first, and was so confused! Thanks 😊

[@digerati02]

Can someone explain for me?

[@susanrobinson910]

@@digerati02 Please note, I have never used ben wa balls before, so I may get the definition a bit wrong…they are a pair of balls (I have seen pictures where they are stainless steel, I think?) that can be used for many things, such as tightening a woman’s pelvic floor after she has given birth. They are inserted vaginally, and exercises are performed with them inserted. I am not sure, but I think they could also be used to help with stress by putting them both in your hand and rolling them around. I think those are the same things. Anyway, happy googling!

[@lindaswanson9328]

@@digerati02 How bout you just google ben wa. I don't know you well enough to explain it to you.😂

[@digerati02]

@lindaswanson9328 🫨

[@lazyperfectionist1]

"Ooh. I hear the difference. That is subtle." I get it. He's saying you just need to _smile_ more when you say his name.

[@oppositeofh8]

such a wonderful, organic exchange. bravo, gentlemen. 😻😻😻😻😻 5/5 😹😹😹😹😹 5/5

[@Dolce.Banana]

It's like a train crashing... i can't look away 😂😂😂 this is too funny 😂

[@sovupo]

This was just so awkward to watch, start to finish

[@RosemaryOltarzewski]

Rubbish interview didn't get to heart of Craig😮😢. Talking a load of nothing.

[@GEMINICHAI]

@@sovupo awkward how?? it was hilarious

[@rosyt5968]

I just went back to the hear how he called him and he was right, he called him Creg 😄

[@josephoneill7656]

It's unusual that Americans pronounce the name "Craig" as "Creg". They don't pronounce "rain" as "ren".

[@null.dev.]

@@josephoneill7656 Nah lol. A United statesian couldn't pronounce themselves out of a tea bag!

[@kilmer009]

@@josephoneill7656 As a European with a language that has very strict/unbending rules about vowels, this drove me nuts when learning English and applies to all vowels. IE; How do you say 'Bet'? Now say the letter 'E'. What about BAR? Now say the letter "A". And so on. Completely different sounds for the vowels than how you prounounce it. In many European and other languages, you pronounce the letter the way it sounds in a word. It takes these types of confusing pronouncing issues out of the game. There's no spelling bee in my country lol, it would be pointless.

[@MelissaBennett]

@@josephoneill7656 I get it, but also Americans say it similarly to the ai in "said".

[@dcraigie1]

From my experience I find it seems to be a new york area pronunciation

[@mr.mrs.d.7015]

OMG!!! I cannot show this vid to my British husband because I will never hear the end of it. We have gone round and round several times about the way I say "Craig." But then he thinks the name "Kyle" is two syllables so we are even. 😂

[@stephenlow1841]

But it IS two syllables whether you say it the British way or the American way, no? They say 'Kyle' with two syllables on South Park anyhoo :)

[@etamommy]

@@stephenlow1841but it is actually one syllable just like dial is. Ok - forget that one. Bad example. It is one syllable just like “rile”.

[@SenorMoose]

@@etamommy wait so does 'yle' make a diphthong?

[@L._Titus]

@@etamommy But most Americans pronounce rile like "rye-uhl"; it's only people with very crisp pronunciation (especially Brits with RP accents) who say rīl. I should imagine only Americans with distinct regional accents featuring particularly nasal vowels (say, Boston Brahmins), rather than vowels down in the throat like most of us schmucks, would naturally say Kīl rather than Kī-uhl.

[@funky_monk_9796]

​@@SenorMoose Yes 🫡

[@michaelangeloh.5383]

Damn, my generation's Bond (along with Brosnan and a little Dalton). - What a time...

[@LindaC616]

Same, but Dalton just seemed like a blip

[@L._Titus]

@@LindaC616 Dalton's one of my three favorites though, along with Craig.

[@lisahbobisa]

5:48 it's like Stephen had already sensed there was something weighing heavily on Daniel's mind lol

[@j.gravett2878]

His turn as Joe Blow in "Logan Lucky" is hilarious!!! 😂😂😂❤

[@clqudy4750]

Thank you, Stephan Colbear...LOL!

[@DerHalbe]

more like Coal bear (at 8:11) Looks like he's getting black something's in his stocking

[@michaeljohn1978]

On Stephen's card, does it just say, "Just stare at Mr Craig to make him feel awkward. And always say Cregg"? lol

[@outcastkatsuki]

It’s never been a subtle difference… the whole saying Craig as “Cregg” thing in the USA is bizarre. It’s not “eh” it’s “ay”.

[@LindaC616]

"Graham" is another

[@franklingoodwin]

@@LindaC616 Gram lol

[@fvnt0miix953]

I guess the same goes for “Harry” and “Hairy”. But why people make a fuss about name pronunciations? No one ever argues about the way Americans vs Brits pronounce water, squirrel, tomato, etc. It’s just a freaking accent… You know what’s bad? French people having English names. Ethan, Joey, Bradley, etc. pronounced in French sounds atrocious 😬

[@LindaC616]

@@fvnt0miix953 I'm sure they do sound silly. But the words that you mentioned are, in fact, talked about all of the time.

[@JarrodXross]

Much like solder ... pronounced as sold-er ... vs the US which says sod/er ... with a silent L! solder vs solder ... same stuff , same purpose, wildly different pronouncing

[@mlough]

Yes getting his name wrong has always bugged me too, it must really piss him off, I’m glad he has corrected it at last 👍👍

[@SayAhh]

So, to be clear, it's NOT Creg like Greg?

[@mlough]

@ no it’s not, there is already a surname over here spelled cregg and it’s pronounced that way, so Daniel pronounced his correctly 👍👍

[@aronscott9698]

@@SayAhhcorrect, the proper pronunciation is CRAYG not CREG

[@weirdunclebob]

It rhymes with vague.

[@Walesbornandbred]

It's American pronounciation, Putin comes out as Pootn, we say Pewtin.

[@tyrannicpuppy]

At first I was just loving that hair. It's a great look and I've no idea why the papers are calling it kookie. But then the name game bit was just a treasure. Loved that so much. Good bit of proper pure banter.

[@RH1812]

I’m so happy he explained how to pronounce Craig for Americans. 😂

[@MrUmandMrEr]

Reminds me of Tommy Wiseau talking to Baby-Face Greg in The Disaster Artist.

[@Butterfly-ue1ph]

His laugh is so boyish and charming and delightful!

[@Dita_Utomo]

This feels wonderfully off-script and I'm here for it 😂

[@kathleenclark5877]

As a Canadian who celebrates Thanksgiving in October, I can never get over the fact that Americans have two huge family holidays to celebrate back to back. The Canadian timing is highly sensible. It was historically timed to celebrate the harvest. Two months later we are ready again to celebrate the holiday season, whatever religion or reason that allows you to do so. Lots of time to get over the over-indulging that tends to go on during those times. Americans barely have time to turn around before they are doing it again. My tree also goes up mid-November as I really go over the top and put in tons of effort decorating and I want to enjoy my hard work for as long as I can. Just a commentary, not a criticism. Well, maybe sort of.

[@MrKconnell1]

good thing the whole world looks to Canadians for guidance....

[@kathleenclark5877]

@ Clearly as it should be. However I detect a bit of an ironic tone there. Could I possibly be wrong? Nooooooo.

[@curtisw.auwaerter8914]

"The Canadian timing is highly sensible - it was historically timed to celebrate the harvest" isn't actually true. Canadian Thanksgiving takes place several weeks before the harvest is completed. Canadian Thanksgiving used to fall in November but after WW1 it was moved up to October to avoid clashing with Remembrance Day. The farmers complained that it was too early but they were ignored.

[@kathleenclark5877]

@@curtisw.auwaerter8914 I stand corrected. So, if it was timed to avoid conflicting with Remembrance Day, that too is highly sensible. I still maintain that the time span between Christmas and Thanksgiving is far more practical to give emphasis to the significance of each holiday. Thanks for informing me of the proper facts.

[@curtisw.auwaerter8914]

I agree with you. However if the objective of Thanksgiving is to celebrate the completion of the harvest, our Thanksgiving (I'm Canadian too) is celebrated 3 - 4 weeks too early.

[@davincisghost9228]

That looks like a powerhouse performance!

[@magdacawthorne6385]

The joke about 'Benoit' sailed right over most heads...hilarious.

[@jmccann482]

What was the joke?

[@87frontside]

@@jmccann482 I think that it's because on the cue card the French name "Benoit" was too much for Stephen to accurately say leading to the conversation about his last name being mispronouced. Could be wrong though,

[@MsCreamontop]

I’m guessing something else. Google benwa.

[@14beautifulpeople]

I was so happy and laughed so hard at this video. 😂😂❤❤

[@hughobyrne2588]

Now, the difference between 'ferry' and 'fairy', that's more subtle.

[@joadbreslin5819]

Mary marry merry

[@markmowbray1769]

Lovely chat between two friends.

[@Raging.Geekazoid]

It's the difference between "egg" and "vague". Short E versus long A. How is that subtle? (for a native-born American)

[@YodatheHobbit]

I say both of those A sounds the same amount of time.

[@Raging.Geekazoid]

@@YodatheHobbit There's only one "ay" sound there. The other one is an "eh".

[@RankinMsP]

'native born American'? You are aware English and American pronunciations are different nationally as well as regionally?

[@dancoyle6911]

There is no native born American accent, and the word egg is pronounced differently in small, subtle ways in various places across the country. I know plenty of people who would pronounce it AYGG. And I also know plenty of people who would pronounce it EGG

[@croissantpower]

@@YodatheHobbityou think there’s an A sound in egg? 😂😂

[@derekchin6242]

Love Craig. Don’t know about those orthopedic shoes with the suit, though. :-)

[@123JWJWJW]

They look like $800 Loewe retro runners. Definitely not orthopedic

[@derekchin6403]

No doubt they’re expensive. But that’s what they look like to me, lol. Hate the combo no matter how many people like to wear suits with running shoes.

[@yurielcundangan9090]

Daniel Craig bangs is hillarious with class😂

[@henrys3629]

Get me a cold beer, not a cold bear!

[@scotshuthats5268]

Great segment. 💯✨️💥

[@rikohadi2306]

never thought…Daniel is warm person..and funny 😂

[@kimberleyh1946]

Craig is one of the best in Cinema ❤

[@oceanblue5853]

He is a charming, handsome and elegant man.❤

[@SriRam-n8q]

Daniel is sheer talent🎉

[@umadixit5920]

Daniel Craig......comes across as unassuming, pleasant wnd a good sense of humour.

[@77jamess]

I think Daniel Craig looks much better now that he’s older.

[@elizabethmcleod246]

I agree. He looks relaxed and I love the long hair.

[@carmenmccauley585]

Hilarious. The BenWa vibrating balls! I remember those adverts.

[@shankarbalakrishnan2360]

Thks Daniel god took a long time to make me thats why they never gave me time❤❤🎉🎉

[@frankkollar2278]

Ben Wah…BALLS

[@jimlawton4184]

I am super glad he made this point. It was nice Stephen apologized too but I don’t think that was the intention here-he is actually highlighting an important aspect of phonology that most people just don’t think about in everyday speech- Diphthongs. People use them every day without even thinking. For example the pronoun I-only one vowel when written, actually has two vowel sounds when you say it-most people just don’t realize it. It’s actually an AH followed be an EE in fast succession.

[@vivianjones9749]

Some people in the south have the diphthong for short e vowel words like leg, keg. But for some strange reason, the word ‘I’ or ‘eye’ is spoken with the AH sound.

[@lashendawest7509]

We love daniel Craig and stephen colbert

[@yurielcundangan9090]

Daniel Craig quirky did impress.

[@MicJaguar]

Oh my Stephen! 😂 I had no idea.

[@Beamish32]

As a proper English speaker, the Craig/Cregg thing has always bugged me. Glad to hear it sorted out here. I'd also like to point out that Daniel may live in London and the US these days but he's from the north of England (albeit from a posher part than me) so Christmas isn't celebrated in our houses like it is in the US and London where it's become very homogenated and commercial. Daniel grew up in Chester which is about a 50 minute drive from Manchester. For those in New York City, that's about a quarter of the time it takes to go from 5th Avenue to Flatbush 🤣

[@vairagya108]

These two should have starred in the movie ''Queer'... the kind of chemistry they have going on.. .....it is FyRe...!!!...

[@Kimskiller]

He looks like Ser Bronn of the Blackwater, even laughs like him too

[@abrahamlincoln3181]

Don't forgetLayer Cake and The Glass Onion.

[@aaronseet2738]

Craig. Daniel Craig.

[@alternativespicer]

1:07 who's repeating this over and over?

[@harveybrun9047]

Well now I am. Thanks a lot 😅

[@willmemmott2843]

Despite that he was an amazing Bond, I think he seems more at ease and up for fun since he left the role, and it really comes across in this interview

[@vickiep4217]

Loving the comments about cregg/craig. I've grunted/shouted at many tv shows and films that they are pronouncing wrong. Never understood why! Thanks Daniel for correcting him - must be even more annoying when it's your name. 😂

[@Maribel-q3y]

It is so easy to make Mr. Craig laugh! He is perfect for blind dates!

[@MikhailSosnin]

I think Daniel is my favorite actor

[@susannuccio7637]

Love the trainers with the suit.

[@nigeh5326]

Watch Daniel Craig’s earlier films such as The Road to Perdition and Layer Cake and his talent shines through 👍

[@craigjgomez]

It took a minute but finally he made the connection with, Ben Wah Balls. Need I explain further?

[@LindaC616]

Not apparent to all, but you don't have to explain

[@PatriciaBarresi]

⁠I thought I was the only one with a dirty mind😅

[@louishillegassiv]

Wow Daniel Craig steered this so far away from the pre-interview, so much fun to watch

[@Ibochic1]

Gorgeous man.

[@martharobertson7943]

My maiden name is Craig, and while traveling as a child, my family constantly had our name spelled incorrectly such that we learned to tell hotel concierges to look up our reservation under Kreg or Greg because it would inevitably be misspelled when written in the pre-computer hotel reservation books. It’s not even a difficult surname.

[@susyward581]

The Christmas tree in London’s Trafalgar Square is gifted each year by Oslo as thanks from Norway for Britains help during WWII

[@dcanmore]

Ah he went to see his old pal Mark Strong on the stage, they both starred, early in their careers, in Our Friends in the North tv series in the 1990s, along with Christopher Eccleston.

[@Blue_3rd]

Americans have an unusual way of pronouncing some vowels anyway, usually the letter O. They can say ‘loss’ but can’t say Carlos (they say car lose) or cosmos (cos mose) and Colin becomes coe lin. Craig rhymes with vague although, as DG pointed out, they usually say Cregg.

[@ansis86]

All people who have Craig in their name would like to thank Daniel for his public service. Not that it will keep my last name from being mispronounced by Americas but I like that he tried!

[@dgmus2281]

Best interview

[@Rosiedelaroux]

It’s quite an odd thing. Stephen Colbert always reminds me of my dead grandmother when I said my good bye at the funeral home.

[@wordwarrior2350]

Why is D. C. so hysterical on live TV? Is he really so shy?

[@Elriuhilu]

Daniel Craig looks like a mashup of Jerome Flynn and Peter Serafinowicz.

[@TheZotmeister]

I find it's always to explain such things as what they rhyme with: "It doesn't rhyme with 'Greg', it rhymes with 'The Hague'."

[@travisinthetrunk]

Balls!

[@nickrhysjones]

Puts my teeth on edge how Americans say Crehg for CRAYG, and GREHM for GRAYUM.

[@angelezebuiro9676]

Well, now we know how to pronounce Daniel Craig for his last name. Thank you for correcting your last name, which we didn't know until now, America.😂. And yes, it's a nice awkward and funny interview with 2 handsome gentlemen. ❤😂

[@ChristinaKeenan-u5s]

Send a picture of your tree to Steven Colbert. Maybe he'll show us

[@venkatsarma007]

I believe when Stephen mentioned 'Benoit threw me', it's probably because of the late WWE wrestler Chris Benoit

[@AndroidAccountant]

Craig like Raid. Not Creg like Peg.

[@tinay9491]

just very cool and wonderful dialogue ☮️ freaky Daniel

[@EdelweisSusie]

EVERY TIME I’ve heard Daniel interviewed in the US the bloody interviewer has called him ‘Cregg’. It took Daniel long enough to let them know!!!

[@tonypcoyle]

The first guy to interview me for a job in the US was Craig... and I heard "KRAG". When I joined the company, I looked in the directory to find him to tell him I joined... and couldn't find a KRAG anywhere. 😞 Then I ended up on a project with him, and discovered how his name was spelled from the intro email! I only called him KRAY'G after that.

[@Bailynagy]

He has taken a turn, and keeps turning… enjoyed his previous acting roles that suited him. IMO.