“I Didn’t Want To Mimic Him” - How Daniel Craig Portrayed William Burroughs' Avatar In "Queer"

[@dgmus2281]

And he ends the interview calling him Daniel Kreg and Daniel just looks down and smiles LOL

[@Kasino80]

This is such an awkward friendship but I absolutely adore them together. Like two people who can't really explain why they are drawn to each other, but it just works.

[@TheBluealan2000]

Well said, exactly what I was thinking but couldn't properly articulate.

[@EdelweisSusie]

Like a lot of marriages - opposites attract.

[@MaineSWH]

Love to see their chemistry as usual. And the English humour vs American humor is always fun 👏

[@aaspid09]

daniel craig's smile shines the brightest on colbert's couch

[@dejavu011]

He's so giggly in real life

[@pattdunn9845]

It really does!😊

[@PositivityClubMusic]

I’m so excited to see Daniel and Drew in Queer!

[@gabifgt]

these two have such different vibes but it just works and i love it so much

[@SpaceBoyTesla]

this movie was on a whole different level. very good! Luca also is a gifted director.

[@AA-nt5qw]

Said Daniel Kreg again at the end 😂 Ooh😏

[@TheOnlyJayen]

Colbert for Knives Out! I can really see him in an instalment now 😅

[@tamarakarlas1]

The movie is phenomenal for anyone on the fence of seeing it. Go see it while it’s in theaters

[@bhoops13]

Colbert said “Daniel Cregg” at the end there again 😅

[@julianmark]

LOL he did. And Daniel looked so disappointed. 😆

[@coosoorlog]

@@julianmark such a subtle resigned gesture

[@MrPrelaw]

@@julianmark I saw it too. However, he held it together and gave a slight look of disappointment😅

[@sparkythancztwise]

@@MrPrelaw subtle wince, lol

[@sparkythancztwise]

I commented on the error too, and wondered how many jackals from corrections might have already called him out (since I'm so late playing catch up). Sure enough, already saw numerous others have mentioned it. Would love to know how many are from the jackal pack but too much "maximum effort" to ask everyone, lol.

[@rollingtroll]

This man has to be my favourite 'human behind the actor'. Well spoken, humble, real and heck I love what he did to bond. I hope they keep it up becuase that last one, no spoilers, fuck it was refreshing. Go Daniel Creeaaaaeeeiiiggg :D

[@HelHathNoFury1111]

Daniel Craig's performance in Our Friends in the North outshined Christopher Eccleston's, and I've been hooked ever since.

[@NewMessage]

Stephen would play a heckuva pirate.

[@orangefeelrelaxingmusic898]

That was best fun and awkward silences interview ever 😂😂😂👍

[@HWCism]

What a fun interview! 😂

[@TattooedGranny]

Delightfully fun interview and name pronunciation guide.

[@aspublic]

Great actor and lovely person

[@christinecharles4586]

We turned the camera off a long time ago! Awww... I feel special!

[@RankinMsP]

He said Cregg at the end again without realising Look at Daniel's face 😅

[@shreddingmynotes]

Benoit Blanc is basically Craig doing his hardest Foghorn Leghorn accent. (Try to leave that unheard in your mind from now on.)

[@AnitaKrolak-ue9pd]

That shared human moment ❤❤🎉

[@lwells3937]

Great interview. I'd love to see Daniel Craig together with Patrick Steward. Maybe a Sherlock Holmes piece

[@therealmayac]

"like a lot of young people, did you go through your beat poet phase?" 😂

[@3souris]

...better than going through an Ayn Rand phase.

[@crini413]

​@3souris i feel attacked 😂

[@costeris35]

I’ve seen the best minds of my generation destroyed by it.

[@simonagree4070]

@3souris -- Done both. You are correct.

[@L._Titus]

@@3souris I went through a minor Cyril Kornbluth phase, does that count?

[@rdc2021]

He will always be Mr. Bond to me

[@Diecastclassicist]

I miss Burroughs.

[@euchrideucrow1970]

Me too!

[@therealmayac]

Boyyyy I can't wait to see this movie!

[@feelthejoy]

Stephen is so intelligent and talented that he’s not often genuinely star struck but I think Mr Craig has got him here! What do we have to do to get Stephen Colbert in a Knives Out film?!

[@markphc99]

I read the naked lunch and on the road when i was a teenager , didn't think much of them , preferred Sci-fi , still do.

[@tross]

Confused, I looked up Benoit and found out it meant blessed, then I wondered why Steven paused full stop and only after the interview, realized Steven kept cuing Daniel to start the Bone to pick over pronunciation bit. So funny! This is going to stick with me. :D

[@MojaveWild]

I believe the pregnant pause was because Colbert was thinking of ben wa balls. A rabbit hole he successfully avoided until he expertly snuck it in at 4:15 ! 😂

[@BooksForever]

“I’m Ben wa balls’s younger, more sprightly brother!”

[@leonaschaffer9198]

I caught that, too. Fantastic!

[@yurielcundangan9090]

Daniel Craig quirky did impress❤

[@danadylan]

Wonderful so excited for you and for my communty

[@JefferyEPetrone]

Burroughs did have a rather specific voice that's hard to replicate meaningfully without it sounding insulting, too flat, or just too painful to do.

[@utebosum6164]

I read "Junkie" in 1970 when I was 14 years old LOL

[@VirginiaCottrell]

As someone on IMDB said, does anyone think Daniel Craig looks like Sid James? He so does in this interview lol

[@piko103]

Why do they seem so awkward together yet their drawing ton one another brings out the giddiness and silliness in each of them? Daniel crayyyyyyggggg in interviews is always ultra cool and soft spoken yet with Stephen colbert he acts al silly and giggly as does colbert being the same way snd being silly. Very cool vibe with each other. Nice to see except we get no revelations just 2 mates chatting

[@sparkythancztwise]

4:39 - 4:40 Heya Cole-bert-ah --ya said "Creg" *again* instead of "Crayg". Daniel hid the wince well. Yes, that's an official *correction* 🐾 and in case ya haven't heard, there haven't been enough errors over at Seth's show lately. Not that anyone of the pedant pack needs an extra reason to offer *constructive* feedback. 🤣 Another jackal probably already called you out, but just in case that's not the case, being thorough is what jackal pack does best. 😆

[@andrewofmo1091]

Colbert was in an episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent. He was excellent.

[@channarosenblatt8197]

When? Can you share details?

[@KiloMintoni-kg4kn]

​@channarosenblatt8197 you can type it into a search engine It's called The Saint

[@KiloMintoni-kg4kn]

It was called The Saint. I think season 3. James Bennett

[@andrewofmo1091]

@@KiloMintoni-kg4kn you are correct.

[@khunthuraaung]

❤❤love James Bond, actually i did not know his real name till i see this videos ❤😢😢

[@TheCebulon]

Video 2/2 @ColbertLateShow PLEASE number the videos of a guest.🙏

[@VictorianDad]

A) The videos are usually in the right order in the episode playlist and B) The shorter video is almost always the last one

[@Tatopotatoo]

Talking about Queer and completely skipping talking about its gayness is crazy :P

[@THEJAMM074]

Danny Craig is a KIWI

[@zahirahza]

Stephen Colbert as Benoist's younger brother. that could work

[@venkybabu4842]

The true nature of light is colourless. But only when it accelerates and decelerates is you see 2 million.

[@imogenking2978]

He ended it with saying Creg 😂

[@drumbum3.142]

(Thus Far) Favourite Films of Craig's are The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Logan Lucky

[@davincisghost9228]

Honestly Stevo, you should play the corpse....😂 And sorry Danno but shit gets dark sometimes before the light... But the light always comes...

[@paulw.harvey3093]

Poetry? Maybe Daniel Craig read some Sylvia Plath when he played Ted Hughes in "Sylvia"

[@joshbraymond]

Almost no talk about queer? huh

[@kristofkonrad4336]

That movie is self-indulgent. I walked out after 1 h !

[@linda-may5744]

Love Joy Peace 🌺🍃🌸🍃🌺🌱🌹✨✨✨✨✨✨💫

[@curanderoverde]

I pretended to read "Junkie" too

[@joewr]

Pretty awkward cut at 1:45 , I wonder what happened.

[@Pravindaswani74]

What cut i don't appreciate any cut....?

[@tyrannicpuppy]

C'mon Daniel. He was brilliant in Love Guru. Just watch that for an idea.

[@aaronth2796]

And the mispronunciation right at the end….oof - what a sport Daniel is!

[@simonagree4070]

Queer has to be better adapted than Naked Lunch -- it couldn't possibly be worse.

[@yurielcundangan9090]

Daniel Craig quirky did impressed

[@daviddupoise6443]

Stephen you left out of your on screen curriculum vitae that you masterfully acted the spy in Lord Of The Rings. No small feat.

[@loutretom2637]

wasn't that the hobbit?

[@DrNancyLivingCoCreatively]

Wow a real hipster. I've been to CBGB. All my heroes. A new Knives Out!!!!

[@KiloOneThree]

3:24 and 4:39 he said CREG again 🤦‍♂️

[@Greenbambu78]

Steven wants to be a double O zero? a player i see...

[@Zwsss-w8l]

👍👏

[@MykePagan]

Did I hear Stephen say that he was Benoit Balls?

[@jeanneratterman4174]

Considering a bit of deafness, it can be hard to hear the subtle differences in pronunciations. I know. 😉👍

[@bradhilton2283]

I’ve read junkie and naked lunch. Have yet too read the ticket that exploded and the soft machine.

[@JamesDio-yu5yd]

F time does stop this guy was 007!!!

[@Neontheunkown456]

Ask him about the sgt rock

[@jenniferdennis6465]

Burrows writing gave me the creepies.

[@bradhilton2283]

Why I've partied in many a bar basement at goth rock raves and I still can , why with new heart and livers ....the party rages ON!

[@martinaseidel3316]

and then they said absolutely fuckall about the movie 😔😔😔

[@pAkdAHollywoodrecords]

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[@sarahadam8334]

Stephan just said Danial cregg everybody He really can’t say his name

[@bwenluck9812]

He pronounced Craig's name correctly. What's your beef???

[@warren52nz]

Quite a stretch to go from one of the most macho roles to a gay one. Good actor!

[@GothamClive]

Burroughs was very macho. The two characteristics are not mutually exclusive.

[@warren52nz]

@@GothamClive Right. I'm thinking more about macho and camp I guess. Just a flippant comment.

[@GothamClive]

@@warren52nz No problem, but Burroughs hated flamboyant homosexuals. Therefore, not a stretch at all.

[@ivanasapirov6047]

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@ChipCain]

Legend.

[@Ali-NYC]

Something missing with this interview did you guys see that?😏

[@sayidali406]

❤❤❤

[@NightlyMischief]

Some one's a little drunk...

[@baronwarborn9107]

I was watching for the outpouring of hate for a white straight guy playing queer. But nothing. But if it was Denzel on the show about playing a North African, the internet would explode. Wonder why? 🤔

[@leavingitblank9363]

Did he just call Craig Benwa Balls?

[@zizinnnn]

i know excel😂😂😂

[@NamGungEun]

“I Didn’t Want To Mimic Him” - How Daniel Craig Portrayed William Burroughs' Avatar In "Queer"

[@HarryHolland-bv4ix]

Well my middle name is Craig, I pronounce it Cregg , Crayg sounds like a mispronounced cragg. To each his own , potayto potahto.😂😂

[@High-Tech-Geek]

"kreg" v "cray-ig". I honestly don't really hear the difference.

[@friendlier]

I'd rather have heard more about Queer than another installment of Knives Out. Dumb interview.

[@angelavalentin-wm4ph]

😘

[@jkhhjsfohwo]

How enlighted, just not talking about the queer movie

[@pamr4040]

❤

[@goldbrick2563]

Did anyone see this film? If so how was it? Waste of time?

[@JarrodXross]

Nice, Daniel Craig ... I'm passingly familiar with the material, plus I'm now contractually obligated to have both a personality, and make love to Rachael Weiss or that bird from the mummy or mommy. Craig Daniel Craig, yeah we will need some id pal.

[@mvvpro8688]

Could you imagine John Wayne or Charlton Heston ever playing a gay character? Craig is confident enough.

[@pattiwhite9575]

Weirdest interview

[@christine-ep4bx]

looked a bit fidgety

[@pattiwhite9575]

@@christine-ep4bx The banter was just odd. With pauses. Stephens questions turned around on him.

[@PeacefulPegasus-dr6jo]

Naked Lunch is a cut up method of writing. Language is a virus. Won't watch this movie but.

[@czgibson3086]

Although the chapters of Naked Lunch can be read in any order (and were randomly rearranged prior to publication) Burroughs' use of the cut-up technique in his own work doesn't really start until his subsequent book, The Soft Machine. It was also used in the collaborative book Minutes To Go that he contributed to in 1960.

[@MrSb192]

Second

[@KarenFletcher-z3h]

Most boring thing I've ever seen on Colbert

[@ivo4357]

after doing a queer James Bond scene (sacrilege!!!!) in Skyfall, he returns to do a gay movie. Don't mind him doing this, I DID mind him portraying James Bond that way. I'm not saying it's his fault, but James Bond's character has been eroding and transforming into a 'simple' action figure. It may not be 'right' in this 'no tolerance' era to play Bond like Connery or Moore played him, but that WAS how Bond is written, not like a Jason Bourne type.

[@RobertThomson-y4m]

As a Brit I have to say this guy's totally overrated. The worst bond ever. Mumbled and dialled in his performances. In fact, never seen him in anything decent.

[@joshuaphillips755]

"I'm court jester" -007

[@bradhilton2283]

I mean I watched "Naked Lunch" witch was enjoyable....but too put a movie with title "Queer" is a rather big gamble these days for theatrical release. That should have been a straight too stream video. Watching things on the small screen is no big deal for most mellinials and genZ as we have grown up watching most of our favourite movies on the small screen . I personally wish too "Queer " was the media a bit. As they are only 4% ....all the gay charters will be made women in any further agent lee adventures .