James Bond star Daniel Craig has described filming scenes with the Queen at London 2012 as “incredible”.
When she made a cameo appearance at Danny Boyle’s Olympic opening ceremony, his world saw a more spirited side of the monarch.
In the comedy sketch, Craig, who played British spy 007, called Buckingham Palace to summon the Queen to an event.
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The Queen with Daniel Craig as James Bond (BBC One/PA)
The Queen, who was sitting at her study desk, made him wait before greeting him with “Good evening, Mr. Bond.”
Together they walked with her corgi and left for the helicopter, which flew over London to the Olympic stadium, where the Queen’s stunt double parachuted into the arena.
A few seconds later, the real Queen, wearing the same pink dress as the stunt double, entered the stadium and was met with enthusiastic applause.
Craig, 54, recalled shooting with the Queen at the Toronto International Film Festival and told the BBC:
“We will never see anything like her again. Living during her reign is another.”
“[I am]very sad and wish Charles the very best of luck.”
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King Charles III at the Council of Accessions at St James’s Palace (Victoria Jones/PA)
Frank Cottrell Boyce, who co-wrote the Queen’s television appearances with Paddington Bear and Daniel Craig, told BBC Radio 4’s Today show on Friday that the Queen had volunteered to be on the Bond scene.
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he said: She was the game and she stood up for it.
“In fact, on the day we were shooting, she asked Danny Boyle if he could write the lines because there was no script in the script. Perhaps when you were typing the script, you Because I didn’t really know how to type.” Queen’s personality… What do you type?
Former Prince of Wales Charles took the throne on Thursday after his mother’s death.
He was then officially proclaimed Charles III in a historic ceremony at St James’s Palace.
– Craig attended the world premiere of Glass Onion, the sequel to his hit movie Knives Out, at the Toronto International Film Festival.
