wheeler-dealerwhoendsupasavagrant.
Twoyearslater,hewasinLove Is The Devil,
anart-housemovieaboutthepainterFrancis
Bacon,playingtheroleofGeorgeDyer,a
burglarandaloverofBacon.Craigwasnaked
andcoveredinpaintformuchofthetime.“He
waslaughinghisheadoff,”JohnMaybury,the
director,toldme.“He’snotafraid,andthat
isunusualbecauselotsofactorsarequite
terrifiedofmisplacingtheirimageormisplac-
ingtheircraft.”Mayburydirectedcultmusic
videosinthe1980sand1990s.Herecognised
apunkspiritinCraig,“akindofunderlying
panic”.Mayburycouldn’tgetenoughofthat
faceonscreen.“Thoseicy-blueeyes,”hesaid.
“Partofyouwantstotrusthimandwantsto
believeinallofthenice-guystuff.Butthere
issomethinginthoseeyesthatisquitepsy-
chotic:thenavy-bluecirclearoundtheedge
oftheblue.”
Love Is The Devilwasasurprisehit.In
2002,SamMendescastCraigasacrimeboss’
unbalancedsoninRoad To Perdition,abig-
budgetProhibition-eragangsterfilm.Craig>>
Jeans by Front General Store, £75. frontgeneralstore.com
‘ I know we can’t
have Bond doing
amphetamines.
But inside, I know
[he’s] doing that’
DANIEL CRAIG
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