The actor, who was a guest on Tuesday night’s “Late Show,” confirmed to have Stephen Colbert that he will come back to the part as the super spy in the up and coming, but then untitled, 25th Bond film.
“Now, you’ve been reported to play the role of James Bond again,” Colbert said to Craig, who said he has been pretty coy about if he would return. “We could use some good news here. Daniel Craig, will you return as James Bond?”
“Yes,” Craig responded with a smile.
This drove the group of onlookers to cheer and Colbert to get up from his seat and shake Craig’s hand.
The on-screen character at that point clarified that he knew for two or three months that he would return, however had been talking about it and attempting to make sense of things.
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“I always wanted to, but I needed a break,” Craig said.
Colbert cut Craig off and brought up that Craig didn’t generally apparently need to come back to the part once saying that he would preferably cut his wrists than play Bond once more.
“There’s no point in making excuses about it. It was two days after I finished shooting the last movie,” Craig said. “Instead of saying something with style and grace, I gave a really stupid answer.”
This will be the fifth time that Craig has played Bond. He made his introduction in 2006’s “Casino Royale” and is considered by a few fans and faultfinders to be the best ever to go up against the notorious part.
It was reported in July that another James Bond film would hit theaters in 2019. Before long, the New York Times announced that Craig would return.