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Accidents are a part and parcel of film production, and they seem to happen quite often on the sets of action flicks. While most of the time, on-set injuries tend to halt production for weeks and months, it was our beloved Bond actor Daniel Craig, who braved through one of his severe accidents, to carry on production forSpectre.
Although theJames Bondfranchise has left Daniel Craig with his fair share of injuries, it was while shooting his 2015 movieSpectre, that the actor sustained permanent damage to his knee. During a fight scene with Dave Bautista, Craig underwent severe damage that later required him to have surgery. However, despite the intensity of the injury, the actor worked through the pain to avoid a six-month delay in production.
Daniel Craig was Left Permanently Injured While ShootingSpectre
For decades,theJames Bondfranchisehas been known for its brilliant storyline, iconic action sequences, and its use of practical effects rather than relying on CGI. However, while the action scene with practical effects offers intense realism, it also poses the threat of severe and sometimes life-ending injuries.
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Something similar happened to Daniel Craig while filming his 2015James BondinstallmentSpectre. Being synonymous with the spy franchise, Craig had oftenendured severe injuriesthroughout his tenure as Bond. However, none of those injuries turned out to be as severe as the one he sustained while fightingDave Bautista.
According toLooper, Daniel Craig was filming a fight scene with the hulking villain Mr. Hinx (Dave Bautista), when he suddenly hurt his knee. Considering how he oftenunderwent stunt injuries, Craig initially paid no heed to the accident. However, he later realized that this time it was evidently severe and posed a greater risk.
Despite his fair share of wounds on the set ofJames Bond,Daniel Craig’s accident while filmingSpectre, left him permanently injured. This accident unfortunately required Craig to undergo surgery which threatened to halt filming for six months. But the actor didn’t want to wait and therefore, pushed through pain to complete shooting.
Daniel Craig Later Needed Arthroscopic Surgery to Repair His Injury
As perBritish GQ’s extensive list of injuries sustained by Daniel Craig on the set ofJames Bond,the actor had unfortunately torn his ACL while fighting with former professional wrestler Dave Bautista. Further, pushing through pain and completing the filming process instead of attending to his injury,left Craig permanently injured, despite undergoing surgery.
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Daniel Craig later toldEmpiremagazine (viaDailyMail) how he didn’t want to stop production and therefore continued shooting despite the damage. Eventually, after Craig completed shooting the sequence, the production was only temporarily stopped for two weeks to allow the actor to recover.
This has been a two-year process. Since we began talking about the script, it gets to this point and you say: “We can shut down for six months and you can go have surgery and come back then. I was like: ‘F*** that. I don’t give a f***. Stick two planks of wood on it and I’ll f***ing crack on’.
After shooting the sequence, Daniel Craig underwent surgery, during the Easter filming break, to repair an injury he sustained while filming action scenes. According toThe Guardian, a spokeswoman for Eon Productions revealed that Craig needed arthroscopic surgery to fix the injury.
During a scheduled break, Daniel Craig had arthroscopic surgery to repair his knee injury. He will rejoin production on 22 April at Pinewood.
Eventually, Daniel Craig’s dedication towards the project paid off, asSpectreearned $880M at the worldwide box office, against its $245M estimated budget (viaThe Numbers). Although the 2015 film only managed to earn a 63% RT rating, it became an overall box office success, given thatSpectreearned 3.6 times the production budget.
Spectreis available on Prime Video.
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Krittika Mukherjee is a Senior Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on films, TV shows, and celebrity news with over 3,000 articles published. With an educational background in Journalism, and a keen interest in filmmaking, Krittika blends factual precision with creative flair, when crafting her editorials, or dissecting fan theories.Her coverage often includes news and analyses of critically acclaimed films, celebrity news, and franchises like the Wizarding World, LOTR, DC, and MCU—particularly Harry Potter, Fantastic Beasts, Superheroes, and fan theories. As a Wizarding World aficionado, Krittika has spent countless hours exploring hidden backstories, unadapted book moments, spells, and trivias surrounding J.K. Rowling’s lore.An imaginative writer with a way with words, Krittika has worked as an entertainment journalist for the past two years and a web content writer for a year. She brought her experience and expertise to FandomWire to pursue her desire for sipping coffee while dissecting films and tracking celebrity drama.
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