The anecdotes of the worst castings of the actors reassure us when we learn that even the biggest stars have had their moments of shame in bad selection tests. And the thing is that anyone has a bad day, although in the case of actor Mark Strong it was all due to a bad night with Daniel Craig. Cruella’s promotion is offering Mark Strong the opportunity to talk about many projects from the past, such as his possible return to Kingsman 3. But the series of interviews he is conducting has also been able to recall moments from his past such as that time in which “almost” becomes the new villain of James Bond if not for his horrible casting.
In an interview for the Sky One channel’s There’s something about movies program, Mark Strong spoke about how in the 90s he went to a casting to be the James Bond villain, who at that time was played by Pierce Brosnan. “I learned the lines… and to celebrate I went out for a drink and got pissed off. I overdid it and the next day I had a severe hangover, ”explained the actor. However, he was not going to miss such a great opportunity to stand up to the most famous spy of all time and even less not to appear in a 007 tape. So the actor walked as he tells himself “painfully” until the audition that “It was a disaster” in his words.
“I started, then I forgot my lines, I couldn’t remember what they were and they all fell apart,” Strong recalled from his horrible casting and added “I was sweating, it was a terrible experience, but I really learned from it.” The funny thing about it is that the actor Mark Strong had gotten drunk with was Daniel Craig, the one who would be the next James Bond , “so I blame him”, the actor ended jokingly. Craig is seen to be pointing to ways “eliminating” 007’s enemies even before they were.
Outside of this hilarious failure, Mark Strong has built a career playing great villains . Blackwood from Sherlock Holmes , Frank D´Amico from Kick-Ass , Godfrey from Robin Hood or Dr. Sivana from Shazam are some of the castings that he surely did not share the night before with Daniel Craig.
