Daniel Craig sported slippers as he took to the stage for an event тιтled An Evening With Daniel Craig at BAM Howard in NYC on Friday evening.

The James Bond actor, 56, who was promoting his racy new movie Queer, looked comfy stylish in a grey cable knit sweater which he teamed with the bedroom footwear.

He completed the very casual ensemble with jeans and swept his long blonde locks from his handsome face. 

Taking to the stage Daniel was interviewed by American theatre critic Hilton Als and appeared in great spirits as he spoke about his latest big screen appearance. 

He stars alongside Drew Starkey, 31, in Luca Guadagnino’s anticipated movie based on William Burroughs’ semi-autobiographical novella of the same name.

The period romantic drama, set in 1950s Mexico City, follows American expat and war veteran William Lee (played by Craig), who has a romance with a younger man, Eugene Allerton (Starkey), a drug addict and discharged Navy serviceman.

Daniel Craig sported, 56, slippers as he took to the stage for an event тιтled An Evening With Daniel Craig at BAM Howard in NYC on Friday evening 

He looked comfy stylish in a grey cable knit sweater which he teamed with he bedroom footwear

The films sees some steamy scenes between the two actors, with Daniel telling Variety: ‘You kind of have to leave your ego at the door. You’ve got to kind of just let it go. There are no rules.’ 

It comes after Daniel revealed he ended up ‘writing a lot of lines’ in Bond’s 2008 movie Quantum Of Solace – admitting the film ‘just didn’t quite work’.

He reminisced his time on set but bluntly admitted it was a ‘f***ing nightmare’ – as they were short of writers and production started without a script.

Speaking on The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter Podcast, the Knives Out star said: ‘Difficult second album — f***ing nightmare.

‘Paul Haggis did a pᴀss on the script. Then he went off and joined the picket line and we didn’t have writers’.

‘We should never have started production, ‘I ended up writing a lot of that film, which I probably shouldn’t say.’

The English actor continued: ‘There are some amazing stunt sequences in it but it just didn’t quite work.

‘The storytelling wasn’t there, that’s a lesson — starting a movie without a script is not a good idea.’

He completed the very casual ensemble with jeans and swept his long blonde locks from his handsome face 

Beaming Daniel appeared in great spirits as he spoke about his latest big screen appearance

Taking to the stage Daniel (L) was interviewed by American theatre critic Hilton Als (R) 

He stars alongside Drew Starkey, 31, in Luca Guadagnino’s anticipated movie based on William Burroughs’ semi-autobiographical novella of the same name

The period romantic drama, set in 1950s Mexico City, follows American expat and war veteran William Lee (played by Craig), who has a romance with a younger man

The films sees some steamy scenes between the two actors, with Daniel (L) saying : ‘You kind of have to leave your ego at the door. You’ve got to kind of just let it go. There are no rules.’

During the same interview, the actor also revealed he initially rejected the chance to play James Bond as he was fearful it could limit other opportunities for him in the movie industry.

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He portrayed 007 in five movies spanning from 2006’s Casino Royale to 2021’s No Time To Die, but admits he had reservations about taking the part of the legendary spy.

When asked if he was nervous about accepting the Bond role, Daniel told: ‘Yes, for sure. That’s why I turned it down – I mean, I said, “No”. 

‘There wasn’t a script at the time, so again, my arrogance was unbelievable, but I was just like, ‘Well, until I see a script, I couldn’t possibly make a decision.’

‘And it was fear, exactly what you’re talking about, of that thing and many others, how it would flip my life. 

‘I was making a pretty good living at the time, so if I spent my life doing what I was doing at the time, I would’ve been more than happy.

‘But it was really one of those things where – I mean to be typecast as James Bond? Boo-hoo.’

Daniel took on other film roles between Bond movies – such as Defiance and Cowboys and Aliens – but explained that his attempts to showcase his versatility as an actor left him burnt out.

It comes after Daniel revealed he ended up ‘writing a lot of lines’ in Bond’s 2008 movie Quantum Of Solace – admitting the film ‘just didn’t quite work’ 

He reminisced about his time on set but bluntly admitted it was a ‘f***ing nightmare’ – as they were short of writers and production started without a script (pictured with Gemma Arterton in the film)

He said: ‘I think I felt that I had to prove myself. And after a while I just realised that I didn’t have the energy to do that.

‘It’s not knocking movies like ‘Defiance’, because I’m very proud of them. 

But Bond is your life when you’re doing it – each movie is about two years out of your life; you’re away from home for over six months; and the idea of fitting someone else in because of the need to prove to the world that I’ve got range, it’s kind of ridiculous, so I stopped doing that.

‘There’s some movies I did do that I was incredibly proud of. But I was exhausted while doing those films. It was better just to concentrate on the Bonds.’