James Bond Star Daniel Craig Received A Star From The Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
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- Daniel Craig ended the week with his latest James Bond film, taking it to 2,704. Star on the Hollywood Walk from Fame in California.
- It was unveiled off 7007 Hollywood Boulevard in honor of the fictional British spy code number.
His Bond predecessor Sir Roger Moore was just meters away. Craig, who has played 007 since 2006, tell it was an "absolute privilege to walk around Hollywood." The 53-year-old was featured by Bond producers Michael J. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli alongside his co-star in the latest issue of 007 No Time To Die, Rami Malek.
Before introducing his star, Craig said, "To Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, thank you with all my heart, I wouldn't be here today without you - thank you for these beautiful words. Thank you, Rami, for the lovely comments and this beautiful.
"I never thought I'd hear myself say that, but it's an absolute privilege to walk around Hollywood." "No Time To Die" received critical acclaim and received the highest ratings of any Bond film in the UK over the weekend - after its release date was repeatedly postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The film opens on Friday in the United States.
Craig said, "If happiness is measured by the company we run, it makes me a very, very, very happy person to be on this sidewalk surrounded by all these legends. So thank you very much." Malek, who won an Oscar from his role as singer Queen Freddie Mercury in "Bohemian Rhapsody," plays the supervillain Safin in the final installment of the Bond adventures.
At the ceremony, he praised Craig as an actor and colleague.
"We all know he's a great actor, he's dedicated, he can do all the stunts with one hand tied behind his back also the other with a nigger," Malek said. "But he is just as picky in his craft as he is in empathy for everyone around him.
"He has the ability to withstand these two potentially opposing things at the same time - an incredible level of talent and responsibility and an incredible warmth and awareness of what those around him need." Craig also joins Bond compatriots Pierce Brosnan, David Niven, and Barry Nelson on the Walk of Fame, although the late Sir Sean Connery had no stars.
Vaccination protesters also attended a ceremony to protest Los Angeles, which receives one of the strictest immunization mandates in the United States. Walk of Fame stars is awarded annually by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, selected from hundreds of applications. Recipients also pay a $50,000 sponsorship fee, which they pay for the creation and installation of their star and the maintenance of the entire attraction.