Well, as I was watching Daniel Bond Craig in XXL-size on the screen and my eyes had a hard time following what was going on on each side, I was surprised at how much better he looks in person. Yes, Ladies & Gentlemen, I had an interview with him, my first and possibly last Bond. Since the new Bonds tend to keep the role for about a decade, God knows whether I will still be interviewing people at 35. Or if I even want to...
The interview was one out of three. First I interviewed the director Martin Campbell, who also directed the Zorro-flicks and whom I had interviewed before. Then came the villain Mads Mikkelsen, who was wearing a sports jacket and looked very cool and theeennn I had my five minutes with Bond. These TV-interviews are pretty impersonal. You walk in a darkened room, the artist already sitting in his chair, camera in his face, lights on, most likely getting a touch up by his make up artists, cameras start rolling and you have your 4-5 minutes with him/her, shake hands and before you can form your lips to say bye, the next interviewer is sitting in the chair you warmed for the past minutes, lol. But I must say I did enjoy this one, there is something very classy and mature about him. Must be the British thing, or the fact he was wearing a killer suit OR simply the confidence that comes with being the new Bond. The most interesting thing for me in the interview was him saying that when he found out he had landed the role, he was in Baltimore in a grocery store. He said he dropped everything he was going to buy, grabbed a Vodka bottle instead, went to the hotel and got drunk, calling his friends and family. I like the new Bond...
Speaking of Vodka, after the premiere, we were shuttled to the afterparty in a place called "The Station". I personally didn't see Daniel Craig there, although it's said that he was there. I saw the director with his very (!!) young wife and I saw the villain, whom the DJ played Stevie's "Happy Birthday" for at midnight. It was a fun night, the set up was nice AND after my usual Vodka-Redbulls, I discovered my new favorite "drink": Martini D'Oro. Nothing spectacular, I know, but unbeatable on crushed ice, at least for me, at least last night...
Hotel Ritz Carlton, where the interviews took place
Afterparty Bond-Premiere in Berlin
My co-worker Nicole and me. I wasn't aware of the red light effects until I saw this photo
