While promoting his latest movie, Daniel Craig said dancing doesn鈥檛 come naturally to him 鈥� but he couldn't resist a pitch from 鈥淭hor: Love and Thunder鈥� director Taika Waititi.
The pair collaborated on a recent Belvedere vodka ad, which was the swinging his hips and shimmying down hotel corridors while showing off tattooed biceps and a devastating pout.
鈥淚t was hard work because I don鈥檛 dance. So, the fact is, we had an amazing choreographer to JaQuel Knight who came in and I worked with him for a couple of days," Craig told The Associated Press. "I just went for it. You don鈥檛 get chances like that very often.鈥�
鈥淚n for a penny, in for a pound鈥� he added.
His latest acting project, 鈥淕lass Onion,鈥� follows a party of sycophants and friends of billionaire Miles (Ed Norton) who find themselves trapped on an island with a murderer on the loose.
As with the first 鈥淜nives Out鈥� movie, director Rian Johnson has assembled an all-star cast including Janelle Mon谩e, Kate Hudson, Leslie Odom Jr., and Dave Bautista.
Craig鈥檚 detective Benoit Blanc is the only returning character 鈥� with the British actor saying he works as hard as he can to get back into the headspace of the Southern sleuth. Especially given Blanc鈥檚 trademark accent.
鈥淚鈥檓 on it all the time, all the time,鈥� he joked. 鈥淚 have to work really hard at it, but once it鈥檚 in, it鈥檚 in and then it is part of me.鈥�
And does this include slipping into character and adopting Blanc鈥檚 Southern drawl round the dinner table with his family which includes wife Rachel Weisz? Not a chance.
鈥淢y family鈥檚 not that nice, I鈥檓 not allowed to do that,鈥� he laughs.
The film, which also stars Kathryn Hahn, Jessica Henwick and Madelyn Cline, will receive this week before screening internationally on Netflix on Dec. 23.
Sian Watson, The Associated Press
