James Bond: Mark Strong blames a hangover for ruining his villain audition

So far as embarrassing ingesting tales go, Mark Sturdy has obtained himself a doozy. In line with the actor, he as soon as had a shot at enjoying a Bond villain throughout the Nineteen Nineties, when Pierce Brosnan was 007. That sounds superb, would not it? Solely Sturdy says a depraved hangover ruined his audition. What? Who will get tanked the evening earlier than such an vital assembly? Properly, it might need had one thing to do with future Bond star, Daniel Craig, being his ingesting buddy that evening.

Sturdy just lately shared his story throughout an interview on Sky One’s There’s Something About Movies, saying, “I discovered the traces…and to have fun I went out for a drink, and I obtained pissed. I overdid it, and the subsequent day I used to be severely hungover.”

The morning after his night with Craig, Sturdy may really feel the ingesting demons dancing atop his cranium. He collected himself and headed into the audition, the place eight casting executives have been ready. To nobody’s shock, he bombed. “I began, then I simply forgot my traces, couldn’t keep in mind what they have been and so they all simply sort of fell aside. I used to be sweating, it was a horrible expertise — however I actually discovered from it…The irony was, the man I used to be out the evening earlier than getting pissed with was Daniel Craig. So I blame him!”

Woof. That is a tricky break, although it feels like Sturdy discovered a useful lesson that day. Maybe including insult to damage, Craig would go on to play the franchise’s lead character a number of years later. Craig now has 4 Bond movies below his lapel, whereas Sturdy has none.

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That is to not say that Sturdy hasn’t executed nicely for himself since. Removed from it. Along with enjoying Merlin in Matthew Vaughn’s Kingsman franchise, Sturdy at the moment seems reverse Emma Stone and Emma Thompson in Disney’s Cruella. Oh, and let’s not overlook that he obtained his likelihood to play the villain Dr. Sivana in DC’s Shazam! That is a mighty superb record of credit in the event you ask me, and we’re merely scratching the floor. One has to think about that Sturdy has loads of roles left in his profession. Who is aware of? Perhaps he’ll give the Bond franchise one other go after Craig retires.

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