Daniel Craig has insisted he won’t be passing any of his fortune down to his kids.
The 007 star has branded the idea of inheritance “distasteful”, and suggested he’d be much happier spending the money himself before he dies, or donating it to charitable causes.
The 53-year-old Hollywood icon, who has appeared in four Bond films so far, with his fifth instalment No Time To Die set for release in September, has opened up about what he plans to do with his money.
Speaking to Candis magazine, Daniel confirmed that his two children won’t be coming into his cash.
Daniel shares a daughter Ella with ex-wife Fiona Loudon, and another daughter with current wife Rachel Weisz.
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He told the publication: “Isn’t there an old adage that if you die a rich person, you’ve failed?
“I think [American industrialist] Andrew Carnegie gave away what in today’s money would be about 11billion dollars, which shows how rich he was because I’ll be he kept some of it, too!”
He continued: “But I don’t want to leave great sums to the next generation. I think inheritance is quite distasteful.
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“My philosophy is get rid of it or give it away before you go.”
The star also opened up about how different he is to Bond, admitting he isn’t above weeping at TV adverts.
Daniel said he doesn’t want to play “characters who don’t feel”, admitting he is as “emotional as anyone” and can “cry at anything”.
“A good commercial can get me going if I’m in the mood,” he confessed.
Daniel originally said he wouldn’t do another Bond movie after 2015’s Spectre, as he felt “physically really low”.
The six-year gap between Spectre and No Time To Die was in part due to Daniel’s mental health at the time, and in part due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
He told GQ Magazine last year: “I was never going to do one again. I was like, ‘Is this work really genuinely worth this, to go through this, this whole thing?’
“And I didn’t feel… I felt physically really low. So the prospect of doing another movie was just, like, off the cards.
“And that’s why it has been five years.”
Daniel also admitted he has suffered from anxiety in the past, admitting he felt like he “couldn’t cope” with not receiving the Bond scripts in advance.
Though originally slated for release in March 2020, it will finally hit cinemas at the end of September 2021 after numerous delays.
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
