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Can one put a price tag on a man who says he’d rather slit his wrists than make a movie with you?

Yes, a very big one, in fact – possibly fattened with each empty threat uttered from Daniel Craig’s mouth. The reigning James Bond has been heavily courted for the last two years to return for another instalment of the iconic franchise.

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Longtime franchise producer Barbara Broccoli has been trying to nail down the star since 2015’s Spectre, but the actor has been vocally opposed to sporting the Bond speedo one more time. He’s been in four movies to date, beginning his tenure in 2006, taking the reins from Pierce Brosnan.

In a 2015 interview with Time Out, Craig notoriously said, he’d “rather break this glass and slash my wrists” than do another Bond. He added, “I’m over it at the moment. We’re done. All I want to do is move on. … For at least a year or two, I just don’t want to think about it. I don’t know what the next step is. I’ve no idea. Not because I’m trying to be cagey. Who the f–k knows? At the moment, we’ve done it. I’m not in discussion with anybody about anything. If I did another Bond movie, it would only be for the money.”