Stephen Colbert received a 007-style correction from Daniel Craig during his appearance on 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' on Monday. Craig, 56, took the opportunity to address the 60-year-old host's persistent mispronunciation of his last name during all six of his previous visits to the show. 'I have a bone to pick with you,' Craig told Colbert before requesting the comedian to pronounce his name correctly. Upon hearing the correct pronunciation, Craig responded, 'Now you're doing it right.'
The James Bond actor explained that his last name, which should be pronounced 'Cr-ayg,' is a diphthong—a sound created by combining two vowels in a single syllable. Craig emphasized, 'I don't say 'Colbet.' Both Craig and Colbert demonstrated the correct and incorrect pronunciations, with Colbert acknowledging his error. 'Oooh, I hear the difference. That is subtle,' Colbert admitted. 'That is a subtle difference and I apologize.' He humorously added, 'I don't want Daniel Cr-ayg mad at me. Daniel Cr-egg? F--k that guy, but Daniel Cr-ayg...' as Craig and the audience laughed.
'I am so sorry,' Colbert told Craig, seeking forgiveness. Craig accepted the apology but reminded Colbert that he had been mispronouncing his name consistently during all six of his appearances. 'It's fine. Whatever,' Craig said.
Craig's appearance on the show was primarily to promote his new film 'Queer,' directed by Luca Guadagnino and based on William S. Burroughs' 1985 novella. Set in 1950s Mexico City, the film follows an outcast American expat (Craig) who falls in love with a younger man (Drew Starkey). To perfect his character's American accent, Craig revealed that he studied the speech patterns of several famous Midwesterners. Guadagnino, 53, shared in an IndieWire interview that Craig's role in the James Bond films inspired his casting in 'Queer.' 'When he started to do Bond, also there I found in him the embodiment of an icon and legend in a way that was not submissive to the legend but was confronting it and making its own legend out of it, which is the quality of a real star,' the director explained. 'Very few actors, very few stars can call themselves actors, and very few stars can reclaim the power of going above the icons they play, and he's one,' Guadagnino said about Craig. 'Queer,' also featuring Jason Schwartzman, Henry Zaga, Omar Apollo, and Lesley Manville, is set for release in theaters on December 13.
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