Daniel Craig continued to show off his quirky new style as he took to the stage for a special screening of his latest film Queer.
The James Bond star, 56, was spotted rocking the long blond hair he has been sporting of late at the New York Film Festival on Sunday.
The actor cut a chic figure in a tailored bottle green double-breasted suit and opted for a black shirt underneath.
Daniel added a pair of dark sunglasses to his look while he posed on the red carpet, and finished his dapper ensemble off with a pair of black patent leather shoes.
The Knives Out star was also spotted being photographed alongside his co-star, Drew Starkey and director Luca Guadagnino.
Daniel Craig, 56, continued to show off his quirky new style as he for a special screening of his latest film Queers on Sunday in New York City
The James Bond star was spotted rocking his new long blonde hair as he took to the stage for a special Q&A ahead of the premiere
The actor cut a chic figure in a double-breasted suit as he posed alongside his co-star, Drew Starkey, 30, (right) and director Luca Guadagnino, 53 (left)
The James Bond star plays an American expat and war veteran who becomes embroiled in a romance with younger man, and is said to feature several explicit sex scene
The actor, 30, donned a vintage-inspired brown suit with wide baggy trousers and a white shirt while the film’s director, 53, wore a black suit with a silver silk shirt.
After posing on the red carpet, Daniel and the rest of the cast made their way inside for a Q&A for the special screening at the US festival.
The Layer Cake star put on an animated display as he took to the stage with the cast of Queer.
The new film is based on William Burroughs’ semi-autobiographical novella and stars Daniel as American expat and war veteran William Lee, who has a romance with a younger man, Eugene Allerton (Drew Starkey), a drug addict and discharged Navy serviceman.
Initial reviews suggest moviegoers will be left shocked by the explicit nature of some of the key moments in the movie.
One much talked about scene, in particular, sees Daniel perform oral sex on Allerton.
Venice Film Festival boss Alberto Barbera said he believes Daniel has given ‘the performance of a lifetime’ in Queer, and added he’d be surprised if we don’t see the British actor at the Academy Awards next year.
And the film also means a lot to the Call Me BY Your Name creator.
Daniel looked stylish in a bottle green double-breasted suit which he paired with a simple black shirt underneath
He added a pair of dark sunglasses and patent leather shoes to his outfit, looking dapper as he posed on the red carpet
After posing on the red carpet, Daniel and the rest of the cast made their way inside for a Q&A for the special screening at the US festival where Daniel put on an animated display
The new film is based on William Burroughs’ semi-autobiographical novella and stars Daniel as American expat and war veteran William Lee, who has a romance with a younger man, Eugene Allerton (Drew Starkey), a drug addict and discharged Navy serviceman
Initial reviews suggest moviegoers will be left shocked by the explicit nature of some of the key moments in the movie
In an interview, Luca commented: ‘Queer will be my most personal film. It’s a tribute to Powell and Pressburger.
‘I’ve seen The Red Shoes at least 50 times and I think they would appreciate the sex scenes in Queer, which are numerous and quite scandalous.’
The novella which inspired the project was penned between 1951 and 1953 but not published until 1985.
Much of it was written in the aftermath of the death of Burroughs’ wife Joan Vollmer – who he shot in the head during a drinking party in Mexico City.
Their four-year-old son was in the room at the time. Burroughs said he was trying to shoot a glass off her head, William Tell style, but later changed his story to say the weapon misfired.
He was convicted of manslaughter in his absence, after fleeing to the US.
Daniel’s appearance comes as he spoke about the frank gay love scenes in his new film, telling the Venice Film Festival: ‘We just wanted to make it as touching and as real and as natural as we could.’
Speaking last month he said: ‘Drew (Starkey) is a wonderful fantastic beautiful actor to work with and we had a laugh, we tried to make it fun.
Venice Film Festival boss Alberto Barbera said he believes Daniel has given ‘the performance of a lifetime’ in Queer, and added he could be up for an Academy Awards next year
‘There was some choreography in the movie which was a very important part of the movie. Drew and I started months before filming rehearsing the dancing. Dancing with someone is a great icebreaker.
‘You know as well as I do there is nothing intimate about filming a sex scene on a movie set, but we just wanted to make it as touching and as real and as natural as we could.’
Luca, who was the behind the summer hit Challengers starring Zendaya, said: ‘Daniel in our first Zoom was adamant that this was going to be a love story first and foremost. We stuck with that – what does it mean to love and to be loved, to be connected and to be disconnected.’
Asked if James Bond – the spy played five times by his leading man – could be gay, Luca replied: ‘Let’s all be grown up about this. There is no way around the fact that nobody would know James Bond’s desires.
‘Having said that – no! The important thing is that he does his missions properly.’
