Moving from one big franchise to the next seemed like the next logical step for Craig, even for a limited cameo. His wife, Rachel Weisz, was in Black Widow as Melina Vostokoff, and so to have him play a Marvel character would’ve been really cool, especially after wrapping up as James Bond in last year’s No Time to Die. It would’ve been interesting to see Daniel Craig play Balder the Brave, more than Reed Richards. PAjgKpsGye- Steven Spoilsberg May 14, 2022 So now that the rumours about Daniel Craig originally being in #doctorstrange #inthemultiverseOfmadness are out I think I can talk about what I heard on the film about him. The magic of moviemaking is at hand, here. It’s also entirely possible that Elizabeth Olsen did not physically shoot her scene with Krasinski in the movie if the Reed Richards conversation with Wanda was a reshoot and COVID protocols were put in place to ensure distancing or safe filmmaking conditions between actors. Wanda was going to talk Balder into killing himself, but for COVID-19-related reasons, the actor was not able to shoot his scenes and was replaced by John Krasinski during reshoots. However, according to Heavy Spoilers, Daniel Craig was actually never cast as Reed Richards but was going to play Balder the Brave, who was originally going to be part of the Illuminati instead of Reed. Fun fact, Krasinski wasn’t the first choice, the actor originally set to play the role was all set to shoot but when there was an uptick in COVID cases, he backed out as he was living in London and didn’t think the quick shoot wasn’t worth risk of bringing back COVID to the fam /sD9nT0omki- Justin Kroll May 14, 2022

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