Mark Strong Blames Daniel Craig for Disaster Audition for James Bond Villain
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The 'Kingsman: The Secret Service' actor ruined his opportunity to land a major role in a 007 movie opposite Pierce Brosnan following a night out with the 'Spectre' star.

AceShowbiz - Actor Mark Strong bombed his audition to star as a James Bond villain back in the 1990s after a drunken night out with Daniel Craig.

The "Kingsman: The Secret Service" star was in line to potentially land a role opposite Pierce Brosnan as 007, but he decided to head out for a drink on the eve of the try-out - and soon lived to regret it.

Recalling the incident on U.K. TV show "There's Something About Movies", Strong said, "I learned the lines... and to celebrate I went out for a drink, and I got p**sed (drunk). I overdid it and the next day I was severely hung over."

As can be expected, the audition was a waste of time. "I started, then I just forgot my lines, couldn't remember what they were and they all just kind of fell apart," he shared. "I was sweating, it was a terrible experience - but I really learned from it."

Now Strong looks back at the career mishap and can't help but laugh - because Craig went on to succeed Brosnan as the suave superspy.

"The irony was, the guy I was out the night before getting p**sed with was Daniel Craig. So I blame him!" he chuckled.

It's unclear which Bond movie Strong was auditioning for, but Brosnan portrayed 007 in three films in the 1990s - "GoldenEye", "Tomorrow Never Dies", and "The World Is Not Enough", as well as "Die Another Day", which was released in 2002.

Craig made his debut as the famed undercover agent in 2006's "Casino Royale" and will make his fifth outing as Bond in "No Time to Die", which is set to launch in October (21).

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