Did you know James Bond actor Daniel Craig auditioned for Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's ‘Rang De Basanti’?

Daniel Craig was Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's first choice for the role of the jailor who walks freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev to be hanged in his film ‘Rang De Basanti.’

New Delhi: Filmmaker and director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra recalls in his autobiography ‘The Stranger in the Mirror’ that James Bond actor Daniel Craig auditioned for the role of the jailor who walks freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev to be hanged in his film ‘Rang De Basanti.’ “I remember vividly that one of the people who auditioned for the part of James McKinley, the young jailor who walks Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev to be hanged, was none other than current James Bond, Daniel Craig,” reveals Mehra in his autobiography. He further shares that he was impressed with Daniel’s audition and wanted to cast him in the film but the actor had asked for some more time before accepting the role as he was in talks for the James Bond role at the same time.