Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig take on the February 2007 issue of W Magazine. The A-listers connect twice this year on the big screen — The Invasion and His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass. Here’s an excerpt of Nicole and Daniel’s interview with W:

Daniel Craig can’t stand listening to Nicole Kidman. In fact, it’s so painful that he has stuck his fingers in his ears and is humming loudly to drown her out. Meanwhile, Kidman is happily responding to a question about whether the 38-year-old actor changed after landing his role as James Bond last year.

“Oh, completely,” deadpans Kidman, 39, who was with him, shooting one of their upcoming films, The Invasion, when he got the call. “In 24 hours he became a diva,” she adds, with a nod toward Craig, who continues to hum his tune as the pair sit in the cozy bar of a London photography studio, where they’re sharing a bottle of sparkling water. But then Kidman breaks down and tells the truth: “Oh, he didn’t change at all,” she says in her haute-Aussie twang. “The thing about Daniel, and the reason I like working with him, is that he’s an actor’s actor.”

Of course, Craig has heard the whole thing, and he seems far more alarmed by the compliment than by the faux insult. “How dare you!” he shouts, and they both giggle.

It is a chilly, slate gray autumn Saturday, and Kidman, who’s barefoot and still wearing a caffe latte–colored Dior gown from the fashion shoot, and Craig, in a navy blue cardigan more suited to Mister Rogers than Mr. Bond, are punchy after a long day posing under hot lights. On Monday they’ll return to the London set of The Golden Compass, a fantasy-adventure film based on the first book in Philip Pullman’s trilogy His Dark Materials. The movie, to be released later this year, is their second collaboration, the first being The Invasion, which is loosely based on Invasion of the Body Snatchers and is also due out in 2007.

On Nicole: pale green Alberta Ferretti silk chiffon dress with crystal details and sash and a Mikimoto bracelet. On Daniel: Flexible Fit Calvin Klein Underwear cotton T-shirt. Photographs by: David Sims.

UPDATE :: Two more quotes from the article! Daniel of Nicole: “She turns me on… in the nicest possible way, you understand.” Nicole of Daniel: “In 24 hours, he became a diva.”

Here is the Warner Bros. Pictures 2007 Preview! Here are the included films:

• Lucky You (Eric Bana, Drew Barrymore)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson)
• I Am Legend (Will Smith)
• Ocean’s 13 (Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Matt Damon)
• Fred Claus (Vince Vaughn, Kevin Spacey, Rachel Weisz, Paul Giamatti)
• The Invasion (Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig)
• The Reaping (Hilary Swank)
• One Missed Call (Edward Burns, Shannyn Sossamon, Margaret Cho, and Riley Smith)
• The Brave One (Jodie Foster, Terrence Howard)
• Michael Clayton (George Clooney)
• No Reservations (Catherine Zeta-Jones, Aaron Eckhart, Abigail Breslin)
• Spring Breakdown (Parker Posey, Will Arnett, Rachel Dratch, Justin Hartley, Seth Meyers, Amy Poehler, and Kristin Cavallari)
• Trick ‘r Treat
• The animated TMNT
• graphic novel adaptation 300

Congratulations Casino Royale for becoming the highest grossing James Bond film to date! Daniel Craig certainly has earned his title of “Best Bond Ever” with his movie’s worldwide total reaching a whopping $448 million (that’s $17 million better than Pierce Brosnan’s Die Another Day).

Other pictures include Daniel Craig in 2003’s The Mother and 2004’s Layer Cake (co-starring Sienna Miller). And one random black and white pic for you to enjoy!

Check out the video below of Daniel Craig being interviewed by UK’s Michael Parkinson for Casino Royale. Part II is after the jump!

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Premiere Magazine January 2007 has a preview of Nicole Kidman’s His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass — In this adaptation of the first book in Philip Pullman’s beloved fantasy trilogy, a motley crew of witches, polar bears, and yes, Texans battle a mysterious force that kidnaps children. It took ten years for Pullman’s ambitious story to make it to the screen, with director Chris Weitz (About a Boy) exiting the project once — citing “technical challenges” — only to return two years later. All along, Daniel Craig was eyeing the role of the spooky benefactor, Lord Asriel. “It’s not just about fantasy,” Craig says. “It’s about rites of passage and becoming an adult and how tricky that is.” Newcomer Dakota Blue Richards (Selected from among 10,000 girls who turned up for open auditions in England) plays Lyra, the heroine who travels to the arctic north as part of the rescue attempt; Kidman is the malevolent Mrs. Coluter, who stalls her progress.

His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass will be released nationwide next year on Dec. 7.

A recent Internet poll on dream men was taken in the UK and the top ten dream men were: 1. Daniel Craig 2. Simon Cowell 3. Jesse Metcalfe 4. David Beckham 5. Brad Pitt 6. pop star Mark Owen 7. Leonardo DiCaprio 8. actor Richard Madeley 9. Robbie Williams 10. singer Will Young

Here’s a run-down of the top ten dream women: 1. model and singer Abbey Clancy 2. singer Cheryl Cole 3. Britney Spears 4. Angelina Jolie 5. model Jordan 6. model Abi Titmuss 7. Eva Longoria 8. Pamela Anderson 9. Jessica Alba 10. Madonna

Agree/Disagree? Here is the Casino Royale hotness that is Daniel Craig:

Casino Royale raked in another $15.1 million for a total domestic run so far of $116 million, well on its way to surpassing the $432 million total of James Bond’s most successful screen adaptation, Die Another Day. If you haven’t seen the film yet, go out and see it now!! Definitely will be seeing it again.

Above is Daniel Craig with producer girlfriend Satsuki Mitchell as they arrive for the Australian premiere of Casino Royale at the State Theatre in Sydney, Australia.

Daniel Craig and Casino Royale co-star Eva Green take the cover of the Nov. 24 issue of Entertainment Weekly, out on newsstands today. Ticket sales for Casino Royale in the U.K. box office during its first day of release on Thursday, earned a whopping $3.2 million. Waa-waa-wee-waa-waa! Casino Royale has to open with $47+ million in ticket sales this weekend in order to to beat Die Another Day (Pierce Brosnan).

Below are pictures of Daniel Craig accompanied by film producer girlfriend Satsuki Mitchell at last night’s Casino Royale premiere in Zurich, Switzerland. Other pictures include the world premiere of Casino Royale at the Odeon Leicester Square in London this past Tuesday.

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Daniel Craig was spotted grocery shopping with his girlfriend Satsuki Mitchell again in London . This time at Fresh and Wild Organic Food Shop. (The couple shopped at Tesco last time.) Satsuki is a film producer girlfriend (The Jacket, Godsend). Craig will will play 007 in the new Bond film, Casino Royale, which is out in less than a month — Nov. 17!

More pictures inside of Daniel and Satsuki…
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