Many critics have had mixed feelings about the new James Bond movie, Spectre, and it makes one curious if Daniel Craig’s negative comments during press for the film have turned viewers sour to his new Bond film.

It seems uncommon for the star of an upcoming billion dollar film like Spectre to be giving the longtime favorite spy such a negative spin as the film heads into theaters, but that’s exactly what’s been happening over the past few weeks as Daniel Craig has repeatedly said bizarrely poor things about James Bond and his seemingly lack of enjoyment playing the character.

While sometimes an actor’s words can be taken out of context, Daniel Craig was asked by Time Out London about doing another Bond film, and the actor said, “Now? I’d rather break this glass and slash my wrists.” It seems harsh for an actor that was in the first Bond movie to hit a billion dollars at the box office, but he did add that the films are a highly stressful eight-month shoot.

He continued about playing Bond in the future, “No, not at the moment. Not at all. That’s fine. I’m over it at the moment. We’re done. All I want to do is move on.” It seemed like maybe he was just tired that day of answering the same question about playing Bond in future films, but the chaos continued.

He mentioned sequels again, giving an even more jarring comment when he said, “I’m not in discussion with anybody about anything. If I did another Bond movie, it would only be for the money.” Money is rarely talked about by actors, as they’re paid such obscene sums, and Craig saying he’d only do another Bond film for money was just another step in this strange direction of promotion.

Daniel Craig is clearly not happy about James Bond sequel questions, and seems to take the bait when it’s been brought up by reporters, but would this cause reviewers to criticize the new film? It currently holds a 62% on RottenTomatoes (compared to Skyfall’s 93%), but if you went by the social media buzz the film has been getting, it’s pretty much been crucified.

Some reviewers this writer is familiar with say the film isn’t all bad, and that the beginning half of the film is actually quite good, with the third act falling completely on its face. So, it may not have entirely been Daniel Craig’s fault that the film has had early negative reviews, but the story itself.

It still seems like people in the film industry were affected by his comments about playing the character, although many appreciated the fact that he brought up how the character of James Bond is often misogynistic, and has been for years.

On this topic, the actor said, “Let’s not forget that he’s actually a misogynist. A lot of women are drawn to him chiefly because he embodies a certain kind of danger and never sticks around for too long.”

While it’s great to see him recognize the famous spy’s long-time flaws, he seems to be in a bad place with the films themselves, or possibly just the mass amounts of press he’s had to do for a film that will most likely follow Skyfall’s footsteps in breaking a billion dollars at the box office.

What’s strange is actor Sean Connery, who will easily go down as one of the best Bonds of all time, said, “I have always hated that damned James Bond. I’d like to kill him.” The two actors seem to have similar feelings about the character.

Back to Daniel Craig’s disastrous promotion for Spectre, when asked by The Red Bulletin what we could learn from James Bond that would help us in our day-to-day lives, the actor thought for a minute and said, “Nothing.” Wow, Dan, tell us what you really think.

When Sean Connery finally came back to do another James Bond film, he was paid $1.8 million (a record at the time), and ended up donating it all to charity. Maybe there’s something about this character that great actors learn to loathe after playing him for some time.

Still, with paychecks in the 10s of millions, you’d think an actor could put on a bit of a more cheerful show for a studio that Variety reports needs to take in $650 million worldwide to break even due to the way Spectre’s backers will have to split the box office.

Still, Spectre is receiving some positive reviews, revealing that if nothing else it’s a beautiful film to watch on the big screen. We’re just curious if the film is being watched with some tainted eyes, or if it just doesn’t quite live up to its predecessor.

‘Spectre’ hits theaters in the U.S. today, we’ll be curious to hear what moviegoers have to say about the 24th Bond film.