Within a few short years, Daniel Craig has risen from British acting obscurity to become one of the most famous icons in the world. His performance as James Bond was as controversial as it was different from every actor who came before him, but Casino Royale was a critical and box office success. But according to a recent interview with the Associated Press, he’s not letting it go to his head.

Midway through filming the upcoming Quantum of Solace, the new James Bond took some time out of his schedule to attend the London premiere of another movie he stars in - Flashbacks of a Fool.

According to Craig, it’s a story about a dissolusioned actor who “has failed as a human being, and I wanted to explore that.” MSN Movies says:

A coming-of-age drama centered on Joe’s teenage years in the 1970s, the film veers — at times erratically — between wistfulness, tragedy and spiky humor. It has a strong British cast that includes Helen McRory, Olivia Williams and Harry Eden as the young Joe, a soundtrack of vintage David Bowie and Roxy Music, and fantastic seaside scenery — set in a suspiciously sunny English seaside town. It was actually filmed in South Africa.

Craig said the film was “a personal journey” for him.

“The film touches on a lot of things we all went through — electrifying moments when you’re a teenager which form who you are as a human being,” Craig said. “I think [director and longtime friend] Baille [Walsh] has captured that so well.”

“I hit 40 this year, but I still think about being a teenager, and hopefully I will for the rest of my life.”

Craig says that if he can use his newfound fame to promote small projects like this that he can “be proud of,” then all the hassle of being a superstar will be worth it.

An anonymous reviewer called “The Man With No Plan” wrote in to AICN after having attended the premiere: “Overall I thought the film was an amazing film, very powerful, and at points very moving…The actors were all superb, a high quality cast that were never flat or 2-dimensional. Special praise should be showered on the children actors, who were fantastic in portraying the central characters in their formative years.”

Sounds like Craig is right to be proud.

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