Daniel Craig Talks Skyfall; Actor In Talks For Five More Bond Installments

First Published: December 19, 2011 5:16 PM EST Credit: Getty Images LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Caption Daniel Craig steps out the The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo NY premiere at Ziegfeld Theater, NY City, on December 14, 2011Daniel Craig, star of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and the upcoming James Bond movie, Skyfall, tells Access Hollywood the next installment in the 007 franchise has come together perfectly. Everythings in place. Sam Mendes is directing. Weve got an amazing cast, a great script. Weve got all the right ingredients, he said of the upcoming 23rd Bond film, this being his third. The actor revealed that he needed over two months to get back in Bond shape, after coming off of filming the English-language remake of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, where he gained some weight to play journalist Mikael Blomkvist. Ive been filming for about six weeks now. The first 10 weeks were just getting back into shape, he explained. As for the secret to getting cut like 007, the actor said theres no real mystery behind his secret agent body. Go to the gym and work out. Theres no secret to it. Just hard work, thats all you can do, he said. And audiences might be seeing Daniel as 007 for many more movies. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the actor is in talk to star in five more installments of the franchise, which would surpass Roger Moores record of starring in seven movies as the iconic character. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo hits theaters on December 20. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.