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Thursday 25 of April 2024

Daniel Craig to undergo minor ankle surgery for Bond injury


AP Photo, Daniel Craig,FILE - In this April 25, 2019, file photo, actor Daniel Craig poses for photographers during the photo call of the latest installment of the James Bond film franchise, currently known as
AP Photo, Daniel Craig,FILE - In this April 25, 2019, file photo, actor Daniel Craig poses for photographers during the photo call of the latest installment of the James Bond film franchise, currently known as "Bond 25," in Oracabessa, Jamaica. James Bond is out of commission for a few weeks. Craig is undergoing minor ankle surgery after sustaining an injury while filming the 25th installment in the franchise in Jamaica, according to a tweet from the official James Bond twitter account Wednesday, May 22. (AP Photo/Leo Hudson, File)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Bond is out of commission for a few weeks. Star Daniel Craig is undergoing minor ankle surgery after sustaining an injury while filming the 25th installment in the franchise in Jamaica.

The news comes Wednesday in a tweet from the official James Bond twitter account. The statement says that production will continue during the 51-year-old actor’s two-week post-surgery rehabilitation and that the film will stay on track to hit its April 2020 release date.

This is Craig’s fifth outing as 007.