Daniel Craig tests positive for COVID-19, cancels Broadway shows

Daniel Craig has tested positive for COVID-19 and as a result, is withdrawing from his performance in Shakespeare Macbeth in Broadway. And the Longacre Theater announced, Saturday, that Craig tested positive for the virus in the afternoon, which led to the cancellation of the evening show and the play.

“Morning and evening performance today for Macbeth Canceled because Daniel Craig just tested positive for COVID this afternoon,” the announcement said. We apologize for the inconvenience this is causing to ticket holders, but the safety of our audience, crew and crew remains our top priority. All canceled performance tickets will be refunded at the original point of purchase. Please check MacbethBroadway.com or MacbethBway for updated information. “

Directed by Sam Gold, reviving the limited participation of Macbeth It stars Craig in the title role alongside Ruth Negga in her Broadway debut as Lady Macbeth. Shows began on March 29 with the show officially starting on April 28 and was scheduled to run for 15 weeks – until July 10 – at the Longacre Theatre. Craig James Bond Producer Barbara Broccoli is a producer on the show. It is unclear at this time how long the symptom will continue after Craig’s positive test.

Craig recently left his role as iconic secret agent James Bond by releasing No time to die last year. The film, Craig’s fifth in the franchise, was finally released last October after several delays due to the pandemic, and Craig had previously said that while he finishes the character, he’ll miss everything about her.

“I’m going to miss it all, I think,” said Craig. “I’m going to miss the collaboration. I mean, I hope I keep going and I’ll have a lot of other great jobs, but it’s very, very rare. Aside from the Marvel movies, there aren’t any movies this big. I’ve been privileged to be involved in it. … It was there before me, and it will be there. After me. But I had the opportunity to be a part of all of this, and if you can’t get it from a Bond movie as an actor, what can you get for it? So, yeah, I’m going to miss it a lot.”

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