But Daniel Craig’s casting as James Bond intrigued the musician, and he decided to accept the job.
Cornell declared he liked the Bond movies, particularly the ones with Sean Connery, but that he «wasn’t really a big fan of the last several movies». Cornell thought it was a strange offer, considering that he is American, and imagined that he would perform a secondary song in the film instead of the main theme. Lia Vollack, Sony Pictures’s President of Music, called Chris Cornell inviting him to make a song for the new Bond movie, which would “reflect the dramatic new direction of James Bond”, with a “strong male singer”.
