Daniel Craig is sitting in the restaurant of the Carlyle Hotel talking about how easy it can be to close yourself off to new experiences. “We get older and maybe out of fear, we want to control the way we are in our lives.

Craig’s tenure as Bond began in 2006 with “Casino Royale.” He went on to star in “Quantum of Solace,” “Skyfall,” “Spectre,” and “No Time to Die,” which concluded his turn as 007 in 2021.

One of the first real signs that “Queer” is going to be an unconventional movie is when Daniel Craig in a linen suit saunters through Mexico City during the early ’50s and the soundtrack blasts a song by Nirvana.