Confirm or Deny: Rachel Weisz

MAUREEN DOWD: Every Friday night, Daniel Craig bakes you a lasagna and gives you a foot massage.

Posted 1:18 a.m. Apr 21, 2018 — Updated 1:18 a.m. Apr 21, 2018

MAUREEN DOWD

, New York Times

MAUREEN DOWD: Every Friday night, Daniel Craig bakes you a lasagna and gives you a foot massage.

RACHEL WEISZ: More like chicken stew with rice. And no massage.

MD: You’re sick of being called an English Rose.

RW: I don’t have a drop of English blood in my veins. You know something funny? In the ‘90s, when I first went to LA for auditions, before I had any jobs, I used to go up for Hispanic roles against Salma Hayek. I put on a Mexican accent. It would be completely politically incorrect now, but that was my first experience. I never got the roles, of course.

MD: The first time you met Michael Caine was in the Swiss Alps, at 3 a.m., and he was naked and covered in mud.

RW: Confirm.

MD: The correct way to pronounce Michael Caine is “my cocaine.”

RW: In a Cockney accent. Confirm.

MD: You love shopping.

RW: I love nice things but I don’t love shopping. I grew up as a little brunette tomboy getting into trouble.

MD: Advice is meaningless.

RW: Yeah, people normally just do what they want.

MD: You are BFFs with Ian McKellan.

RW: I once made a film called “Swept From the Sea,” and we shared a house in Cornwall.

MD: You voiced a character on “The Simpsons.”

RW: Yeah. It was a one-off character, a shrink. Ever since then my friend Oscar Isaacs has called me Dr. Weisz.

MD: Your father emigrated from Hungary. Watching that country’s election this month, you think Viktor Orban is worse than Donald Trump.

RW: Confirm. That’s about as scary as it can get.

MD: Your father invented machines that sense land mines.

RW: Confirm.

MD: Sometimes you dress up as a Bond villainess for your husband in the bedroom.

RW: He would maybe enjoy that. I don’t know. I would say, the thing about James Bond is, he doesn’t get married, right? But I’m married to Daniel. So I never think of myself in any shape or form as a Bond girl because I’m married to him.

MD: You love heavy metal music and you’re a total headbanger.

RW: I like rock ‘n’ roll, and I’m a total headbanger.

MD: When you were making “My Cousin Rachel,” you rode sidesaddle on a thoroughbred stallion trained for “Game of Thrones” to die on command — and he misunderstood your cue and rolled over on you.

RW: Confirm.

MD: You’d be proud to use one of those sun visors for your car sold online that says “Mrs. Daniel Craig.”

RW: Confirm. I love being Mrs. Craig. I’m Mrs. Craig on my checkbooks and passports and things. I heard about a movie called “Mrs. Craig” that I want to watch.

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