Daniel Craig has found a substitute for his traditional morning cuppa joe.

The actor recalled studying of the weird new technique of caffeine consumption whereas discussing his newest movie, Luca Guadagnino's Queer, lately.

"There's a sequence the place we do a dance — I gained't give the sport away, however there's a dance within the film," Craig mentioned, starting to clarify what occurred on Friday's episode of The Graham Norton Show. "We had been doing it exterior on the backlot, and it was simply floor — it was gravel — and we needed to kind of roll round for 2 nights. I used to be like, 'We're gonna get reduce to items.' We're bare within the scene."

Thankfully, a crew member had an answer for Craig's considerations. "Somebody very kindly mentioned, 'That's not gonna work. We're gonna be bleeding. It's not gonna be superb for the scene,'" he recalled. "So we received again the next evening, and somebody had put like 50 kilos of espresso grounds down on the bottom, so it appeared like grime. Which is nice — gentle and beautiful."

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Nevertheless, utilizing fake grime had unintended penalties. "You possibly can take in it by means of your pores and skin, so by 6 o'clock within the morning, in an evening shoot, you're like, 'Yeah, goodnight!'" he mentioned in a comically frantic, amped-up tone.

Craig's costar Drew Starkey lately shared his own recollection of the experience in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. "We had been basically bare. [Guadagnino] was like, 'They're going to get reduce up after the primary take. Their pores and skin's going to be ripped to shreds if it's simply grime,'" he recalled. "So that they laid these mats out, these crash pads nearly, after which it was espresso grounds [on top of that]."

Starkey, too, received a significant caffeine buzz from filming the scene. "By the tip of the evening [when] we shot that, Daniel and I had been wired," he mentioned. "I assume the espresso can take in into your pores and skin. I used to be up for hours after."

In the course of the Graham Norton Show interview, Jesse Eisenberg, who was additionally on Norton's sofa to advertise his movie A Actual Ache, was flabbergasted by Craig's anecdote. "Is that true?" the Social Network star requested, incredulous.

"It's true, it’s true," Craig confirmed.

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Norton requested, "So should you simply rub espresso on your self…?"

Craig didn't suppose that technique would have fairly the identical impact. "Properly, I imply, should you roll round in it for 12 hours," he mentioned. "I'm unsure should you simply rub espresso you'll get it."

Eisenberg joked that Craig's discovery may grow to be his go-to espresso routine. "I’ve such a sensitivity to caffeine," he mentioned. "Possibly I ought to simply take slightly stroll in it. I believe I’d stroll."

Craig advisable it. "It's very good, it's very gentle," he mentioned. "Barefoot, simply stroll backwards and forwards each morning."

Eisenberg responded, "'Trigger I can't do a full cup, however possibly I can perform a little stroll. I'll pour cream on it, too, simply to make it fancy. 'I'd wish to stroll on some espresso and sugar this morning.'"

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Craig additionally mentioned his intimate scenes with Starkey with Leisure Weekly. "I really feel just like the bodily act is the least fascinating factor," he mentioned. "We're all grown-ups. That is what folks do. However the one factor that's fascinating, and what I believe hopefully works concerning the scenes, is the emotional journey of every character. That's what we wished to get throughout. I believe that's why they work."

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The actor additionally defined why he was drawn to the position. "I noticed this very sophisticated, emotional character within the [William S. Burroughs] ebook that I believed could be only a pleasure to tackle and actually have a go at making an attempt to create," Craig mentioned.

Watch Craig on The Graham Norton Present within the clip above.