Despite what he might publicly say, this foreign born A+ list mostly movie actor who is departing the long long long running movie franchise, set up a multi-million dollar trust fund for his children.

Daniel Craig

James Bond

Daniel Craig says he won’t leave his children an inheritance, thinks it’s ‘quite distasteful’

Daniel Craig is a pretty successful actor, having played James Bond in four movies so far with a fifth one coming up. In 2012 alone, the year “Skyfall” released, he grossed $951 million at the box office — the fourth highest of any actor that year.

But his children won’t be left any of that financial success, it seems.

In an interview with Candis magazine, Craig said that he finds the idea of leaving one’s inheritance to their children “quite distasteful” and therefore won’t be leaving much to his kids.

“Isn’t there an old adage that if you die a rich person, you’ve failed?” Craig said (reported via The Telegraph). “I think Andrew Carnegie [an American industrialist from the 1800s] gave away what in today’s money would be about $11 billion, which shows how rich he was because I’ll bet he kept some of it too.”

Craig continued: “I don’t want to leave great sums to the next generation. I think inheritance is quite distasteful. My philosophy is get rid of it or give it away before you go.”

While Craig’s exact net worth isn’t confirmed at the time of writing, the actor was paid a reported $17 million for “Skyfall” plus box office bonuses. He was then paid a reported $25 million for starring in his upcoming fifth Bond movie “No Time To Die,” which will be his last Bond movie. – Source

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