Despite having a combined worth of more than £150 million, actors Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz reportedly don’t plan to leave their children anything when they pass.
Daniel, 56, has secured himself some impressive paychecks during his over 30-year acting career, including for his huge roles in five of the James Bond films – Casino Royale (2006), Quantum of Solace (2008), Skyfall (2012), Spectre (2015), and No Time to Die (2021).
His wife of 14 years, Rachel, has also paved a decorated career with movie roles in Black Widow, About A Boy, The Lovely Bones, The Whistleblower and The Mummy.
With a shared worth of over £150million, you’d think the star-studded couple would be eager to leave their earnings to their three children. The actors are doting parents to daughter Grace, whom they welcomed in 2018, while Daniel is also a father to Ella, 32, from during his relationship with ex-wife Fiona Loudon, while Rachel is also a mum to her son Henry, 18, with her ex-partner Darren Aronofsky. However, Craig has revealed he’d rather give his fortune away, rather than leave it to the kids.
In a conversation with Candis Magazine, the James Bond star said, “Isn’t there an old adage that if you die a rich person, you’ve failed”?
He continued, confessing that he found the thought of an inheritance “distasteful” and revealed what he plans to do with his whopping worth. He told the publication, “I don’t want to leave great sums to the next generation. I think inheritance is quite distasteful. Get rid of it or disseminate it before you leave, is my philosophy.
In the same interview, Daniel spoke about being in the spotlight and how, despite his success as heartthrob James Bond, fame makes him “nervous”. He said that while he doesn’t want to “complain” due to the “huge benefits”, privacy is a big factor in his life. He admitted, “Being a… celebrity… makes me nervous, actually”.
Daniel isn’t the only A-lister considering their inheritance options, as Dragon’s Den star Sara Davies previously revealed the reason why she might leave her £35million fortune to her sons, Oliver and Charlie, whom she shares with her husband, Simon. Instead of saving the money for her and Simon, Sara told The Sun that she had sat down with both sets of parents and said she wanted them to “spend it.” Adding that the “values” they have given her were “far more valuable than money”.
That is me telling the generation up, she said, and I want to believe that my children will want to hear the same thing. If children had that attitude when they were growing up, that would be a real indicator of success. I would not want to give it if my children had a different mindset about how to gamble on it.
It’s really difficult to strike the right balance between wanting to give your kids everything they didn’t when they were younger and also wanting them to have the values they did growing up, she continued.
Source: Mirror
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