The former 007, 58, has been left shaken and stirred by the spooky spectre said to lurk in the cellar of his London local – the Horseshoe pub in Clerkenwell
Daniel Craig has got a licence to chill after discovering his new boozer is haunted by the ghost of a hangman. The former 007, 58, has been left shaken and stirred by the spooky spectre said to lurk in the cellar of his London local.
And the actor reckons the phantom punter might need a pint to keep him happy. He was told about the ghost, named Gilbert, after becoming co-owner of the Horseshoe pub in Clerkenwell.
Landlady Pauline Tucker, who is retiring after 36 years, revealed the ghoul was once the local hangman and is still said to haunt the building. She warned: “You don’t see him. You feel him.”
Joking that nobody had mentioned the ghost when he bought the place, the Hollywood star said: “I don’t know what he drinks but we might have to leave a pint down there. ‘Here you are Gilbert.'”
The actor, whose parents and grandparents ran pubs, has teamed up with hospitality bigwigs including Soho House founder Nick Jones to take over the historic watering hole.
And he hopes the place will be packed with living customers as well as its resident spirit. Daniel added: “You will see me here on a Friday night.”
The Hollywood star grew up surrounded by pubs and fondly remembers boozy nights at his grandparents’ watering hole.
He said: “There were lock-ins and things, especially on New Year’s Eve. People used to party quite hard.”
The star, who played the martini-loving spy in five Bond films, has also launched his own lager brand, Bad Belze.
But unlike his famous alter ego, he’s not keen on fancy cocktails, preferring a few pints of something cold.
He said: “I don’t like complicated beers.
“I don’t like fruity. I like something that is cold and you can drink three or four – or more, if you are in the mood.”
Celebs who own pubs:
- Jeremy Clarkson – Runs The Farmer’s Dog near his Diddly Squat farm in Oxfordshire.
- Guy Ritchie – Owns trendy London gastropub Lore of the Land in Fitzrovia.
- Sir Ian McKellen – Co-owns The Grapes in Limehouse, where he’s hosted pub quizzes.
- James Blunt – Bought Chelsea’s Fox & Pheasant to save it from being turned into flats.
- Jodie Kidd – The former supermodel is a hands-on landlady at The Half Moon in West Sussex.