Actor Daniel Craig, the man who has replaced Pierce Brosnan as James Bond, has some very big shoes to fill. And it would seem that he has filled big shoes – those of the clown variety.
The latest hitch on the set of “Casino Royale,” the new 007 flick, reportedly occurred when the star revealed he couldn’t drive the super-suave superspy’s trademark Aston Martin. Craig, 37, found himself shaken, not stirred, when he was confronted with a manual gearshift instead of an automatic, British newspapers said today.
Just great – a Bond who can’t drive. Did I mention he can’t fight?
Pierce Brosnan has every sympathy for new Bond Daniel Craig after his first 007 stunt went wrong.
Craig had his teeth knocked out during a fight scene for the movie Casino Royale.
Brosnan said he knew just how dangerous playing the superspy can be. “I got stitched up and sewn up a few times, it just didn’t get in the papers,” he said at the UK premiere of his new film The Matador.
“I had my face sliced open by a stuntman. I had a knee injury. You get twisted some way or another if you throw yourself into it. There’s going to be mishaps.”
I guess it wouldn’t matter if he could at least use a gun.
Daniel Craig will have a problem playing the new James Bond – because he hates guns.
The actor will wield 007’s famous Walther PPK in the movie Casino Royale.
But he revealed in OK! magazine: “I hate handguns. Handguns are used to shoot people and as long as they are around, people will shoot each other.
“That’s a simple fact. I’ve seen a bullet wound and it was a mess. It was on a shoot and it scared me. Bullets have a nasty habit of finding their target and that’s what’s scary about them.”
So let me get this right. We now have a Bond actor who can’t drive, fight, and is scared of guns. It is enough to drive Bond to drink his trademark beverage.
Nor does the 37-year-old share Bond’s love of Martinis shaken and stirred.
“I love a Martini straight up. I don’t think anybody makes a Martini stirred any more,” he said.
Small wonder this site was launched.
Update: At least he’s good for a Separated at Birth – or four.
