It was an image used across the promotional material for 'Casino Royale' and one that turned Craig into somewhat of a sex symbol, as well as reinforcing his more muscular spy. In an inversion of the male gaze approach taken by director Terence Young in '62, Daniel Craig's 007 can be seen in all his sculpted glory, rising from the ocean and surveying the beach in a pair of, frankly, unbelievably tight pale blue trunks. In 'Casino Royale,' Campbell seemingly both subverts and pays homage to Andress' indelible scene by having Bond himself emerge from the Bahamian waters in a similar fashion. The suit itself reached almost $150,000 when it was auctioned off by Christie's back in 2001 and was expected to reach almost $500,000 when it went back up for auction in 2020 (no final figure was announced). This shot alone helped launch the relatively unknown Andress to fame back in 1962, and caused quite a stir in pop culture due to its apparent embrace of the female body at a time when Western society was still outgrowing the more buttoned-down culture of previous decades. No,' wherein Ursula Andress's Honey Ryder emerges from the ocean in an ivory cotton two-piece bathing suit. That may've also made him a bit of a killjoy during production, like when he refused to join his co-stars' off-screen poker games because he 'had other things to think about.' Even after 'Casino Royale' was a success, the actor repeatedly played down his experience as Bond, at one point infamously remarking he would rather 'Slash wrists' than play 007 again.Ī particularly memorable shot recalled a famous moment from the first Bond movie, 'Dr. The actor clearly couldn't relax with the weight of a Bond reboot on his shoulders, which luckily translated to a searingly intense performance on-screen. Looking back at 'Casino Royale' in 2021, he recalled being 'So uptight, not uptight but just kind of jangling nerves about everything, because everything was just so important, so important' during filming.

It seems Craig maintained some of that icy bravado off-camera too. Craig's scarred bruiser of a spy gave the impression that beneath the icy bravado and suave affectation, there existed a real person. Yes, before Bond once again became a parody of himself, for a brief moment we were all treated to a glimpse at a truly 21st Century 007 that still remained true to Ian Fleming's original vision. Thanks to Daniel Craig's broody and embattled take on Bond, and the general 'gritty reboot' trend of the early 2000s, 007 was reinvigorated for a new generation.

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