Author Profile: David Leigh

In response to the “Craig not Bond” website the BBC ran a poll, asking visitors to its website “Should Bond fans boycott Casino Royale?” The result was clear by early evening yesterday – of 12067 votes cast, only 17% of respondents wanted to boycott Casino Royale while 83% voted No. What do you say to […]

Following yesterday’s attacks on Daniel Craig by a supposed “fan” website, the actor is finding support from several actors involved in the franchise in the past. The fastest support is from Toby Stephens who played the villain in 2002’s Die Another Day and this follows support from fellow villain Christopher Lee and former Bond actors […]

Lifestyle Extra reports that Daniel Craig has been having problems with the Aston Martin DB5 in the Bahamas, where he is currently shooting Casino Royale. According to the article he can only drive automatic cars and have had to adapt the car so “it’s like an automatic”. Sounds like more Craig bashing to me – […]

An “international group of lifelong James Bond fans” has set up a web site petitioning people to boycott Casino Royale when it arrives in November. The site, called Craig not Bond believes that Eon productions was wrong to ditch Pierce Brosnan in favour of Daniel Craig, whom they describe in fairly unflattering terms. Unfortunately the […]

After at last finalising the casting for Casino Royale, the media has got down to reporting what’s been happening on-set. According to several reports, Daniel Craig lost his two front teeth in a fight scene and his dentist was flown out to Prague to repair the damage. However, there is not much evidence of this […]

Eon has now completeed casting of all the main characters in the new film. Joining Daniel Craig will be Eva Green as Vesper Lynd, Mads Mikkelsen as Le Chiffre, and Jeffrey Wright as Felix Leiter. The opinions expressed in the article are those of the author. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the […]

Placing the fictional town of Royale-les-Eaux precisely has always proved difficult, due to the scant information available, first in Casino Royale and later in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.

The Chemex coffee maker is the American designed filter maker used by James Bond in the the book From Russia, With Love.

Although enjoying Beluga caviar served with chilled vodka, James Bond claims to prefer “the ordinary plain food of the country” when abroad. However, the definitive James Bond meal is scrambled eggs with bacon and/or sausages. James Bond will eat them any time, day or night, with vodka and tonic or Champagne. In the story 007 in […]