"They're on the train, ma'am"

Cast your mind back to Autumn 2005. Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson tried to keep a lid on it. Yet rumours were gaining pace that Daniel Craig would replace Pierce Brosnan as James Bond. 

Then the press announced it before the official unveiling. An unveiling  Daniel Craig has described as a "f*cking train wreck".

The knives were already out (no pun intended) for him because no Bond had ever been blonde. As if the haters didn't need any more excuses, the life jacket Daniel donned as he rode the Thames gave them even more ammunition. 

"Once the announcement was made, we did that incredibly successful press conference", Daniel joked. 

"I've watched bits of it, and it's a f*cking train wreck. In some ways, I regret how the press conference went. In other ways, I'm very happy with how the press conference went.

"I didn't know how to turn on the charm, which was to be charming and be artful about it, 'Oh, that's a lovely question, how nice of you to ask that.' I was just, 'F*ck you! You, f*ck you as well!' That's all I wanted to say".

Visibly uncomfortable in front of the press, one can only presume Daniel was referring to the question one journalist asked:

"Who would be a better Bond girl, Kate Moss or Sienna Miller?"

To which he replied:

"I'm not getting into that".

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