'Casino Royale' Director Feared Daniel Craig Wasn't as 'Sexy' as Other Bond Actors

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'Casino Royale' Director Feared Daniel Craig Wasn't as 'Sexy' as Other Bond Actors: 'He Wasn’t a Traditional Handsome Guy' https://t.co/M2obEYTxI4
- Variety (@Variety) September 18, 2023

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Martin Campbell recalled how controversial the Craig Bond casting was

“My only reticence with Daniel…he was really a superb actor, there’s no doubt

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[arellaj]

Yeah I never found Daniel Craig sexy but he seems like a cool guy. he just reminds me too much of putin tbh...

[crazyfreakyaj]

Omg it’s true

[frejasface]

lies, he seems like a grumpy bitch.

[inandoutofgrace]

He is 100% a grumpy bitch (case in point him at the press conference announcing his casting when they asked a dumb question about his ideal Bond girl).

But I kinda like that about him

[rubie_dubidoux]

I think Daniel Craig is hot but I don't think this is a particularly controversial thing to say, like yeah he def looks distinct from the other Bonds - like whenever anyone lists "ugly hot" actors he's always on there. and let's not forget that he was a pretty controversial pick until ppl went and saw the movie, like he's the kind of guy who sells himself with his personality and physicality more than he could with just a handsome face

[rubie_dubidoux]

like there's a reason he's been able to play ugly/creepy characters that someone like Pierce Brosnan def couldn't lol

[gerrysmyman]

I remember the term "ugly hot" was big around the time he made his first Bond and he was always referred to as such. I liked him a lot after watching him in Casino Royale. I think his personality is what makes him attractive.

[calyork]

that's why i like him, he's got that robert ryan thing going on where it's like is he handsome... maybe? no? i guess?

[josiefier]

Pierce is the only one I've found even passing for attractive.

Some of the villains though... That's where it's at for me. Christopher Lee back then, Robert Carlyle, Will Yun-Lee, Toby Stephens? Yes

[queen_bartonia]

Christopher Lee back then, Robert Carlyle, Will Yun-Lee, Toby Stephens? Yes

the wrong guy always won at the end of Bond movies

[distant_lines]

The sex appeal and charisma that Pierce Brosnan oozes is unholy, I swear.

[josiefier]

Is it weird I found him the hottest in Laws of Attraction? Lol

[justice4harambe]

harambe stretches, sir

[justice4harambe]

but yeah he's the perfect example of ugly hot to me.

hot body, ugly face that occasionally stumbles into the right light while unknowingly making an expression that makes him handsome.

oh and he seems like a good [citation needed] guy, but that's besides the point.

[niyarav]

Ah yes, because we find men like Sean Connery who thought it's ok to hit women much more attractive