What would Bond's creator, Ian Fleming, have said about the choice? Craig proved the naysayers wrong with his performance as 007 in 2006's acclaimed and record-breakingly successful Casino Royale and in three subsequent big-screen adventures reinventing the superspy as a more rounded and troubled, if still lethal, character.
It was even rumored that the then-obscure actor didn't know how to drive a stick. In 2005, the news that Daniel Craig had been cast as James Bond was met with a hail of criticism.
