The name's Craig. The award-winning Daniel Craig.
The Bond star won best actor for Casino Royale at the Evening Standard British Film Awards. Celebrating a vintage 12 months for British cinema, other winners included United 93, Dame Judi Dench and Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen.
News that Craig, 38, would become the sixth James Bond provoked a mixed reception from Bond fans when it was first announced. But with Casino Royale taking £55 million in Britain alone, the attention paid to Craig's performance has been overwhelmingly positive.
At the ceremony at the Ivy, Craig said he was delighted at being the first actor to win a major award for playing 007.
He said: "This is tremendous. It makes you think that the success of the film might not be a fluke. We wanted to make an exciting and sexy Bond and tell a good yarn at the same time."
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Very nice, Karen! Can we have one of Viggo Mortensen as Aragon next? I suppose that is a bit more of a stretch for your blog's "scope" than James Bond. Sigh.
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