New Bond hates shaken Martinis
Saturday, May 12, 2007

Daniel Craig may have bagged the coveted role of James Bond but the actor is no gadget-flaunting, gun-weilding fellow in real life. In fact, he has revealed that he hates guns.'I hate handguns. Handguns are used to shoot people and as long as they are around, people will shoot each other,' Craig was quoted by OK! magazine as saying.'That's a simple fact. I've seen a bullet wound and it was a mess. It was on a shoot and it scared me. Bullets have a nastyhabit of finding their target and that's what's scary about them,' he added.Craig is not the only Bond who hates guns. Roger Moore, who played the super spy from 1973 to 1985, said after quitting the role that he hated 'that awful pose' of Bond with his gun, which has become an iconic movie image, reports Sun.The actor later became an ambassador for children's charity UNICEF and declared, 'Today, I am completely opposed to small arms and what they can do to children. I played every role tongue-in-cheek because I don't really believe in that sort of hero. I don't like guns.'Craig, who was unveiled earlier this month as the successor to Pierce Brosnan, also doesn't share Bond's love of Martinis 'shaken, not stirred.'The 37-year-old admitted, 'I love a Martini straight up.' He will play a tougher, grittier 007 in Casino Royale, which is
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