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Although 007 has been portrayed on myriad occasions, studio bosses are promising the new Bond will be unlike anything we've seen before. In his latest adventure the spy is a darker and more realistic character than the increasingly stylised secret agent familiar to fans from previous instalments. And the corny one-liners and lethal gadgetry which played such a central role in the earlier movies are also taking a back seat, as the hero becomes a more flawed and morally ambiguous figure.
"I think there has to be an element of cruelty," explains Daniel. "Certain things he does should be questionable. I think you should go 'that's not nice'. He is an assassin after all." And the producers' desire to bring new depth to the role may be part of the reason a more 'serious' actor was chosen this time.
A sinister side isn't the reinvented Bond's only new characteristic; he'll also be more vulnerable than in the past. While it would have been virtually unthinkable for the intrepid spy to have his heart broken by a Bond girl in any of the earlier flicks, things are very different in Casino Royale.
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