Bond Is Back for London World Premiere

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(Free-Press-Release.com) November 15, 2006 -- The new blond Bond sandy-haired Daniel Craig met his public as "Casino Royale" had its world premiere in London.
Queen Elizabeth II, Elton John and Sharon Osborne were among those in the audience at Leicester Square on Tuesday as Craig made his screen debut as the suave secret agent OO7.
Craig, 38, was every inch a James Bond as he walked the red carpet in a tuxedo and black tie while hundreds of fans called his name.
"I've never seen anything like this," he said. "It's just incredible.

"Casino Royale," the 21st James Bond film and the grittiest to date, opens in Britain and North America on Friday.
Craig said the movie shows how Bond became who he was. "He makes a few mistakes, but at the end of the day he becomes Bond," he said.
The film was being screened as the annual Royal Film Performance, a 60-year-old tradition that raises funds for performers' charity the Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund. It is the second Bond film chosen for the royal honor, after "Die Another Day" in 2002.

Craig, whose screen credits include "Munich" and "The Jacket," was already being praised in some quarters as the best Bond since Sean Connery, who played the first Bond role in 1962's "Dr. No."
Although the announcement that Craig would be the sixth actor to play Bond had triggered gripes from many fans of the franchise, producer Barbara Broccoli said she hadn't been worried.
"To be truthful, it didn't really bother us, because we knew we had the right guy," she said. "The controversy didn't disturb us."

Source: http://www.msn.com