Q: You had to go through a lot to get the role and you’ve had to deal with
the press and internet since getting it. Why did you want it?

Daniel Craig: There are simple answers and there’s no kind of bullshit attached to it. The script was great. I got it and I read it and I thought, ‘I’d be a fool not to have a go at this because he is one of the biggest icon in movie history. And I’m an actor. This is what I do for a living. If I don’t take on challenges like this, then what’s the point? This came along and Barbara Broccoli is very persuasive. She made me an offer I couldn’t refuse.

Q: How likable or not did you want your Bond character to be?

Daniel Craig: I didn’t go out to make him likable. I wanted him to be somebody who changed. I did not want him to be the same person at the beginning of the movie as he was at the end. And I wasn’t thinking beyond this movie at the time – I was thinking that if we ever do do another we need to have somewhere to go. I wanted to see a fallible human being, somebody who made mistakes, someone whom an audience watches and goes, 'this might not turn out  good, this might turn out really bad.’ And sometimes it  did.

Q: Why does it work more for you that  he’s fallible?

Daniel Craig: Because I think it’s dramatically much more interesting. If I play any character, I want to see a weakness within  them, because I want to see how they cope with that. I  don’t want to watch two-dimensional characters when I go to the cinema.

Q: How many are you signed to  do?

Daniel Craig: Three.

Q: Was there a point when, hearing the  negative Internet and tabloid buzz,
you took those comments to  heart?

Daniel Craig: Look, I will not lie to you about it.  It affected me. It affected me and I went, ‘You know what? What can I do? I  can’t answer it.’ I can’t start getting on Internet sites and go (he makes whining noises). I get it. I get the passion that people feel for this, and I  understand it. But I make films. Usually, when a film is made, we wait until the premiere or we wait to the time when the press screening happens, to getting reviews. So it was like, ‘See the fucking movie. Watch the movie and then you can say what you like about it. But just watch the movie.’ That’s my answer. There’s no point in getting into tit for tat arguments about the way I look.

Q: Women at the screening gasped at your  body, in a good way…

Daniel Craig: Thank  you.

Q: What does your daughter make of you  being Bond?

Daniel Craig : I don’t want to talk about my  daughter, sorry. Her privacy is sacred. It’s absolutely sacred to  me.

Q: What does your family make of  it?

Daniel Craig: It’s a huge deal. They’re very proud and seem to be very happy. I’ve been acting a long time now, so it’s not like I haven’t been doing things and they haven’t noticed things and I haven’t been getting a lot more press. This is a big deal, but this hasn’t come out of the  blue.

Q: Worry at all about being trapped in  the role?

Daniel Craig : It’s a very high-class problem to have. There are worse things. I feel very blessed to be in a situation like this. I’m not looking for a way of  countering it. I’m just going to enjoy it for the moment, as opposed to looking at the negative..

Q: Been in contact with past  Bonds?

Daniel Craig : Pierce Brosnan has been very supportive. I met him last year at last year’s BAFTA’s and he’s just been great.

Q: Did Brosnan have any  advice?

Daniel Craig: 'Just go for it. Just go for it, and you’ll have the ride of your life.’