He has stated that he is an atheist. “I don't go to church. I'm not religious. But I think religion is fascinating because it affects our lives massively.”
Obviously Bond himself isn't religious by any stretch of the imagination, but there are a few indications in the films that his ancestors might have been Roman Catholic.
Whilst filming Casino Royale he lost two teeth, tore the labrum in his right shoulder in Quantum of Solace, snapped his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) - in the knee joint - during Spectre and fractured his ankle in No Time to Die.
Variety was also a key component in Daniel's diet, with The Times reporting that the star would follow a plant-based diet on Mondays, be pescatarian on Tuesdays, eat white meat on Wednesdays and vegetarian on Thursdays, before having red meat on Fridays.
One of Daniel Craig's most prominent tattoos sits on his right shoulder – a condor which has been done in the style of the famous and mysterious Nazca lines. The pre-Columbian geoglyphs are etched into desert sand in southern Perus with figures depicting various animals and plants.
Bond 26 - First Trailer | Henry Cavill, Margot Robbie
Does James Bond wear a wig?
Sean Connery wore a hairpiece in all the James Bond movies. He started losing his hair at the age of 17, and began wearing hairpieces in films in 1958.
The three big loves of Bond's life were Tracy (Diana Rigg) from 1969's On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Eva Green's Vesper from Casino Royale and Léa Seydoux's Madeleine Swann, who was introduced in Spectre. Of course, it could be argued that 007 developed strong feelings for many of the women he courted along the way.
Q (standing for quartermaster), like M, is a job title rather than a name. The use of letters as pseudonyms for senior officers in the British Secret Service was started by its first director, Captain Sir Mansfield George Smith-Cumming (1859–1923), who signed himself with a C written in green ink.
In Skyfall she is revealed to be a widow. An inscribed box following her death in Skyfall reveals her name to be Olivia Mansfield, at least for the duration of the Craig era. Appearances in: GoldenEye (1995)
The whole point of Skyfall is to present Raoul Silva and James Bond as two side of the same coin. Both were given the M-treatment when joining MI6, but where James always understood the business-like nature of that relationship, Silva came to view M as a genuine mother figure.
M ... is the title Ian Fleming gave Bond's boss. Fleming eventually revealed his fictional full name as Vice Admiral Sir Miles Messervy. Recently, however, M has been portrayed by a woman, Judi Dench. Q ... stands for quartermaster, the job title given to James Bond's gadget inventor.
For example, Madonna would be far and away the wealthiest ex-Bond Girl – with a net worth of $850 million – except she only made a cameo in “Die Another Day” (2002) as the fencing instructor, Verity. The Bond Girl title is usually reserved for the main female character in the film with whom 007 spends the most scenes.
The symbolism is hard to miss in No Time To Die as MI6's first female 007 Nomi (Lashana Lynch) pilots a futuristic glider, leaving James Bond to contemplate retirement from the back seat. “You get in my way, I will put a bullet in your knee - the one that works,” Nomi purrs. Ouch! Who is this sassy, mononymous Nomi?
M tells Bond that the organisation behind Le Chiffre had kidnapped Vesper's boyfriend and threatened to kill him unless she became their spy. She then tells him that Vesper had made a deal with the kidnappers: the money in exchange for Bond's life.
Pierce Brosnan didn't smoke cigarettes at all in the role of James Bond. However, the character of Bond, as portrayed by Ian Fleming, is a heavy smoker of Morland cigarettes. This carried over to the movies where both Sean Connery and Timothy Dalton are seen smoking. Roger Moore's Bond only smoked cigars.
The film's creators wanted Craig to portray a Bond character who was less polished, grittier, and slightly rougher around the edges. Given that high-end Rolex Submariner watches tend to be more expensive and lavish than high-end Omega watches, it made sense to continue with the Omega partnership.
No Time to Die portrays Bond at his most dressed down and features two pairs of denim jeans. His first pair is in light grey from Tom Ford. They repeat the slim fit and a low rise 'skinny jeans' style of the Skyfall cords.
The shower scene in Casino Royale in which Vesper says, "It's like I have blood on my hands, I can't get it off." actually prefigures the character's death as she commits suicide by drowning herself out of guilt over her actions.
According to the Sun, an inside source said "Bond is Aaron's job, should he wish to accept it. The formal offer is on the table and they are waiting to hear back." At the time (March 2024), the report expected Eon to announce Taylor-Johnson as the next Bond "in the coming days."
Monica Bellucci in Spectre became the oldest Bond girl at the age of 50, although she stated that she does not consider herself to be a "Bond girl", but a "Bond woman".
Christmas Jones. This one may be controversial due to Denise Richards' performance as the character, but on paper, Dr. Christmas Jones is the most intelligent Bond girl. She is a nuclear scientist who helps Bond on his mission to topple Elektra King's plans in The World is not Enough.
Incidentally, the oldest Bond girl in the film is Monica Bellucci, an Italian actress who appeared in ' 007 Spectre,' released in 2015. While the average age of Bond girls up to that point was 28.8 years old, she was 51 years old at the time of the film's release.
Killing off Judi Dench's M in Skyfall was a bold move to revitalize the 007 franchise after Quantum of Solace's poor reception. Dench's departure was part of a plan to give Bond a new world with a new M, introducing major changes after the problematic previous film.
What's the quote M reads for Bond's eulogy? "The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time."
