Daniel Craig has problems driving Bond`s classic DB5 during shooting

MI6.co.uk ^ | 02/23/2006

[Panerai]

Daniel Craig stunned James Bond bosses when he couldn't drive 007's classic car - reports LSE.

Filmmakers had transported Bond's original Aston Martin DB5 to the Bahamas to shoot new movie 'Casino Royale'.

But the star confessed he didn't have a license to drive the manual car, which Sean Connery drove when he played the dashing spy.

The 39-year-old reportedly said: "Er... I don't do gears."

An insider is quoted in Britain's Daily Star newspaper as saying: "They've started shooting here and are using the old DB5, which is absolutely sensational. It was shipped over and was ready to go but then we found out he can't drive a manual car.

"So we have had to adapt it so it's like an automatic. You don't expect that with James Bond, to be honest."

Last year, Craig admitted he is struggling to overcome his biggest fear to play Bond - he's terrified of guns.

The star will have to handle weapons in the film but said he was left petrified after seeing a real life bullet wound.

He said at the time: "I hate handguns. They are used to shoot people and as long as they are around, people will shoot each other. I've seen a bullet wound and it was a mess."

[lawgirl]

Hmm.. not a very macho Bond. I think I'll pass.

[Sonny M]

This guy is turning into a disaster.

[Fenris6]

Stupid airheaded metrosexual.

Angelina should be the new Bond.

[Army Air Corps]

Too bad they couldn't find a man to play Bond.

[Behind Liberal Lines]

Daniel Craig-the George Lazenby of the 21st century...

[lOKKI]

Great, simply great.

We finally get a James Bond who doesn't drive a BMW , and he's a noviolent, nongearshifting wimp.

Great.

[Emmett McCarthy]

Let's see? This pansie can't drive a stick shift and is afraid of guns. Is the "007" logo going to be inside a pink triangle?

[aShepard]

Sounds like a panty wearing wussie!

Bring back Sean Connery!

[MineralMan]

Funny! My 77-year-old mother-in-law drives a stick if necessary. They came to visit us in CA a few years ago, and both of our cars had 5-speeds. She hadn't driven a stick in years, so we took off to let her recover her skills. By the time she had driven around the block a couple of times, she had it all back.

"I learned to drive on a Fordson tractor," she said. "This isn't so different."

[GSWarrior]

It's just a freakin' movie, for Gods sake. I bet Sean Connery didn't know how to operate a jet pack.

[Angus MacGregor]

Daniel Craig sounds like he would make a good Bond girl.

Take the dress off Dan and be a man.

What a p*ssy.

[ncountylee]

Another girly-man poses as Bond. LOL

[Crispus Attucks Patriot]

Afraid of guns and can't drive a stick.

Ian Fleming is spinning in his grave.

In any event, there is only ONE James Bond!

[tfecw]

"They are used to shoot people and as long as they are around, people will shoot each other. "

This guy's a thinker.

[SmoothTalker]

Pathetic. I won't watch this one. Bronson was too girly for me and this guy sounds like an absolute p@@@y

[TXBubba]

He said at the time: "I hate handguns. They are used to shoot people and as long as they are around, people will shoot each other. I've seen a bullet wound and it was a mess."

This guy is a big turn off to us women! I would rather have an old Bond than a girl Bond. Ugh!

[RexBeach]

"I don't do gears." Sounds like a pussy.

[TXBubba]

ping...girlie Bond

[Junior_G]

Good Lord. When did they cast Johnny Weir to be the next James Bond?

[K-oneTexas]

We know James Bond ... you're no James Bond!

[Army Air Corps]

Well, he doesn't know how to drive a stick, hates guns, and is indifferent to women. Maybe, as Bond, he will accessorise his enemies to death and go shopping with the Bond girls.

[Poser]

Why do these idiots keep passing on Adrian Paul?

[JillValentine]

Actually, most Bond girls weren't afraid of guns. Plus, Daniel Craig has too much underarm and leg hair to be a good Bond girl.

[scooter2]

Daniel Craig, aka, "Shiftless SOB".

[Antonello]

Well, he doesn't know how to drive a stick, hates guns, and is indifferent to women. Maybe, as Bond, he will accessorise his enemies to death and go shopping with the Bond girls.

Queer Eye For The Spy Guy?

[sheik yerbouty]

Maybe a Bond movie where some crisis calls for 007 to be brought out of retirement? Anythingwould be better than this girly man Craig! I wonder why they didn't sign Clive Owen?

[You Dirty Rats]

If they aren't going to have a real man play Bond, then they might as well pick Catherine Zeta-Jones. I'll bet she knows how to handle a stick!

[LIConFem]

LOL!!!!

[ExcursionGuy84]

"I hate handguns. They are used to shoot people and as long as they are around, people will shoot each other. I've seen a bullet wound and it was a mess."

John Wayne is turning over in his grave.

[MontanaBeth]

Last year, Craig admitted he is struggling to overcome his biggest fear to play Bond - he's terrified of guns.

Next thing we'll hear, he only likes men. It'll be the "Bond Boys".

[sheik yerbouty]

ROFL!

[aShepard]

This guy should go shake his martini,
and play with his balls!

[O Neill]

What's your REAL name, 007?

Galore...Pussy Galore.

[Atlantic Bridge]

Maybe the film is PC enough that they make him play a married homosexual and Moneypenny is going to be mimed by a drag queen. Strange world.

[The Right Stuff]

I'm with you, although I liked Roger Moore. But, Sean was the best.

[Big Digger]

By God you've got it, don't cast him as James Bond, cast him as Pussy Galore.

[ozzymandus]

Bond, James Bond. Sissy.

[Army Air Corps]

"...then they might as well pick Catherine Zeta-Jones. I'll bet she knows how to handle a stick!"

Thanks to your statement, I drifted into some day dreams...

[xsrdx]

Hmm. Doesn't like guns, and can't drive a stick.

The new Bond is a 100% metrosexual lilac sniffer.

[Mathews]

Just checked this guys filmology and found the was in several movies where guns were prevalent. Laura Croft: Tomb Raider and Road to Perdition just to name two. Publicity stunt if you asked me. The guy had to have been asked if he could drive a stick and shoot a gun before he was hired on as 007.

[JillValentine]

"Brokebond Mountain."

[rightinthemiddle]

He hates handguns, but he'll pose on the front of a movie poster holding a gun?

It must be about the money...that lefties don't care about.

[KarlInOhio]

The new Bond "girls" for the new James Bond.

Back when this new Bond was announced (during the Meirs nomination fiasco) is said this:

I demand that the House of Lords reject this nominee. He has no experience in international spying. How do we know he isn't going to turn into another Roger Moore?

I stand by it still.

[w_over_w]

This is laughable. The guy was pretty good playing one of the first Massad Special Forces agent in Spielberg's "Munich". He was the most cold-blooded of the agents and even had a scene wherein he helped kill a female assassin with a "zipper gun".

Oh well . . . cheers mate!

[domenad]

Great. Can't fight. Can't drive a cool car. Just make him gay already and get it over with.

[david06]

They should've given Clive Owen the money he wanted. Better yet, they should have kept Brosnan.

[KarlInOhio]

If they aren't going to have a real man play Bond, then they might as well pick Catherine Zeta-Jones. I'll bet she knows how to handle a stick!

Well, I'm of the the shower. A very, very cold shower.

[ken5050]

I taught both my daughters to drive on my old Saab 99, which was by that time my station car...the 5 speed synchro is very smooth, and a short throw, and I think it helped them to become better, more careful drivers..because a little more concentration was required on their part...which is always a good thing when teenagers first start to drive..They objected at first..."Why do I have to?"...but once mastered, they were happy. Their first cars also were sticks...and they got a kick later on when boys they were dating couldn't drive a stick..

[who knows what evil?]

Daniel Craig-the George Lazenby of the 21st century...

Oh, no...Craig is LOTS worse. Unless this movie draws the "Brokeback Mountain" crowd, it is DOA.