Not only is Craig, 38, the best Bond since Sean Connery, he’s the first of the Bonds (great Scot Connery, one-shot George Lazenby, charmer Roger Moore, stuff-shirt Timothy Dalton and smoothie ...

Revisiting 2006’s ‘Casino Royale’ 50 Years of James Bond. By Peter Debruge. Plus Icon. Peter Debruge ... (with Timothy Dalton), outmoded to modern (under Pierce Brosnan).

Timothy Dalton was gritty, no-nonsense, and believable in a two-movie run that established him as the most underrated James Bond actor. ... Craig took over from Brosnan for Casino Royale, ...

To Bond die-hards, the idea of a third Timothy Dalton film – which would have followed The Living Daylights (1987) and Licence to Kill (1989) – is an especially tantalising “what if”.

Of course, they would later reverse that decision and make a prequel about an inexperienced Bond’s backstory with Casino Royale. What Timothy Dalton Being A Pre-Connery 007 Would Have Meant For ...

The fateful decision to equip Bond with an invisible car in Die Another Day, meanwhile, contributed to producers pushing for a more gritty and grounded 007 in Casino Royale. For Timothy Dalton ...

Timothy Dalton, who starred as James Bond in two of the franchise’s films, has seen 007 from numerous angles over the decades. But the 66-year-old believes current super-spy Daniel Craig may ...

Timothy Dalton is the best actor to play James Bond. ... The transition from Moore to Dalton was the biggest reboot the series had seen until Casino Royale literally took Bond back to the beginning.