The name’s Bond, Boring Bond

Sean Connery didn’t do it. Timothy Dalton and George Lazenby were just grateful for their five minutes of fame.

roger Moore? never. Too much of a gent. Pierce Brosnan? He’d be the last man on earth to do it. Do what? Complain about being cast as James Bond, of course.

yet the current incumbent Daniel Craig never stops moaning.

Honestly. you pay a bloke £39 million to play James Bond, you might expect him to get on and take his top off without complaint. For a start. Last time around Dour Daniel said he would ‘rather slash his wrists’ than do another Bond film. This time he has been complaining that it is all getting too much and whining on about his knees, like some boring old geezer.

If the Bond franchise want to do their bit for diversity and inclusivity, then they could do worse than sticking with the chap they have got.

That would be a blow against ageism, for a start.