Shaken and stirred by guns and Martini

DANIEL CRAIG has admitted he will have a problem playing the new James Bond — because he hates guns.

The actor will wield 007’s famous Walther PPK in the movie Casino Royale, but revealed: “I hate handguns. Handguns are used to shoot people and as long as they are around, people will shoot each other.

“That’s a simple fact. I’ve seen a bullet wound and it was a mess. It was on a shoot and it scared me. Bullets have a nasty habit of finding their target and that’s what’s scary about them.”

Nor does the 37-year-old share Bond’s love of Martinis shaken and stirred.

He told OK! magazine: “I love a Martini straight up. I don’t think anybody makes a Martini stirred any more.”

Many connoisseurs prefer martinis unshaken because they believe shaking the drink causes the ice to melt faster, diluting the drink.

Craig was unveiled earlier this month as the successor to Pierce Brosnan.

He will play a tougher, grittier 007 in Casino Royale, which is based on Ian Fleming’s first Bond book.

The movie is due for release in November 2006.

Craig is not the first Bond to reveal a hatred of guns.

Roger Moore, who played the superspy from 1973 to 1985, said after quitting the role that he hated “that awful pose” of Bond with his gun which has become an iconic movie image.