Daniel Craig On His Favorite Bond — And Bond Girl!

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From Access Hollywood:

Daniel Craig may have won over audiences in “Casino Royale” as the latest James Bond, but he says there’s only one actor who will always own the role.

“The Sean Connery movies stand up for me. They’re my benchmark,” he told the November issue of Playboy. “I like the others, but Connery is fantastic.”

And his favorite Bond girl?

“Diana Rigg,” he told the mag. “She was good in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. She was the one Bond girl who was nearly bigger than the movie.”

Daniel will return as 007 in “Quantum of Solace,” due November 14. But while the film will offer the same super-spy action the series is known for, things have changed since Connery and Roger Moore’s days.

“Beautiful women are always part of the story. In the past maybe they were more objectified,” he admitted. “They were just eye candy. Now they’re integral and powerful in their own right. They’re beautiful, but now things are almost reversed. In this movie I don’t think we objectify women. I’m the one taking my clothes off most of the time.”

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