JAMES BOND - CRAIG'S SWIMWEAR SCENE A CLOSE CALL

CRAIG'S SWIMWEAR SCENE A CLOSE CALL

New JAMES BOND star DANIEL CRAIG almost didn't get the chance to wow the ladies with his toned torso and tight swimwear in CASINO ROYALE, because movie bosses never even wrote the pin-up sea scene. One of the most memorable images from the latest 007 film, which premiered in London last night (14NOV06), sees Craig emerge out of the ocean in close-fitting blue shorts, much like bikini-clad URSULA ANDRESS' iconic entrance in 1962's DR NO. But producer BARBARA BROCCOLI insists the moment was entirely coincidental. She explains, "Daniel had to go into the sea for a scene. But when he came out all the women on the set gasped. "It wasn't intended for the scene to go that way but he made a real impact."