Not everybody wants to fill the sleek shoes of the British spy James Bond. It's been revealed that Ewan McGregor was offered the role of the masterful 007 agent, but eventually turned it down.

"Casino Royale" director Martin Campbell offered the role to the "Moulin Rouge" actor in the early casting days but the Scottish actor turned down the offer over fears of being typecast.

He may be getting a lot of flack for being the new James Bond, but Daniel Craig is certainly doing a pretty good job at making his co-stars happy.

The British actor was recently named the sexiest 007 spy ever by his female movie companions.

Any actor would probably do anything to be given the chance of playing James Bond, but for Daniel Craig it wasn't that easy.

The new Bond actor almost turned down the chance of a lifetime to play the British spy because he didn't want to be typecast.

Cue 007 background music: The name is Craig... Daniel Craig, so move out of the way, Brosnan.

The new British star of the action-packed movie has been hailed as the best James Bond ever the new film's producers who say "he completely inhabits the character."

Nobody likes to be replaced, but Pierce Brosnan took it in stride. When the sexy actor discovered he had been cut from his reoccurring role as James Bond and replaced by Daniel Craig, he offered the new Bond actor some advice and told him to "go for it."

Craig, who has his first outing as the super spy in "Casino Royale" next month, unknowingly broke the news to Brosnan at an awards ceremony.

Oh, the drag - no pun intended. According to a few movie executives, smoking is not permitted during filming of the upcoming Bond movie, set to be released this fall. It was recently revealed that James Bond actor Daniel Craig is not allowed to smoke in his new movie, "Casino Royale."

The new 007 is furious with movie bosses who decided to cut out smoking scenes because they don't want to send the message that smoking is cool to young Bond fans.