Naughty News: Buff Bond

There is no denying that the character James Bond has sex appeal, but according to boffins (always wanted to say that!) Daniel Craig portrays a more sexually charged than Bond than any previous portrayal of the fictional agent.

And to think of all the opposition towards Daniel Craig when he took up the challenge to play the man with a license to thrill - I mean kill (okay - I have always wanted to say that too). It seems he has proven to be a every bit Bond - oh and a little bit more...

Professor James Chapman, of the University of Leicester's Department of History of Art and Film, said that in Casino Royale Bond’s body is presented as much as an erotic object as the women’s bodies with gratuitous shots of Craig in his swimming trunks, which suggests that the producers are thinking about their female viewers as well as the male audience.

He said: “Fleming’s Bond is not particularly presented as a sexual object: the emphasis in the books is very much on male desire rather than female desire, with the sole exception of The Spy Who Loved Me, in which Fleming experimented with writing from the perspective of a woman who encounters James Bond.”

He went on to say that: “Quantum of Solace takes up where Casino ended, so in that sense it’s still offering us this revisionist Bond. And this is one reason where there’s still no Miss Moneypenny or Q Branch scenes."

We say - bring on the new Bond, and we can't wait to see what Miss Moneypenny has to offer!