'Daniel Craig is the greatest James Bond ever: 007 film boss Barbara Broccoli's verdict

'Daniel Craig is the greatest James Bond ever: 007 film boss Barbara Broccoli's verdict

HEART-throb Daniel Craig is the best Bond ever, claims 007 film boss Barbara Broccoli.

The producer, 52, who has worked on every Bond movie since Octopussy in 1983, said: “He’s so gorgeous.

“Ask any woman. He’s the most gorgeous man in the world.

"Brilliant actor, and he is the greatest Bond ever. I’m not letting him go, not for a long time.”

And her co-producer and half-brother Michael G Wilson added: “He’s stuck in the role for a while.”

The comments follow the huge success of Skyfall last year, which took more than £620million worldwide.

And after its release, former Bond star Sir Roger Moore told Time magazine he agreed that Craig, 45, was best, saying: “I think Daniel Craig is the Bond. He’s quite brilliant.

“I wrote to Barbara and Michael and said… they’ve guaranteed Bond another 50 years of life.”

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But the claims will not please everyone.

In 2012, a poll by Suttons and Robertsons voted Pierce Brosnan best looking, and another had Sir Sean Connery as fan favourite.

Speaking on US TV, Broccoli, the daughter of original Bond producer Albert Broccoli, also said work had started on the script for the 24th film and that it would be written by John Logan.

But she revealed she was “devastated” Skyfall director Sam Mendes had not signed up for the new movie.

She added: “We’ll find someone terrific, and hopefully we’ll come out with another film as good.”