“You sit around a table…It was myself and the producers, casting director, etc. “It’s very democratic,” he explained of the selection process. “So I just thought about that for a minute and apart from that, absolutely it was always him.”Ĭampbell said there were “eight people” in contention to become the new Bond in “Casino Royale.”

“Daniel was obviously tougher and rugged, but he wasn’t a traditional handsome guy,” he added.