Wednesday, 22 October 2008

Daniel Craig: I like my cocktails ice, ice, ice cold

Bond actor did taste test for 007 role

Daniel Craig prefers an olive with his vodka martini

Call it sipping into character.

Daniel Craig, the current James Bond, says not only has he tried a Vesper martini – the drink 007 invented in Casino Royale – but he's done a taste test for the best recipe.

"I've tried about 10 of them," Craig, 40, tells London's Time Out in its Oct. 23 issue. "They're knockout. We did a proper taste test: full measure of gin, full measure of vodka and then another liqueur on top of it. I ended up on the floor."

When he's off duty, the actor says he prefers vodka martinis with an olive. Shaken or stirred?

"I don't know who drinks stirred cocktails anymore. I like them ice, ice, ice cold, so you have to shake them up."