In fact, prior to this interview with Time Out, Daniel Craig has previously said that a sand shelf got in his way in the water, which is the only reason he traipsed out rather than swimming through as the script proposed. And even when he managed to look super cool in a swimsuit during a beach-oriented scene, it was all inadvertent. James Bond may have the muscles and the chiseled good looks to pull off James Bond, but deep inside he feels totally and utterly uncool. I was pretending to swim in shallow water and then I stood up and walked out of the water! I was pretending to be cool by swimming, I thought it looked stupid and stood up and I walked off - and that was the shot!' But playing James Bond, you have to be cool, and what the hell is cool? You could write a dissertation on it! That was a big accident, that particular shot. You've met me a couple of times, I'm not very cool. I was aware of what was needed to be Bond but it still goes against everything I believe in.
