Daniel Craig Reveals the Story Behind That Iconic Blue Swim Trunks Photo

Daniel Craig Reveals the Story Behind That Iconic Blue Swim Trunks Photo

If there’s any piece of James Bond’s wardrobe more iconic than his Omega Seamaster or Crockett & Jones shoes, it’s the itsy bitsy blue La Perla swim trunks he wore in Casino Royale. A picture taken of a very buff Craig exiting the ocean in said trunks during filming 10 years ago might just be the best-known shot of him that exists today—a fact that would no doubt piss the actor off more than being asked to pout on command. In a new interview with Time Out New York, the franchise’s moodiest Bond revealed that the image was brought about in the most Daniel Craig way possible.

“That was a big accident, that particular shot,” he responded when asked how he feels when looking at it. “I was pretending to swim in shallow water, and then I stood up and walked out of the water. I was pretending to be too cool to swim, I thought it looked stupid and stood up, and I walked off—and that was the shot.”

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