The actor and the secret agent have merged.
Daniel Craig was named Honorary Commander of the Royal Navy, the British Navy, by the Department of Defense on Thursday.
Ambassadors of the Royal Navy, honorary officers help promote the British Navy.
Daniel Craig thus obtains the same rank of officer as his character on the screen, James Bond.
The 53-year-old actor has said he feels
"privileged"
and
"honored"
to be part of the big family of the historic Royal Navy.
This distinction is no accident and, it must be said, comes at the right time: it was announced a week before the release of
Dying Can Wait
, Craig's fifth and final film in the agent's costume. secret.
“Daniel Craig is well known for having been Commander Bond for the past fifteen years
,” said Admiral Tony Radakin.
This is what the real Royal Navy does every day, using technology and skills in the same way as Bond himself. ”
Before receiving his barrette, the actor met Commander Frances Bond, who works at Royal Navy Headquarters in Portsmouth, southern England.
“Colleagues teased me a lot that I was the real Bond, but I never imagined that I would one day meet the actor who played it,”
commented with as much joy as D wonder Frances Bond.
Commander Daniel Craig is now in line with his illustrious predecessors.
Sean Connery, the first of them had joined the Royal Navy a few years before
James Bond against Dr. No
.
Roger Moore, meanwhile, was promoted to Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
In turn, Daniel Craig becomes, for all eternity, the spy the Navy loved.