Daniel Craig although she did not appear in any scenes with Craig. In a stage version of the book, Asriel had previously been played by Timothy Dalton, one of Craig's predecessors in the role of James Bond. In March 2007, Craig made a cameo appearance as himself in a sketch with Catherine Tate who appeared in the guise of her character Elaine Figgis from "The Catherine Tate Show". The sketch was made for the BBC Red Nose Day 2007 fundraising programme. In 2008, Craig, along with "Quantum of Solace", starred in the drama "Flashbacks of a Fool" alongside Emilia Fox, as a
Daniel Craig copy somebody else. I would never do an impression of anybody else or try and improve on what they did. That would be a pointless exercise for me." His own favourite Bond film is "From Russia with Love". On an episode of "The South Bank Show", Connery divulged his thoughts on Craig's casting as Bond, whom he described as "fantastic, marvellous in the part". When told that Craig had taken particular note of his performances, Connery said that he was "flattered" and that Craig really gets the "danger element" to Bond's character. Craig has remarked that Bond is "...actually a