James Bond
James Bond hates me. Or rather he hates everyone at the Echo and our sister paper The Daily Post.
The new Bond is Daniel Craig, of course. The man following in the footsteps of Connery and Moore is from Hoylake on Wirral.
He's obviously flavour of the month at present as his Bond debut movie Casino Royale hits the high street. Front cover of every magazine you care to name. Including Heat magazine where he talks in far cruder terms that 007 ever used about his elevation to the role.
Daniel blames the Liverpool papers for breaking news of his appointment ahead of the stage-managed embargo. (Worst kept secret in showbiz).
He reckons we hassled his mum to let the secret slip.
We did speak to his mum, but hassling mums isn't Post or Echo style. If he/she is upset we're sorry. But sometimes megastars or their promotion people should spare a thought for the regional media when they're hawking their stardom.
The reach of the regional media dwarfs that of any National paper.
Anyway, Daniel Craig has agreed to an interview with us on Monday.
I won't be there in person. The bloke has a licence to kill.
www.sonypictures.com/movies/casinoroyale
