 Roger Moore wrote , " Daniel Craig impressed me so greatly in his debut outing , Casino Royale , by introducing a more gritty , unrefined edge to the character that I thought Sean might just have to move over . Craig 's interpretation was like nothing we 'd seen on screen before ; Jimmy Bond was earning his stripes and making mistakes . It was intriguing to see him being castigated by M , just like a naughty schoolboy would be by his headmaster . The script showed him as a vulnerable , troubled , and flawed character . Quite the opposite to my Bond ! Craig was , and is , very much the Bond Ian Fleming had described in the books – a ruthless killing machine . It was a Bond that the public wanted . " So impressed was Moore that he chose to buy the DVD . Raymond Benson , the author of nine Bond novels , called Casino Royale " a perfect Bond film . " 
