The 64-year-old actor portrayed the British Secret Service Spy for four 007 films from 1995 to 2002 -'GoldenEye', 'Tomorrow Never Dies', 'The World Is Not Enough' and 'Die Another Day' - before Daniel Craig took over in 2006's 'Casino Royale'. He admits he grew bored of the character saying, " I wanted Bond to get a little more gritty and real and down and dirty but however you try to nurse it along the scripts would come along with the same outlandish scenarios.