Actor DANIEL CRAIG's upcoming turn as JAMES BOND in CASINO ROYALE will prove his critics wrong, according to his co-star CATERINA MURINO.

Murino, who plays love interest SOLANGE in the new movie, is convinced Craig makes a wonderful Bond and will make a lasting impression on audiences when Casino Royale is released in November (06).

The Italian actress says, "He's a great actor. Casino Royale is the first book IAN FLEMING wrote and it means we see how James Bond became James Bond.

"Daniel is giving to this James Bond something else we never saw before.

"When he's going to kill someone, he looks like a real killer, when he kisses me, when he makes love, he's so sexy. You never saw a James Bond like this.

"This James Bond doesn't look like a little cartoon like before, like the last one, or so charming and playful like the first James Bond. This is new."