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Daniel Craig offers advice to next actor to play James Bond

Craig: "It's a beautiful, amazing thing. Leave it better than when you found it."
Craig: "It's a beautiful, amazing thing. Leave it better than when you found it."

Daniel Craig has passed on his words of wisdom for the next 007, saying "leave it better than when you found it".

The 52-year-old actor, who has portrayed the iconic spy in five films, starting with 2006's Casino Royale, and his last outing will be in the forthcoming No Time to Die, offered up some advice to the new, yet-to-named Bond.

Speaking on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Craig said: "Don't f*** it up. It’s a beautiful, amazing thing. Leave it better than when you found it," he said.

Craig also opened up about the delay of his swansong, No Time to Die, which has been pushed back for a second time, until April 2021.

 "This thing is just bigger than all of us," he said.

"We just want people to go and see this movie in the right way and in a safe way."

"We want to release the movie at the same time all around the world and this isn't the right time. So fingers cross April 2 is going to be our date."

No Time to Die also stars Rami Malek, Léa Seydoux, Lashana Lynch, Ben Whishaw and Naomie Harris, with Jeffrey Wright, Christoph Waltz and Ralph Fiennes.

The film finds Bond after he has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica when his old friend Felix Leiter, played by Jeffrey Wright, from the CIA turns up asking for help.

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