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Ardent ‘James Bond’ fans may seem to be taking some time to adjust to the new super spy – Daniel Craig, but the actresses in the upcoming 007 flick Casio Royale can’t stop praising the actor – especially in their saucy bedroom scenes.

New Bond beauties Caterina Murino, Ivana Milisevic and Eva Green said that they had an awesome experience shooting with Craig.

Although stunning Caterina loved shooting with the new Bond, she reportedly has only one complaint that her sex scene with Daniel was too short.

The 32-year-old Italian brunette plays Solange — the wife of bad guy Dimitrios. Craig beds Solange after he beats Dimitrios in a game of poker.

"Solange isn’t the classical Bond girl. She is not out to kill James, she is just very upset in her life," the Sun quoted Caterina, as saying.

"Then one night she meets Bond . . . and has sex with him. We are like two animals. We are not going to be friends, me and James, we are only sexual things," she added.

She further said that although she was feeling a bit uncomfortable before shooting the sex scene, it did not take her long to relax.

"Daniel was very nice to me. And the director, Martin Campbell, was wonderful. He made us very comfortable."

"Unfortunately it was very short, but Very nice," she said.

Click here for sensual photographs of Caterina Murino

The latest James Bond movie, Casino Royale, has become the most successful Hollywood film in India so far. It has collected Rs 14.94 crores in the first three days of its release.

The film that came closest to its success was Spider-Man 2 that opened up with a whopping Rs 7.8 crore at the box office in 2004.

Both films opened to great reviews, but one of the main reasons why Bond scored over Spider-Man was that the former was released at a time when there were no major Hindi releases.

Bond released with as many as 427 prints on November 17, and made a record-breaking Rs 4.74 crore on the first day itself.

Uday Singh, Managing Director, Sony Pictures, says, "Casino Royale has exceeded our expectations at the box office. This opening is the largest for a foreign film in India."

So far, Titanic has been the biggest hit in India, making Rs 55 crore. But analysts feel Bond may make as much as Rs 40 crores in coming days.

Tushar Dhingra, Chief Operation Officer of Fame Adlabs group, added, "Casino Royale opened to one of the biggest openings for a Hollywood film. Sony Pictures had marketted the film very well in India."

Casino Royale has done a phenomenon business abroad as well, grossing $ 42.2 million.

Trade analyst Vinod Mirani concludes, "Indians have always loved Bond films, be that of Roger Moore or Sean Connery. Casino Royale scored because there was international praise for the film and the promos were looking good too. The word of mouth also picked up, as everyone who watched the film loved it."

But whether the film will be affected by the much-awaited Dhoom: 2 releasing this week, remains to be seen.

Here's the man we have all been waiting for - Daniel Craig as James Bond in 'Casino Royale'

When Craig was cast, much was made of his look- the first blonde Bond. However, critics claim that the weight and grandeur Craig brings to the role show that superficial looks do not a Bond make. Craig has the spirit of the character: rascally yet dark, blithe yet brutish, amorous yet lethal

Bond is assigned to play in a high-stakes poker match in Montenegro orchestrated by Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen), a financier of global terrorism who needs to win the $100-million-plus stake to pay back clients' money he squandered on an investment

Beautiful Eva Green plays Vesper Lynd, the woman who captures James Bond's heart in Casino Royale

Vesper Lynd plays an accountant working for the treasury who is sent on a mission with Bond to make sure the money she is in charge of is not going to be squandered

"One of the things that make this Bond different is that it's a love story as well as a big action movie," says French actress Eva Green.

An adaptation of Ian Fleming's first-ever Bond novel, 'Casino Royale,' was previously filmed as a 1967 spoof starring Peter Sellers. It is one of the few Bond adventures not to feature the MI6 gadget-maker Q or the sharp-witted secretary Miss Moneypenny.

The 1950s story is updated from the Cold War era to modern times by veteran Bond screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade ('Die Another Day,' 'The World Is Not Enough')

Directed by Martin Campbell who also made 'GoldenEye,' Pierce Brosnan's first time out as Bond 'Casino Royale' is based on the first of Ian Fleming's novels about the British agent.

A darker, tougher, street-wise James Bond is about to be unveiled to the world and 'Casino Royale' director Martin Campbell is convinced that Daniel Craig will win over a new generation of fans with a stunning performance as 007.

The actress will team up with co-star Daniel Craig in the forthcoming Bond flick 'Casino Royale'.

Source: Hindustantimes.com