Having been personal trainer to Pierce Brosnan on The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day, Simon Waterson was recruited to get the next James Bond in shape too. When he first met Daniel Craig the relatively unknown Layer Cake star was hungover, with bacon sandwich and cigarette in hand. But over the weeks and months that followed Simon helped turn the skinny arthouse actor into the athletic beast coming out of the sea in Casino Royale.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Speaking with Express.co.uk, Simon shared how \u201cit\u2019s not all red carpet and ribbons\u201d on the James Bond<\/a> set for Daniel Craig<\/a>, but can be a grim and gritty reality getting those results through tough and disciplined training.<\/p>\n

Asked what sort of shape the star was in when beginning training on Casino Royale, the personal trainer said: \u201cHe wasn\u2019t out of great shape, but he wasn\u2019t in the type of Bond shape he\u2019s in now.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe wanted to put on a bit of muscle, he wanted to be a little bit stronger, so working on strength work, being more dynamic, so speed work and agility. Choreography, flexibility, so the whole shebang when it comes to fitness. I said, \u2018Look this is what you want.\u2019 And he\u2019s quite meticulous with his method.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018If this is what you want, we\u2019re going to have to live like athletes for quite a long time. We\u2019re going to have to be meticulous without timings.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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Simon pointed out it was particularly hard for Craig to train like a professional athlete as well as going to work as an actor.<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cSo it\u2019s very, very tough. He\u2019s doing all those athletic protocols and he\u2019s having to go and do his day job, which is acting and all the other things that go with that.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis marks, his dialogue and all things that you have to remember to be an actor. The physicality is like a secondary thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asked if it was particularly hard getting Craig, now in his fifties, into shape for No Time To Die, Simon claimed it actually wasn\u2019t too much of a challenge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Aside from overseeing and leading workouts with Craig, Simon has been his nutritionist and recovery man on the Bond films.<\/p>\n
It turns out the 007 diet has some themed days to keep things interesting for the star but didn\u2019t require him to cut out any foods at the weekends.<\/p>\n
The personal trainer said Mondays are vegetarian, Tuesdays are pescatarian, Wednesdays are white meat, Thursdays are vegan and Fridays are red meat.<\/p>\n
But after that, he said the weekends are yours, but that doesn\u2019t mean Craig was gorging on junk food thanks to his weekday diet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Simon explained: \u201cFood is very mental. Your cravings are kind of lead by what you\u2019ve eaten during the week. But never tell yourself you\u2019re not allowed anything as that\u2019s the worst thing that you could do.\u201d<\/p>\n
On working closely with Craig across his Bond movies, the personal trainer admitted they were kind of joined at the hip so had to get on.<\/p>\n
He shared: \u201cIt\u2019s definitely a different kind of relationship to being a kind of client trainer. He\u2019s a good friend and confidant. The nice thing is we trust each other. We\u2019re training partners as well so what he\u2019s doing I\u2019m doing.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo whatever pain he\u2019s feeling, I\u2019m feeling. And that\u2019s a good thing because I can go, \u2018Hmm\u2026if I\u2019m feeling this today, he\u2019s working. I think we need to do this tonight.\u2019 We have a really good rapport and that\u2019s what you need when you\u2019re trying to do these big movies like this.\u201d<\/p>\n
No Time To Die is out now in UK cinemas and hits US movie theatre on October 8, 2021.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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