James Bond kills people three times a week, Daniel Craig jokes

He's retiring from playing James Bond after a decade portraying the iconic spy on the big screen.

And Daniel Craig has revealed he wouldn't like to hang out with 007 in real life because he'd be terrified of his crime-fighting skills and ruthless ability to kill.

The 47-year-old actor made the admission during a one-off ITV interview with Jonathan Ross about Spectre ahead of the Sam Mendes-directed blockbuster's release.

'Would he be someone who you would avoid because he’s so emotionally closed?', TV host Jonathan asked.

'That would be low down the list... The fact that he kills people three times a week [though]!', Daniel jokingly replied.

'I’ve been fortunate I suppose to meet quite a few guys from MI6 and they always impress me, they’re very together people, way more together than I could ever hope to be.

'It’s one of those things - he’s fun at a party but don’t stay too late.' 

Daniel also discussed the high-tech gadgets and gimmicks the Bond franchise is known for, hinting that fans would be in for a real treat.

'I can’t really reveal anything but needless to say we haven’t shied away from the gimmicks…', he teased. 

'We wanted to embrace it a bit more, traditionally Q has always been older than Bond and we’ve got a brilliant actor in Ben [Whishaw] and we wanted to use him and what he’s about and we’ve got a few things that I think you’ll like.'