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Originally Posted by MRM
The Bond as written by Ian Fleming was tormented by demons of the past. In the books, especially early on, he was much crueler, though equally open to great mercies and romantic flourishes. In fact, one of his lingering grievances with MI6 and M was that he was originally considered little more than an assassin, a killer, an expendable thug that the Service didn't care too much whether he lived or died, no matter the quality of the service he provided.
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I think Craig and Dalton both play(ed) the role to this type, and Dalton at the time said Bond was less a spy and more a government-sanctioned hit man; the difference is that in the films Craig doesn't seem conflicted about it. It sounds like Bond in the books has to kill people, while Bond in the film gets to kill people.