As we’re gripped in the present round of 007 mania the team here at The-Boomers (huge fans of Mr Craig) wondered how old Bond was ‘meant’ to be when Iain Fleming penned Casino Royale in 1952? Our best research came up with late 30s, making the character a full decade younger than Daniel Craig today, however pretty much the same age as when Casino Royale was released in 2006.

Roger Moore was 58 when he hung up his Walther PPK so perhaps George Clooney could still be the next 007?

Interestingly as we then proceeded to look through the current crop of male action heroes’ we found the average age to be 57! with the venerable Clint Eastwood topping the list at 85 years old.