He's back ... Daniel Craig as James Bond in Skyfall
JAMES Bond star Daniel Craig reckons Austin Powers has ruined the 007 franchise.
The actor, 44 — who has played the British spy in three films — believes the spoof series starring Mike Myers made it impossible to have jokes in the real thing because it parodied the movies too much.
He said: “Austin Powers f***** it. By the time we did Casino Royale, the Mike Myers spoof had blown every joke apart.
“We were in a situation where you couldn't send things up. It had gone so far post-modern it wasn't funny anymore."
However, he does believe a sense of humour is very important to the Bond stories throughout the decades.
A few jokes too far? ... Mike Myers in Austin Powers
He told Esquire magazine: "I think what's always fantastic about the Bond stories - and they have retained it, though they might have lost it for a while - is that there's always a darkness involved, but it's a darkness with a sense of humour.
"A black humour. It's about danger, but good danger, because you're in the hands of somebody who's saying, 'F*** you' to risk and, 'F*** you' to dying."
The latest film, Skyfall, which was shot predominantly in London, hits screens in November.
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