I may be the only person who watched the torture scene in Casino Royale and thought: "Too bad Bond didn't study iron crotch kungfu." Sure James manages to turn his screams of pain into bitter laugher as the pervy villain, Le Chiffre, tenderizes his private parts with a carpet-beater. But that was real fear in Daniel Craig's eyes, and according to his own account he wasn't acting.

In contrast an iron crotch master would have shrugged his shoulders and rolled his eyes after each whacking. I...