British actor Daniel Craig, shown Sunday with his partner, Satsuki Mitchell, has his arm in a sling because of shoulder surgery for an old injury. (Joel Ryan/AssociatedPress)

James Bond star Daniel Craig has revealed he was injured on the set of Quantum of Solace in June and required plastic surgery.

Craig told Elle magazine that he was accidentally kicked by one of his Quantum of Solace co-stars.

The actor severed his fingertip and required eight stitches on his face.

"It's a stupid inconvenience because we had to stop filming. But they gave me an excellent plastic surgeon," he is quoted as saying.

Craig was recently pictured with his arm in a sling, a result of surgery for an old injury unrelated to the accident on the set, he said.

In an interview on Wednesday, the 40-year-old actor reflected on his own take on 007, saying he wanted to play a more modern Bond.

"I wanted some fallibility. It's no good if Bond is a cocktail-swigging sexist pig with no interior struggle," Craig said.

He said Bond might be attractive as a womanizer, but that's not the character he wanted to play.

"I think it's true that narcissists, thrill-seekers and liars breed and survive in the gene pool because some women find them attractive," Craig said. "But I think James Bond has changed. He's not a shallow brute."

The world premiere of Quantum of Solace will take place at the London Film Festival on Oct. 29 and in Canada Nov. 14.