007 First Light's James Bond is "certainly handsome" but "he isn't a Ken doll," says IO Interactive: "The human aspect of him is something we were really trying hard to give you"

007: First Light.

Although the 007 First Light hero might not be the "classy Bond with the martini" longtime fans might be expecting, he's "certainly handsome" – a feature of James' that IO Interactive surprisingly put quite a bit of thought into.

Speaking to GamesRadar+ during a recent interview at Gamescom 2025, franchise art director Rasmus Poulsen begins by saying, "Bond has been many things through the ages, which is part of what makes him interesting and part of what makes playing in the sandbox so fun" – and it isn't just the protagonist's character that makes up who he is, but his appearance, too. One part of this is, of course, his distinguishable scar.