The James Bond star has replaced his tailored suits and British accent with a prison jumpsuit and southern drawl.

The transformation is all thanks to the upcoming American comedy Logan Lucky, which follows the story of two brothers - Jimmy (Channing Tatum) and Clyde Logan (Adam Driver) - who decide to stage an elaborate robbery during one of North Carolina's biggest NASCAR races.

What really has audiences talking, though, is Craig's role. The English heartthrob steals the spotlight as Joe Bang, a criminal who Jimmy and Clyde have to break out of prison because of his knowledge of pulling off dangerous heists.

It is Craig's first role on the big screen since the 2015 Bond film Spectre. (He did make an uncredited cameo as stormtrooper JB-007 in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but seeing as he essentially snuck onto set and was wearing a helmet the whole time, that doesn't really count.)

In Logan Lucky's trailer, Craig shows off his acting credentials by pulling off a perfect redneck accent.

"I am incarcerated," he tells an optimistic Jimmy and Clyde when they visit him in prison to ask for his help.

"We got a plan to get you out," Jimmy replies.

Logan Lucky is due to hit cinemas from August 18.