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Sebastien Foucan hired for 'Casino Royale'
Pioneer of "Parkour" booked for special stunt job
Written by Tim Roth on 29 Jan, 2006
Sebastien Foucan in action
Sebastien Foucan has been hired to appear in the latest James Bond movie, Casino Royale, urbanfreefloor.com reports. "A chase scene is planned which will unveil the new Bond in the form of actor Daniel Craig. The sequence in question is currently being shot in the Bahamas."
Foucan is considered as one of the pioneers of a new extreme sport called "Parkour". According to Wikipedia, it is a "physical discipline of French origin in which participants attempt to pass obstacles in a smooth and rapid manner. Parkour is said to be "l’art du déplacement", or the art of moving (from A to B), consisting of uninterrupted forward motion over, under, around and through obstacles (both man-made and natural) in one’s environment.
Sebastien Foucan
Such movement may come in the form of running, jumping, climbing and other more complicated techniques. The goal of the practice of parkour is to be able to adapt one’s movement to any given situation so that any obstacle can be overcome with the human body’s abilities". Parkour was subject of Luc Besson’s movie Yamakasi - the modern Samurais in 2001, but has gone relatively unnoticed by cinema audience up to now.
It’s also interesting to hear that the 2nd unit seems to have started working on the Bahamas already - which actually is nothing new: The surf scenes for Die Another Day were filmed in December 2001, official start of shooting was in January 2002.
Funnily enough, in May 2005 a CBn forum member mentioned a rooftop chase to be part of the script for Casino Royale, but could not give more information on his sources. So, unlike many other rumours these days, this one seems actually to turn out true…
Casino Royale is the 21st James Bond film produced by franchise holders Eon Productions. The MGM/Columbia Pictures production begins shooting in January and is due for release worldwide on 17 November 2006. Starring Daniel Craig as James Bond, it will be filmed in the Czech Republic, the Bahamas, Italy and the UK.
