Casino Royale – Official Website Report #22

The official Casino Royale website blog has been updated by ‘Yarborough.’ Coverage this time centers on the upcoming world premiere of Casino Royale as well as what producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli think of the film.

‘It seemed like this was the great opportunity. The opportunity had been missed all the way along and we could finally make Casino Royale the way it should be,’ said Wilson.

Broccoli is equally as excited. ‘It’s quite a different film. It goes back in tone to the Dr. No, From Russia With Love films. It’s quite different from the last few films we’ve made. And so, there’s a possibility of alienating some people – the people who went maybe just for the action and the glamour, the girls and the gadgets. But we think that the audience is ready for a more gritty Bond and a more realistic Bond.’

‘I think the hardcore fans will love it,’ she says. ‘I think they’re going to welcome the idea of going back to the real essence of Bond and the classic type of Bond story which isn’t about saving the world on a huge scale. It’s a lot more personal and I think people will respond to it…’

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Ivana Milicevic On Playing Valenka In Casino Royale

In day two of The Sun‘s ‘007 week,’ Bond girl Ivana Milicevic, who plays the villainous Valenka in Casino Royale has spoken about her role.

‘Being a Bond girl is very physically challenging. I love it. I am really excited about this film. I was really shocked for a week or two after getting the part,’ she says.

Valenka is the female bodyguard to Mads Mikkelsen’s Le Chiffre in the film, so there isn’t any bonding between her and Daniel Craig’s 007. ‘Unfortunately there is no romance between us. Daniel is awesome–not only is he gorgeous, he’s so tough.’

‘In America people don’t really know him–but when I saw a picture of Daniel I knew I wanted to work with him.’

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Daniel Craig On Casino Royale: 'Go And See The Movie'

A new interview with Daniel Craig the Daily Record. With Casino Royale being the obvious topic, he mentions ther public reaction, working with Eva Green, the hair issue, his own daughter’s reaction, and much more.

While websites and newspapers may have criticized him early on, Craig’s daughter, Ella, can’t wait for the film. ‘Ella’s proud of me being James Bond. I think she’s comfortable with it. I try to communicate all the time about it. I’m very happy with the film, but I want to protect her.’

‘I don’t bring her up in conversations much because the more I talk about her the more the Press have a right to take those photographs. I think she is eager to see the film.’

The hair color was also an issue blown out of proportion. ‘Never for one second did I think about dyeing my hair. My hair was not an issue. The only thing I thought was that we’re going to cut it short and I didn’t want to think about it. I didn’t want to be thinking about what’s on top of my head. Hopefully now it’s not an issue. Hopefully people don’t see it now. Hopefully I’ve got other things to offer than hair colour.’

On his love scene with Bond girl Eva Green in Casino Royale, Craig said: ‘Love scenes, oh, they’re just momentous. They are usually cold studios with 15 people watching. I don’t get off on that. What else can you do, you sort of cover up and sit and drink tea. Talk about the weather.’

‘Eva just has amystery about her, and that was what was needed. She has something going on, and those are key elements in a movie.’

While Roger Moore’s Live And Let Die was the first James Bond film Craig saw, he reveals that Sean Connery’s From Russia With Love is one of his favourites, ‘particularly because it’s with Robert Shaw. He plays the bad guy, and he’s blond.’

With early reviews already comparing Craig to Connery, Casino Royale is looking to be a success. ‘If this does well, then I’ll be making money. I’d love to have the money to buy art. I don’t have an Aston Martin either, but I’d like one.’

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Casino Royale is the 21st James Bond 007 film produced by franchise holders Eon Productions. The MGM/Columbia Pictures production began shooting in January and is due for release worldwide on 17 November 2006. Casino Royale will premiere on 14 November in London. Starring Daniel Craig as James Bond; locations include the Czech Republic, the Bahamas, Italy and the UK.

The film co-stars Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Jeffrey Wright, Judi Dench, Giancarlo Giannini, Caterina Murino, Simon Abkarian, Tobias Menzies, Ivana Milicevic, Clemens Schick, Ludger Pistor, Claudio Santamaria, and Isaach De Bankole.

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Casino Royale's 'Heartbeat Is The Love Story'

As reported on The Scotsman, Daniel Craig has said that Casino Royale, while still a James Bond film, but with a love story that makes it a little bit different…

‘First and foremost this is a Bond movie,’ he said. ‘Every box is ticked, everything is there. We have Aston Martins, we have beautiful girls, we have great locations, we have fantastic action sequences.’

However, the thing that sets Casino Royale apart from other James Bond films is ‘a love story of depth and reality.’

I didn’t want to be in a movie where the world needs saving in the first scene and it’s saved in the last scene, and all you are doing is filling in the gaps,’ Craig said. ‘I don’t think it’s interesting unless you see character development. The real heartbeat of this movie is the love story.’

‘We have taken risks and we have changed. If you don’t change you die,’ said producer Barbara Broccoli on the changes from 2002’s Die Another Day to Craig’s debut 007 film.

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Casino Royale's Aston Martin Sets World Record

While Casino Royale has yet to make its world premiere, it has already broken a Guinness World Record .

Yahoo News reports that the Aston Martin DBS has done more cannon rolls than ever before. In Casino Royale, the car is driven off the road by Daniel Craig’s 007 in the film because of finding Eva Green’s Vesper Lynd lying in the middle of the road.

As previously reported on CBn, stunt driver Adam Kirley said of the sequence: ‘Gary Powell decided to raise the ramp to just under two feet in the end. I came in at the 75, 80 miles an hour speed, hit it with the two left hand side wheels, anticipating it to roll very easily. But the car just literally took off in the air, levelled pretty much, and landed on all four wheels. Completely. No chance of rolling whatsoever because of the stability of the car.’

Eventually they decided upon a cannon. ‘The special effects guys had put a cannon in which sits just behind the driver’s seat. It has a cylinder that, as you press a button, releases a load of air which punches the cylinder into the road which then, in turn, turns the car over. And that’s how we ended up doing it in the end,’ says Kirley.

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Caterina Murino Speaks On Her Steamy Scene In Casino Royale

In day two of The Sun‘s ‘007 week,’ Bond girl Caterina Murino has spoken about her steamy scenes with Daniel Craig in Casino Royale.

‘Solange isn’t the classical Bond girl,’ she says. ‘She is not out to kill James, she is just very upset in her life. Then one night she meets Bond… and has sex with him. We are like two animals. We are not going to be friends, me and James, we are only sexual things.’

She explains that it was easy to relax during the scene in Casino Royale. ‘Daniel was very nice to me,’ she says. ‘And the director, Martin Campbell, was wonderful. He made us very comfortable. Unfortunately it was very short, but very nice.’

‘For me the most important thing as an actress was to work with Daniel, he is a huge actor,’ says Murino on Craig. ‘And it was a big surprise to become a Bond girl. When I went for the casting I thought an American girl would get the part, not me–a small girl from Sardinia…’

Murino also explains how she almost missed out on the role. ‘I was preparing for an Italian movie and I fell down. I broke a rib on my right side. I was in hospital, completely under drugs, but I still went to the casting even though I couldn’t walk. That was unusual, because the Bond girl is always so full of energy!’

‘But Martin Campbell called me back to go to London and I got the role.’

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Casino Royale TV Spot #9 Released

The newest TV spot for Casino Royale, the 21st official James Bond film, has appeared online.

Featuring new scenes between Daniel Craig’s 007 and Eva Green’s Vesper Lynd, the 30-second clip also includes the line: ‘that last hand… nearly killed me.’

‘The assignment… the threat… the man… On November 17th, the wait is over. Bond is back. Click here to watch Casino Royale TV Spot #9.

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Eva Green Speaks To 'Today' On Playing Vesper

Eva Green recently appeared on ‘Today’ to speak on playing the character of Vesper Lynd in the newest James Bond film, Casino Royale. Now available online, the appearance follows the recent ‘Today’ interview with Daniel Craig only a few days ago.

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When asked how she felt about Bond girls before she became one in Casino Royale, Green said: ‘I had some reservations about being the Bond girl. I didn’t want to be a bimbo. I took the part because it is very enigmatic, very beautiful and unusual. This is a very new Bond. I think women are perceived differently.’

‘[Vesper] isn’t a goodie, and she isn’t a baddie, she’s just a human being, as Bond is, actually. Flawed, very vulnerable, and sexy. She’s the very first Bond girl. It’s a love story.’

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Barbara Broccoli Pleased With Reaction To Daniel Craig

Producer Barbara Broccoli has spoken to the Toronto Star in regards to the reactions to Daniel Craig as James Bond in Casino Royale.

‘I’m really incredibly gratified in the reaction to Daniel, because I think he’s a spectacular actor,’ Broccoli said. ‘And I think he’s so happy that people are accepting him.’

Broccoli is also pleased that Paul Haggis (Crash) signed onto the film to work on the screenplay. ‘We had a great script to begin with, and he just made it better,’ she said.

Even though Craig is a brand new 007 in the series, the topic of a future Bond actor came up, and Broccoli said a Canadian actor could be a possibility.

‘I think a Canadian could work,’ she said at a Casino Royale press junket. ‘I’m pretty dubious about [casting] an American, because it’s just a different sensibility… there’s a sort of Commonwealth sensibility, which I think is a sort of a requirement.’

‘When they did Casino Royale for CBS they had an American and they called him Jimmy Bond. And they didn’t seem to really pull it off,’ Broccoli said.

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Eva Green On Working With Daniel Craig In Casino Royale

In day two of The Sun’s ‘007 week,’ Eva Green has spoken about working with Daniel Craig in Casino Royale.

‘Daniel is a fantastic actor–very intense, very special,’ she says. ‘There is something “broken” about him that is quite attractive. He’s not the obvious choice but he will be great.’

In Casino Royale, ‘Vesper and Bond are equals. I really like my character–she is very funny, very sharp, very sexy. She is not an obvious femme fatale.’

‘I was attached to another project so I wasn’t thinking about casting,’ she says. ‘Then I couldn’t do the other film any more, so I auditioned with Daniel. A few days later I got the part and I couldn’t believe it.’

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