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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Finding James Bond's Dark Side In Casino Royale

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Daniel Craig has spoken to The Telegraph on the bruises, criticism, and other aspects associated with playing James Bond in Casino Royale.

It’s no secret that Craig was criticized by fans and newspapers early on during the filming, and it gets a mention in nearly every interview since.

When asked about it, Craig said: ‘One of the things I was criticised for was that I looked like a bad guy, but I was happy with that because I think true good guys have to step into the dark side to do their job. I wanted people to question Bond’s morals and his judgment.’

As he has discovered, each new Bond film is incredibly important to the fans: ‘I didn’t want to miss a trick, but then I pushed it all behind me because I wanted to take it in a new direction and move forward with it. That responsibility was very, very strong in my mind.’

The recent Casino Royale press reviews are comparing Craig’s debut as 007 to the days of the Sean Connery films, and indeed, Connery himself.

‘Sean Connery set and defined the character,’ said Craig. ‘He did something extraordinary with that role. He was bad, sexy, animalistic and stylish, and it is because of him I am here today. I wanted Sean Connery’s approval and he sent me messages of support, which meant a lot to me.’

‘I wanted to do as much of the action work as I could, so that the audience can see it’s me and it’s real,’ he says while speaking about Casino Royale‘s rigorous action sequences. ‘I feel like I became a sportsman of sorts, and that meant acquiring injuries and carrying on and bashing through to the next level of pain. Although the stunt team did fantastic work to make sure that everything was as safe as possible, if you don’t get bruised playing Bond, you’re not doing it properly.’

‘I’m certainly going to try to get as much out of it as I can,’ says Craig. ‘Of course I am always going to think about whether it is going to limit what I do. I plan for it not to, but if it does, I’ll approach that problem when it comes.’

Click here to read the entire article on Daniel Craig and Casino Royale on The Telegraph.

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Bond Girls Reunion Celebrates New Delta Airlines Service

Several photographs have been posted on the CBn Forums of the Delta Air Lines event which brought together Bond girls Maud Adams, Jane Seymour, and Grace Jones. View the photographs here on the CBn Forums.

The original press release…

SHAKEN NOT STIRRED…

“BOND GIRLS” REUNITE TO CELEBRATE DELTA AIR LINES’ NEWEST INTERNATIONAL ROUTE BETWEEN NEW YORK AND LONDON

FORMER BOND GIRLS JANE SEYMOUR, GRACE JONES AND MAUD ADAMS
HOST PARTY AND “MARTINI-MAKING CONTEST

Iconic Bond Girls Jane Seymour, who played Solitaire in Live and Let Die (1973), Grace Jones, best known as May Day from A View To A Kill (1985), and Maud Adams who was both the title villain in Octopussy (1983) and Andrea Anders in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), will help Delta launch its newest international route between New York and London at Stone Rose Lounge (Time Warner Center, 10 Columbus Circle), owned by nightlife entrepreneur Rande Gerber, co-founder of After Midnight Company and one of Delta’s newest partners. The festivities take off on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2006 at 6:30 p.m. Delta begins its new service to London on Nov. 15, with one daily nonstop flight between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and London’s Gatwick Airport and plans to add a second daily flight on April 1, 2007.

Guests at this special event will enjoy a twist on Bond’s drink of choice, the Dirty Martini (Bond’s favorite drink was actually the Dry Martini)–shaken not stirred, and watch as the “Bond Girls” judge Gerber’s top bartenders in a “Dirty Martini making contest.” Delta is partnering with Rande Gerber to launch a signature in-flight cocktail program featuring specialty cocktails created for Delta by Gerber. The airline will begin serving Gerber’s cocktails on board its global flights in early 2007. The partnership and new signature cocktails are part of Delta’s ongoing efforts to create a sophisticated, stylish and entertaining experience for customers worldwide.

GREAT PHOTO OPPORTUNITY / INTERVIEWS AVAILABLE

WHO: JANE SEYMOUR, GRACE JONES, MAUD ADAMS DELTA AIR LINES EXECUTIVES AND FLIGHT ATTENDANTS

WHAT: “BOND GIRLS REUNION” TO CELEBRATE DELTA’S NEW INTERNATIONAL SERVICE LAUNCH FROM NEW YORK TO LONDON

WHEN: WEDNESDAY, NOV. 1
PRESS CALL TIME: 6:00 P.M.

WHERE: STONE ROSE LOUNGE
TIME WARNER CENTER
10 COLUMBUS CIRCLE

Press Release

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Daniel Craig Speaks On Casino Royale On 'Today'

CBn previously reported that Daniel Craig would be appearing on Today for an interview about James Bond and Casino Royale. 007 fans who missed the show can now catch it online at MSNBC Video. As an added treat, a previously unreleased scene between Bond and Eva Green’s Vesper Lynd is included.

When asked what was so important about this film compared to the previous twenty, Craig said: ‘Well, what was important for me was that I wanted to show someone who was fallible, that fell down, that bled, that [you don’t] think from the beginning of the movie that he will be successful…’

After hearing the early positive reviews of the film, Craig says he isn’t planning on going into the “I told you so” mode with the critics that doubted him.

‘He’s learning,’ says Craig, while discussing how clever and sophisticated his Bond is compared with the others. ‘I think there’s a level of level of sophistication that he’s got to get to. I didn’t want to spring him straight in there. I wanted to discover how he comes sophisticated, and how through experience, he becomes the guy he is.’

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Eva Green Speaks On 'Terrifying' Scene In Casino Royale

***Warning***: MAJOR plot spoilers. Do not read from here onwards if you have not read Ian Fleming’s Casino Royale. A crucial plot element is revealed.

Bond girl Eva Green, who plays Vesper Lynd in Casino Royale (and may possibly return for Bond 22) has recently revealed some details on a ‘terrifying’ scene in the 21st official James Bond film…

***Warning***: MAJOR plot spoilers.

Life Style Extra reports that Green has called her death scene in Venice Casino Royale ‘scary’ and ‘weird.’

Speaking to Arena Magazine, she said: ‘I rehearsed before–it was not like trying to drown. You have to swim underwater and gasp, it’s quite scary. I really wanted to cry when I was doing it. It was the weirdest moment of my life.’

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