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Casino Royale (2006)

Casino Royale (2006)

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Daniel Craig takes over as Bond in this instalment of the action-packed spy franchise. James Bond (Craig) is sent on his first mission and must partake in a high-stakes poker game against a terrorist financier (Mads Mikkelsen). Co stars Eva Green.

Film Trivia

  • This is the first Bond film not to begin with the famous gun barrel intro. Instead it occurs about five minutes into the film. This is also the first film since Dr. No not to feature dancing females in the intro.
  • The climactic Venice sinking sequence took three weeks to film and required 9 hour days to get it right.
  • Daniel Craig had to quit smoking and trained with a personal trainer in order to get into shape for this movie.
  • Felix Leiter, Bond's CIA connection, returns to the series for the first time since 1989's License To Kill.

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