Casino Royale - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of Casino Royale or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Casino Royale

[frederick]

Michael G. Wilson: As a Montenegro Police Chief. The producer has appeared in cameos in many James Bond movies.

[riley]

This is the first movie in the forty-four years of James Bond where it rains.

[ray]

When James Bond sends his resignation letter, there are several e-mail addresses are seen in his e-mail clients. These addresses contain names of related personnel involved in the making of this movie (Anne Bennett, Chris McBride, Robert Wright, et cetera).

[steve]

One week after filming was completed, the 007 Stage at Pinewood Studios burned down on July 30, 2006. This was the second time this had happened, the first being before filming A View to a Kill (1985). The filmmakers had just finished using the stage for filming interiors set in Venice for the movie.

[wesley]

The black-and-white opening of this movie was an idea of director of photography Phil Meheux, who conceived it so as to give a surprise to viewers, as well as a nod to The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965) and Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967). The opening sequence required six thousand feet (one hour and six minute's worth, at twenty-four frames per second) of Eastman Double-X 5222 black-and-white negative film. At the time of its release, this movie is the only film in the official franchise to have a significant sequence filmed in black-and-white. However, some of the shots of James Bond in the gun barrel sequences in the early movies were in black and white. Also, Climax! (1954) season one, episode three, "Casino Royale", was completely in black-and-white.

[amber]

The idea of the Palazzo sinking building was a conceived by screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, who had seen coverage of the leaning Tower of Pisa having its footings stabilized, while propped up by gigantic bladders full of air. They also came up with Le Chiffre's bleeding eye.

[kyle]

Daniel Craig was producer Barbara Broccoli's first choice for the role of Bond. She had him in mind after seeing his performance in Layer Cake (2004).

[nicholas]

The "Vesper" that James Bond orders at Casino Royale is taken from the novel. It consists of three parts gin (Gordon's was Bond's choice), one part vodka [Bond preferred a grain vodka be used (Absolut)] and half part of Kina Lillet. The ingredients are shaken over ice until cold, served in a cocktail glass with a slice of lemon peel for garnish. In 1985, Kina Lillet was reformulated to reduce sugar and quinine (the "Kina" in the name) and was rebranded just as "Lillet". The addition of red and rose versions of the aperitif have caused the original to be known as "Lillet Blanc".

[bernice]

The movie was delivered to some theaters under the codename, "Change At Midnight".

[claude]

James Purefoy did a screentest for Bond, but later admitted it was a "disaster", and was glad he didn't get the role, preferring to stay in London with his family. Tabloids claimed Jude Law and Heath Ledger were being considered, but the source and veracity of those claims is unknown. Eric Bana was reported once to have signed on to play Bond, but he put out a press release saying it was untrue, and that he had no interest in the role. Rumors claimed that Orlando Bloom was considered to play Bond, but he laughed them off and pointed out how absurd they were; Bloom, who was twenty-eight at the time, was too young for the role.

[ella]

Third consecutive James Bond movie in the franchise where James Bond was tortured. In The World Is Not Enough (1999), he was tortured in a chair with tightening screws. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) featured chakra torture devices, but Bond was not actually tortured. In Die Another Day (2002), he was tortured during the opening scenes while in a North Korean prison, and in this movie, he was tortured by Le Chiffre adapted from the classic sequence in the original Ian Fleming novel where Le Chiffre tortured Bond with a carpet beater. In this movie, Le Chiffre uses a knotted rope. Plate glass was positioned under the chair so Daniel Craig was never actually struck with the rope. However, at one point during filming, Mads Mikkelsen struck the glass with the rope so hard that the glass cracked, prompting a shocked crew member to quickly run over to the chair.

[clayton]

Miranda Richardson turned down the role of Vesper Lynd.

[chris]

Christian Bale was rumoured to be a contender for James Bond, though he denied that he was offered it.

[wesley]

The first time since The Living Daylights (1987) that a James Bond movie has used an original Ian Fleming story or novel title.

[riley]

Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen) has previously been played by such great screen luminaries in film history as Peter Lorre in Climax! (1954) season one, episode three, "Casino Royale", and Orson Welles in Casino Royale (1967).

[kenzi]

In the torture scene, Le Chiffle strikes Bond with the knotted rope three times before he demands the password.

[francisco]

The Texas Hold'em games include a game where Bond has the best possible starting hand (Ace-Ace) and a game where Le Chiffre has the worst possible starting hand (2-7 off-suit).

[francisco]

Second consecutive James Bond movie where a female character is revealed to be a double agent.

[nicholas]

Ulrich Matthes was offered the role of Le Chiffre, but had to decline due to his commitment to a theatre production of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"