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Quantum of Solace is the
22nd spy film in EON Productions’ James Bond film series,
due for release on 7 November 2008. It is the sequel to the
2006 film Casino Royale, which rebooted the series. It is
directed by Marc
Forster, and features Daniel
Craig’s second performance as the fictional MI6 agent
James Bond. Paul Haggis, Neal Purvis and Robert Wade returned
as writers. In the film, Bond battles Dominic Greene (Mathieu
Amalric), a member of a cover organisation called Green
Planet, seeking revenge for the death of Vesper Lynd. Greene
intends to stage a coup d’état in a Latin American country.
Bond is assisted by Camille (Olga
Kurylenko), who also wants revenge against Greene. The
title was chosen from an unrelated short story in Ian
Fleming’s For Your Eyes Only (1960).
Producer Michael G. Wilson created the
film’s story whilst Casino Royale was shooting. The film was
originally scheduled for a 2 May 2008 release, but it was
pushed back to allow more time when Roger Michell dropped out
as director. Second unit filming began in August 2007 at Siena
and Madrid, before principal photography began in January 2008
at Pinewood Studios. Production designer Dennis Gassner took
over from Peter Lamont, who retired after working on eighteen
Bond films.
He designed the five major Pinewood
sets, which stand in for Siena, Bolivia and the MI6
headquarters. Gassner’s designs are close to the modernism
of Ken Adam, the first Bond production designer. Location
filming will take place at Panama, Chile, Peru, Italy and
Austria, before moving back to Pinewood in June. There will be
more gadgets than in Casino Royale, though they will still aim
to be realistic.
Premise: Michael
G. Wilson has confirmed that the film will pick up
“literally an hour after” Casino Royale’s conclusion,
when a wounded Mr. White is shot and captured by Bond at Lake
Como. Bond is then involved in a car chase in Siena, Italy.
The official synopsis shows that White reveals to Bond and M
that his organisation has agents in Her Majesty’s Government
and the Central Intelligence Agency.
Forensic evidence of an MI6 traitor
leads Bond to Haiti, where he meets Camille, who then helps
him find Dominic Greene, a ruthless businessman and a member
of the organisation known as Green Planet. Greene intends to
use his government contacts to help overthrow the current
regime in a Latin American country, and place the exiled
General Medrano as the head of state.
Medrano will in exchange give the
organisation a barren piece of land, which actually will give
them total control of “one of the world’s most important
natural resources”. Bond travels to Austria and South
America to unravel Greene’s plan, staying one step ahead of
the CIA, terrorists and M whilst trying to keep his desire for
retribution over Vesper Lynd’s death in check.
Cast:
Daniel
Craig as James Bond: Craig stated that Bond continues
to learn throughout the film, and that he would be
“still too headstrong and wouldn’t always make the
right decisions”. Writer Paul Haggis said that Bond will
be “a very human and flawed assassin, a man who has to
navigate a morally complex and often cynical world while
attempting to hold onto his deep beliefs of what is right
and wrong” The actor gave advice to Haggis on the script
and also helped choose Marc
Forster as director, being a fan of his films.
Craig’s training for his reprisal involved more boxing
and running, to avoid injuries caused by the lack of his
running and jumping for the stunts from his debut. He also
practised speedboating and stunt driving. Craig felt
Casino Royale was “physically a walk in the park”
compared to Quantum of Solace. Whilst filming in Panama,
Craig was rushed to hospital after hitting one of his
ribs. The injury was not serious, and he was admitted back
to filming.
Mathieu
Amalric as Dominic Greene, the main villain. Craig
confirmed “there is a connection” between Greene and
Vesper Lynd. Amalric acknowledged taking the role was an
easy decision because, “It’s impossible to say to your
kids that ‘I could have been in a Bond film but I
refused’.” Before accepting the part, he asked Michael
Lonsdale whether playing Hugo Drax in Moonraker had any
effect on his career, to which Lonsdale said there was
none. Having played Jean-Dominique Bauby in The Diving
Bell and the Butterfly, Amalric found the role
refreshingly physical. The character will not look
grotesque to be any more formidable. “There’ll be no
metal jaw, no white hair, no scar, no eye with blood. Just
my face,” Amalric said. Amalric described Greene’s
fight style as based around the possibility that “the
villain doesn’t know how to fight, so James Bond would
be more surprised. Sometimes anger can be much more
dangerous. I’m going to fight like in school.” Amalric
modelled his performance on “the smile of Tony Blair
[and] the craziness of Sarkozy,” the latter whom he
called “the worst villain we [the French] have ever had he
walks around thinking he’s in a Bond film.” Bruno Ganz
was also considered for the part.
Olga
Kurylenko as the lead Bond girl, Camille. She has her
own vendetta regarding Greene and his organisation. “At
the beginning she is an opponent of Bond, but they are
going to have to collaborate,” the actress said.
“We’ll see if she’s a villain.” Kurylenko spent
three weeks training with weapons and learnt how to fight
and body fly, a form of indoor skydiving. She was given a
DVD box set of the films since the Bond franchise was not
known in her homeland of Ukraine, where she grew up. The
producers said Camille is someone “who challenges Bond
and helps him come to terms with the emotional
consequences of Vesper’s betrayal”. The producers had
intended to cast a South American actress in the role. The
character was made half-Ukranian, half-Bolivian. Kurylenko
had to train with a coach to learn how to perform with a
Spanish accent.
Judi
Dench as M. She said M’s relationship with Bond
becomes “pretty prickly”. M’s husband, who was
briefly seen sleeping next to her in Casino Royale, will
also be heard off-screen in the film.
Jeffrey
Wright as Felix Leiter, Bond’s CIA ally who aided
him at Casino Royale in Montenegro. This will mark only
the second time the same actor has appeared as Leiter
twice since David Hedison played the character in Live and
Let Die (1973) and Licence to Kill (1989).
Giancarlo
Giannini as René Mathis, a French double agent who
helps Bond discover who Le Chiffre and Mr. White worked
for.
Gemma
Arterton as MI6 Agent Fields, who works at the British
consulate in Bolivia. Arterton was chosen from around 1500
candidates. One of the casting directors asked her to
audition for the role, having seen her portray Rosaline in
Love’s Labour’s Lost at the Globe Theatre. Arterton
said Fields was “not so frolicsome” as other Bond
girls, but is instead “fresh and young, not […] a
femme fatale” Her character is a homage to the 60’s
Bond girls. Her hair in the film is modelled after Diana
Rigg, who played Tracy Bond in On Her Majesty’s Secret
Service, who is one of her favourite Bond girls along with
Honor Blackman.
Joaquin Cosío as General Medrano,
who is Bond’s enemy in Latin America. Greene is helping
the exiled general get back into power, in return for
support of his organisation.
Anatole Taubman as Elvis. Taubman
explained his role was larger than a mere henchman.
Jesper Christensen as Mr. White,
whom Bond captured after he stole the money won at Casino
Royale in Montenegro.
Rory Kinnear as Bill Tanner, a
recurring member of the MI6 staff, later destined to be
Chief of Staff.
Neil Jackson as Mr. Slate. Jackson
stated on his MySpace profile that his character has a
fight with Bond.
Fernando Guillén Cuervo has an
unknown role.
Although imagery of her character may
feature, Eva Green will not film any new footage as Vesper
Lynd for the film. Barbara Broccoli said at the very least,
“[Vesper is] certainly on Bond’s mind.” Michael G.
Wilson confirmed Miss Moneypenny and “Q” are not in the
film, as with Casino Royale. He said that when writing the
other films they had to find a moment for both characters,
which wasn’t necessarily organic.
Effects: Ford
has a three-film deal that began with 2002’s Die Another
Day. The Aston Martin DBS V12 will return in the film, and
Ford GTs will also be used. Judi Dench also mentioned, “M
learns to do a few more gadgets.” These include a glass wall
in her office which can be made opaque if she requires
privacy. The redesigned HQ has a touchscreen computer which
keeps track of all their agents. Michael G. Wilson said of the
gadgets that “we’ve just used realistic things within the
world”. Wilson commented that the film might return to the
traditionally styled gun barrel opening shot.
Music: David
Arnold, who composed the scores for the previous four Bond
films, will return for Quantum of Solace. When asked about the
possibility of Amy Winehouse singing the theme song, Michael
G. Wilson replied, “She could do a wonderful job. We’ll
have to wait and see if she can do it.”
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