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50 facts you didn’t know about daniel craig’sjames bond movies are you ready to play a roulette in casinoroyale (2006), for a quantum of solace (2008) before skyfall (2012) on your head? well,there’s nothing we can do to easy you pain of sweet anticipation, while you’re waitingfor the #24 james bond movie – the “spectre”, but there’s something else you can get instead.how about a 50-facts-long time travel with daniel craig through the memorable last threemost successful james bond movies in the entire history of this immortal franchise? does thissound like a plan? let’s roll, 007, 006, 005, 004, 003, 002...1) “casino royal” was the very first james bond movie to be entirely based on a full-lengthian fleming novel since moonraker (1979).

this is undoubtedly an impressive time gap,which lasted almost 27 years. 2) in order to get in a proper shape for hisvery first bond movie daniel craig had to gain more than 20 pounds of muscle for therole. the rest is james bond beach history. one of the most muscular one, by the way.3) here’s one more interesting story about daniel craig’s prep work for the role. hedidn’t have to, but daniel craig wanted to read all of ian fleming's novels. in addition,he’d spent quite a lot of time talking with real-life mossad and british secret serviceagents. mr. bond-craig definitely did his homework properly.4) james bond’s “father” ian fleming celebrated the completion of the "casino royale"novel in a little bit unusual way. he bought

a gold-plated typewriter. one of the jamesbond actors pierce brosnan supposedly acquired this famous typewriter a few years ago for$52,000. unfortunately, this wasn’t enough to buy him a ticket for casino royal movie,though. 5) one hollywood legend has it that danielcraig was shopping groceries when he got the call from the bond franchise producer barbarabroccoli that he had won the james bond role. she told him, "over to you, kiddo." what didcraig do? well, he’d left the groceries behind and celebrated with martinis. definitely,a bond, james bond style. 6) talking about the actor, who’s reinventedand reshaped this franchise, did you know that daniel craig is the first actor to playjames bond, who is actually younger than the

movie series itself? even bond needs somenew blood, every now and then. 7) here’s an eternal question for any truejames bond fan? why daniel craig, and not pierce brosnan, who bought the gold-platedtypewriter? remember? well, for what is worth, and it’s worth a lot, brosnan’s returnfor a fifth engagement as james bond would have cost the producers $30 million.8) it would be wrong to think that daniel craig was nothing more than a more affordablealternative for this movie series. eventually, he became the first actor to be nominatedfor a bafta (british oscar) award for playing james bond.9) it’s also an interesting fact to know that one of the legends of this franchise,no other than roger moore himself, was reportedly

so impressed with the “casino royal” thathe went out and bought a dvd copy of it. this is undoubtedly an oscar worth respect, isn’tit? 10)as of 2007, “casino royal” was thehighest-grossing movie of the bond-franchise. until skyfall passed it in 2012. daniel craig’sbond trilogy is the most successful period in the entire hollywood history of this popularfranchise. the youngest bond certainly knew some old-bond-school tricks. right?11)as expected, before and during production, controversy erupted amongst some fans. why?the casting of daniel craig, a blond james bond, was the cause. since then, craig hasgotten his new nickname - 'james blond'. we all know why, don’t we? dark hair had beenan unofficial trademark for any 007 secret

agent. until, daniel craig changed all ofthat. we certainly don’t mind, do we? 12)here’s what happened to one more recognizablesymbols of james bond movies. in one afternoon's shooting, three aston martin dbs cars, valuedat $300,000 each, were destroyed for the legendary car roll sequence. what a lovely way to rollone million dollars in a blink of an eye, indeed.13)this car barrel-roll stunt by the aston martin dbs broke the world record for themost barrel rolls assisted by a cannon. at the beginning of shooting, the racing specificationsof the aston martin dbs meant that a standard ramp would not be sufficient to get the carto roll. there was no other solution for the movie crew than to call the special effectscavalry to the rescue. they installed an air-

powered cannon behind the driver’s seat.this allowed the car to complete the unprecedented seven full rolls. this was more than enoughfor this amazing stunt to officially enter into the guinness book of world records on5th november 2006. 14)“casino royal” was the first film inthe series to show bond as a rookie in mi6. in all the other films, he had long been aspy. well, this was a special double-rookie moment for daniel craig in both real and movielife. 15)this was also the very first james bondfilm to be approved by chinese censors. all other films in the series were available inchina only as illegal copies. only two days after the official premiere, pirated copieswere already on the streets of london. daniel

craig was offered one such copy while walkinganonymously through the streets of beijing. what an intriguing irony made in china.16)movie mistake alert!! when bond starts writing his resignation letteron the boat in venice, he's wearing an omega planet ocean watch with a black strap. whenhe finishes typing and closes the laptop, he's wearing an omega seamaster with a silverstrap – which is a completely different watch. this is something any omega- watch-fanjust couldn’t miss. 17)the quantum of solace movie title was selectedonly a few days before its official announcement in january, 2008. for quite a long time, thisname had been considered as an unsuitable one for a 007 film. in addition, daniel craigadmitted he was also unsure about it. yet,

it seemed that the quantum of solace was aperfect match for the context of the film: "bond is looking for his quantum of solace,that's what he wants. ian fleming says that if you don't have a quantum of solace in yourrelationship, you might as well give up. bond doesn't have that because his girlfriend hasbeen killed, therefore he's looking for revenge to make himself happy with the world again."thank you daniel, for this thoughtful and detailed explanation.18)quantum of solace marks the first time since you only live twice (1967), in whichbond does not introduce himself with the immortal phrase "bond, james bond." for what is worth,this line was shot for several different scenes. however, it was completely cut out as themovie director and producers found it completely

unnecessary. two more bond films from russiawith love (1963), and thunderball (1965) also do not use the line. one more bond catchphrase"vodka martini, shaken not stirred" also does not appear in this movie.19)daniel craig admitted in one interview that casino royale (2006) was physically "awalk in the park" compared to the quantum of solace. his trainings were extremely intenseand exhausting. he had to do more boxing, running, speed- boating and stunt driving.20)daniel craig had to go through blood and tears with all of his james bond movies inorder to achieve international fame and recognition. literally. he was injured at least three timesduring the making of his second bond movie. the most serious one included an injury tohis face. it costed him four stitches. the

other one to his shoulder required 6 surgicalscrews to be inserted during an operation. it’s not an easy thing being bond, jamesbond. 21)although, being 106 respectively minuteslong, quantum of solace is actually one of the shortest james bond movies ever. thisfilm is a direct sequel to casino royale (2006), which is the longest film in the officialseries. 22)it’s about time to say a few words aboutthe gorgeous bond girls. out of the 400 women, who auditioned for the role of camille, theworld war z director marc forster chose olga kurylenko. why? well, because she seemed tobe the least nervous of them all. once being chosen, she had to spend three weeks trainingwith weapons and learned how to fight. kurylenko

isn’t the huge fan of stunts, but danielcraig helped her to carry them out. she was also given a dvd box set of all the 007 films,since she has not seen many of them. this is funny thing, though, because the bond franchiseis quite well-known in her homeland of ukraine, as it is all over the world.23)with an estimated $225,000,000 budget, to this date, this was the most expensivebond movie ever made. daniel craig was paid â£4.5 million for the quantum of solace, whichis more than twice compared to the (uk) â£2 million he got for casino royale (2006).24)while filming in the extremely hot and humid town of colon in panama, the film crewdrank over one thousand bottles of cold water, every single day! in addition, this moviehad “eaten” almost 200,000 rounds of blank

bullets, which were used for training, testingand filming. what an insatiable appetite, even for a bond movie.25)quantum of solace was released in brazil and turkey with its original name, becausea proper translation was a true mission impossible. however, the movie's secret title was accidentallydiscovered by fans, when it became obvious that the domain name of quantumofsolace.comhad been registered by sony pictures in january, 2008. the buys little bees in sony should’velearned some invaluable lessons about secrecy from james bond. right?26)quantum is also the name of the criminal organization, but it is not an acronym itself.james bond creator ian fleming had quite a reputation for creating the intriguing namesof criminal organizations in his novels. spectre

stood for the special executive for counter-intelligence,terrorism, revenge and extortion, while the smersh is derived from russian "smiert spionam",which means "death to spies". many james bond and spy parodies have organizations with funnyand intriguing acronyms, but quantum isn't among them, at least that we know of.27)here’s an epic story about the meaning of the quantum of solace title according todifferent sources. the governor character in the ian fleming short story of the samename defines it as "... a precise figure defining the comfort, humanity and fellow feeling requiredbetween two people for love to survive. if the quantum of solace is 0, then love is dead."he then introduces the law of the quantum of solace as follows: "i've seen flagrantinfidelities patched up, i've seen crimes

and even murder foreign by the other party,let alone bankruptcy and other forms of social crime. incurable disease, blindness, disaster- all of these can be overcome. but never the death of common humanity in one of thepartners. i've thought about this and i've invented a rather high-sounding title forthis basic factor in human relations. i have called it the law of the quantum of solace."in the same story james bond comments on the law of the quantum of solace asfollows: "that's a splendid name for it. it's certainly impressive enough. and of coursei see what you mean. i should say you're absolutely right. quantum of solace - the amount of comfort.yes, i suppose you can say that all love and friendship is based in the end on that. humanbeings are very insecure. when the other person

not only makes you feel insecure but actuallyseems to want to destroy you, it's obviously the end. the quantum of solace stands at zero.you've got to get away to save yourself." in an interview, the producers explained:"it means that a relationship cannot be saved unless there is a 'quantum of solace' betweenthe two parties - 'quantum' meaning 'measure' and 'solace' meaning 'comfort' - so if theyare not willing to share that then their relationship is in trouble. in our humble opinion, it isa couple of things we should be aware about the name itself: bond is looking for a 'quantumof solace' after his experiences in casino royale (2006), and quantum also happens tobe the name of the villainous organization in the film.28)quantum of solace is third highest grossing

james bond film after skyfall (2012) and casinoroyale (2006). you already know that james bond trilogy, which includes daniel craigis the most successful one of all movies in this epic franchise.29)there are over 900 visual effects in the quantum of solace. the movie itself was filmedin more locations than any other 007 movie in the franchise's 50-year history: uk, panama,chile, italy, mexico and austria. 30)the first installment of the james bondfilm series to be a direct sequel to the previous film. "quantum of solace" is a direct sequelto "casino royale" and it continues on exactly from where "casino royale" previously leftoff. 31)this movie is being released in the sameyear that celebrates the centenary of the

birth of ian fleming, james bond's “father”.fleming was born on 28 may 1908, and this film was originally scheduled to be releasedon 2 may 2008, a few weeks before the 100th birthday on 28 may 2008. however, the officialrelease date was postponed until 7 november 2008 to buy some more invaluable time to producethe movie. additionally, this was the first bond film to be released in a year endingwith the number 8. unfortunately, we had no chance to see any of bond movies in 1968,1978, 1988, or 1998. 32)movie mistake alert!!during the famous fight scene at the hotel dessalines with slate, bond and slate go throughglass pane doors and land on the terrace. eventually, bond kills slate. you can noticethat at first, there is a broken piece of

wood pane lying next to slate's head. however,the next shot shows no wood pane, and there is a door knob that wasn't around in the firstshot. http://www.moviemistakes.com/picture147376 33)let’s move on with the record breakeramong james bond movies – skyfall. daniel craig admitted in his interview to 'rollingstone' magazine that he wanted 'skyfall' to be his final bond movie. in his own words,"i've been trying to get out of this from the very moment i got into it but they won'tlet me go". that’s a little bit hard to believe, because craig has signed his approvalfor the next two james bond films, including spectre (2015) and the bond #25, still unnamed.34)and now, let’s begin our long story about

records. there’s an entire skyfall of them.at the 2013 academy awards ceremony, skyfall (2012) became the first james bond film toachieve the following: the highest number of academy award nominations ever receivedby a bond film (five of them: best song, score, sound mixing, sound effects editing and cinematography).first bond film to win two oscars (for the record, goldfinger (1964) and thunderball(1965) won just one) 35)although, quite a few unforgettable bondsongs have being nominated for the best song oscar, among others: live and let die (1973),for your eyes only (1981), and the spy who loved me (1977), it’s adele's "skyfall"to become the first james bond theme to win the academy award for best original song.in addition, adele's "skyfall" is the first

billboard top 10 hit to win the academy awardfor best original song since eminem's "lose yourself" from 8 mile (2002), almost a decadeearlier. 36)the skyfall's opening sequence shot inturkey took almost two months to film, including three months of rehearsals, and four monthsof preparation. around 200 crew members from england and additional 200 local crew wereinvolved. what was the result of this impressive and unparalleled bond mobilization of menand resources? well, we got between 12-14 minutes of introductory screen time. you knowhow it goes with james bond movies, the world isn’t enough and there are no exaggerations.37)in one tv show, judi dench “m” shared a funny story with the viewers, how her mobilecell phone had a ringtone with the james bond

theme. on one occasion, it rang during filmingon the set. this unusual situation was followed by unavoidable laughter of the crew. in notime, her annoying, but also addictive 007 cell-phone ring-tone became an on-set ritualand a running joke. 38)the skyfall was only two seconds away fromthe famous record of 143 minutes for a bond movie. this fact made it to be the second-longestbond movie of all time. the recorder holder in this field is still the casino royale (2006)with almost 144 minutes. the third-longest running time for a bond movie is 142 minuteslong on her majesty's secret service (1969). 39)skyfall is the most successful james bondmovie at the international box-office in the official franchise's film history ever. thisfantastic movie grossed $100 million

at the international box-office in its firstweek. in addition, this bond movie had the biggest ever opening weekend at the box-officefor a bond film in britain. yet, what’s the most important fact to know about thefinancial success of skyfall is that it became the first james bond movie in its franchisehistory to reach a billion in the box office internationally. can the spectre challengea billion dollar record set by the skyfall? let’s wait and see for ourselves.40)everything and anything, james bond touches eventually turns into pure gold. you aren’tconvinced? well, listen to this story about the sales of cut-throat razors, which explodedfor more than 400% in the week following the film's official release. online retailersof cut-throat razors reported sales increases

from 50% to almost 400% thanks to one particularscene in this film. the growth in sales has been attributed to the love scene in 'skyfall',where bond girl eve (naomie harris) gives james bond (daniel craig) an erotic close-shavewith an old style razor followed by this line, "sometimes the old ways are the best". onthe other hand, this is the second time in the official james bond series that we actuallyhad a chance of seeing james bond with a beard. the first one was pierce brosnan in die anotherday (2002). in both pictures the main character only has the beard for a portion of the film.in both cases, we see the beard being shaved. james bond and the beard? hm, something isdefinitely wrong with this picture. 41)skyfall's marketing has allegedly reacheda completely new level with the new james

bond. daniel craig appeared in a respectablenumber of commercials and television ads. this was an obvious and a shameless advertisementfor specific product placements we could see in the film, such as heineken, omega watchesand sony electronics. however, this has been justified and an absolute necessity, accordingto daniel craig. on one occasion he opened his heart about extra acting involvement bysaying, "the simple fact is that, without them, we couldn't do it. it's unfortunatebut that's how it is. this movie costs a lot of money to make, it costs nearly as muchagain if not more to promote, so we go where we can."42)the royal world premiere of skyfall (2012) marked a rare and heartbreaking reunion forthe families of james bond producers harry

saltzman, albert r. broccoli and author ianfleming on the 50th anniversary. the skyfall was released in late 2012 in order to celebratethe 50th anniversary of the james bond film series. previous bond movies to be releasedfor the similar celebration “purposes”, included die another day (2002) marking theseries' 40th anniversary year, tomorrow never dies (1997) for the 35th anniversary, theliving daylights (1987) for the 25th anniversary, and the spy who loved me (1977) for the 15thanniversary. 'skyfall' world’s premiere took place within a couple of weeks of the50th anniversary of the launch of dr. no (1962). this wasundoubtedly an extraordinary and well-deserved way to celebrate the golden anniversary ofthe franchise.

43)for quite some time, during the developmentand pre-production phase, the "skyfall" was simply known as "bond #23". according to theunofficial sources, other titles that were briefly considered for the movie were: "akilling moon", "once upon a spy", and "silver bullet." there were also numerous false titlesthat were submitted to the media during 2011, such as 'carte blanche' and 'red sky at night'.only a year earlier, in 2010, it was announced that a competition would run to pick a propertitle for this film from the remaining ian fleming story titles. among them, the twomost popular to be considered were 'risico' and 'the property of a lady'. in addition,'the hildebrand rarity' had also been rumored as a possible title.44)this was the very first time, and probably

not the last, that james bond is seen drinkinga beer in a bond movie. we’ve already explained why. even james bond has to make a livingout of the ads. 45)since daniel craig was first cast as jamesbond, he just couldn’t get rid of the nickname - 'james blond', because of his lighter colorhair, which is obviously quite different than bond's usual dark hair. in addition, javierbardem also had blond hair in this movie. these “blond facts” helped 'skyfall' tobecome the first film entry in the official series to feature both james bond and theleading villain with blond hair. 46)this was the first one-word bond movietitle in seventeen years, the last was goldeneye (1995). 'skyfall' is also the shortest everone-word james bond movie title. it is the

only one ever with two syllables, most ofthem in the past having three, such as goldfinger, moonraker, goldeneye, and thunderball, whichrhymes with 'skyfall', by the way. on the other side, the octopussy was the only onewith four syllables. dr. no (1962) remains to be the shortest ever bond movie title withthe least number of letters, only 5. the 'skyfall' has 7, or to be a little bit more precise007. 'skyfall' is the shortest bond film title of them all, if 'doctor no' is spelled inits unabbreviated form. the shortest title movie, with the longest list of records. howfascinating, indeed. 47)unfortunately, we have to admit that thisis the first bond film in which the villain is successful in completing his primary objective(the death of m). this is also the first ever

james bond movie where the series traditionalbond car, an aston martin db5, is blown-up. 48)this movie marks the second time bond criesopenly. the first time was in on her majesty's secret service (1969). in 50 long years ofbond movies, skyfall is only the second film in which james bond suffers a gunshot wound.the first time shot for james bond was in thunderball (1965).49)this marks the third consecutive james bond movie which ends with james bond alone.in other films in the series he is seen with one of the leading bond girls. we sure hopethat the spectre is going to change this. 50)movie mistake alert!!when bond runs out of the london underground station, he is almost completely covered indust. in addition, the dust is still there

when he runs into the houses of parliament.this also includes a scene, when he drives off with m. however, the dust has disappearedin an unexplainable way, when bond and m find the aston martin. james bond simply had notime to clean up the dust, because he was driving all the time. right?

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