And it was joyful.”įor more such news, stay tuned to Koimoi. He said, “I was nervous, I remember that day, knowing that the scene was good, knowing that it was on the edge and you came in, and you just smacked it out of the park. The wooden chair Daniel Craig is sitting on was actually fitted with a fibreglass screen underneath to prevent any unwanted injuries to the leading man. “It was a wonderful day for me – you, maybe not so much! It was eight hours of you screaming your lungs out,” Mikkelsen added.ĭaniel had the last word and said that, overall, it was indeed a joyful experience. Posted 3 years ago I’ve got a little itch down there, would you mind Bond is tortured by Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen) in Casino Royale (2006). He also said that he enjoyed torturing the Knives Out actor immensely on-screen. It was made out of plywood and you got splinters going up like that.” He said, “So I had to give over to the fact that this thing would not break because was swinging the f*ck out of it.” His co-star Mads Mikkelsen also chimed in and added, “It did break. In the end, it's for the best it didn't go forward or the James Bond movie franchise as it exists now probably wouldn't have happened.Daniel Craig at first believed the plywood to be strong enough to not shatter. CBS eventually scrapped the idea and its unknown if Nelson would have returned for the show.

In an alternate universe Climax's! Casino Royale could have led to a James Bond CBS series, which the network commissioned and Ian Fleming even started developing episode outlines for. The episode is obviously lacking a lack of the familiar tropes of later movies too, including the gadgets, the vehicles and the Walther PPK, and in the case of the latter, he's seen wielding an FN Model 1900.Ĭlimax's Casino Royale is also of note for Barry Nelson's Jimmy Bond ordering a scotch and water instead of a vodka martini, and it was one of famed composer Jerry Goldsmith's very first gigs. Overall, Barry Nelson isn't bad as Bond but making the character American was a mistake, and by the actor's own admission there wasn't much charm to the spy as he was presented on the show. Screen legend Peter Lorre ( M) also played Le Chiffre in the Climax! Casino Royale, with the infamous torture scene reimagined as the villain removing Bond's toenails offscreen.

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