Daniel Craig’s James Bond era is over. With No Time To Die last year, the actor said goodbye to the iconic role he’s played on the big screen since 2006. Back then, with Casino Royale, he delivered a super convincing debut on Her Majesty’s Secret Service. We’ve rounded up the four best scenes from Craig’s first James Bond mission.
Best Casino Royale Scenes #1: James Bond is reborn
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The first few seconds of Casino Royale are a stroke of genius. The new Bond is presented to us in harsh black and white images: no tuxedo, no martini and certainly no elegance: Craig beats with unbelievable severity on an opponent. Cold tiles, smashed sinks and a dive in the toilet – in no time at all the James Bond series is radically reinvented in this scene.
Best Casino Royale Scenes #2: Daring Parkour
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Every new James Bond film comes with the promise of furious action scenes. Particularly gripping in Casino Royale is the Chase in Madagascar, which impresses with spectacular parkour stunts, great camera work and a very dynamic editing. As a fully unleashed berserker Bond, Craig overcomes one obstacle after the other – or simply runs right through the wall.
Best Casino Royale Scenes #3: Abused by the villain
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Craig’s Bond often comes unexpectedly close to his opponents. The basis for this was laid in Casino Royale with Le Chiffre played by Mads Mikkelsen. At first they approach each other across the poker table, before becoming one later in a dark chamber brutal and intimate torture scene comes. Here, Casino Royale creates one of the most unpredictable moments in all of James Bond history.
Best Casino Royale Scenes #4: Vulnerability in the shower
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Yes, Craig’s Bond brings with it an incredible heaviness, as the three scenes listed so far prove. Even more amazing is his vulnerability – and no other moment expresses it as strongly as in the shower with Eva Green’s Vesper Lind. the tender encounter is an immediate reaction to an outbreak of violence. It’s the most precious moment of the entire Craig era.
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Which scenes did you like the most in Casino Royale?