Royal Casino presents Daniel Craig
The era of Daniel Craig in James Bond concluded in 2021 with No Time to Die. For the actor the adventure began in 2006 with Royal Casino. The film that introduced Agent 007 to a darker, more complex style – which was followed by Quantum of Solace (2008), Skyfall (2012) and Specter (2015), and then No Time To Die. It must be said that the feature film directed by Martin Campbell was intended, right from the screenplay, to a return to the sources with James Bond at the beginning of his career, more brutal than elegant, as Ian Fleming had initially portrayed him.
We had to wait until opera 21 of the saga to discover James Bond his first mission. In Royal Casinothe secret agent is sent to a luxurious place where a poker game will take place in which a private banker of international terrorism will have to participate: Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen). If he manages to win the game, 007 will have ruined the entrepreneur and thus dismantled the criminal network he finances. To help him on his mission, Bond is accompanied by Vesper (excellent Eva Green)Treasury clerk who must monitor both the agent and the British government money he uses for the poker game.
“The worst incarnation of James Bond“
Today, Royal Casino is considered one of the best films of the saga. Daniel Craig has also been popular with audiences and many see him as one of the best incarnations of James Bond. However, before the release of the feature film, the actor was not unanimous. He himself didn’t really want the role. While Martin Campbell feared it would be not sexy enough on screen. The director would have preferred to hire Henry Cavill, but Daniel Craig had the support of producer Barbara Broccoli, who obviously had the final say.
In addition to members of the film’s crew, some James Bond fans screamed when they saw Daniel Craig being made official in the role. As reported Le Figaro (goAFP), in February 2006, fans called for a boycott of the actor introducing himself as “lifelong admirers of James Bond, from all over the world“. A site named Craig not Bond was launched by a Russian fan to protest against Daniel Craig’s choice. The site is still active and you can still find it virulent articles against the actoryears after the success of Royal Casino.
In 2020, the creator wrote for example that “the worst incarnation of James Bond to this day it is undoubtedly that of Daniel Craig“. Before adding:
Thirteen years later, we ended up with this actor who lacks charisma, who plays too much sport, who is too violent and who has less class than the bad guys he fights.
The “anti-Daniel Craigs” were a minority, however, and are even more so today. Until the end, the actor’s performances were defended by the majority, even in films James Bond unequal.
Source: Cine Serie
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