It was also announced that renowned Danish-born actor MADS MIKKELSEN has accepted the role of Le Chiffre, Bond's nemesis in the film and JEFFREY WRIGHT has joined the cast as Felix Leiter.ĬASINO ROYALE reunites Wilson and Broccoli with Martin Campbell, who directed the 1995 blockbuster GOLDENEYE, and will be the 21st James Bond film produced by the franchise holders, EON Productions. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc, and Sony Pictures Entertainment that EVA GREEN has been cast to play the enticing Vesper Lynd opposite Daniel Craig in his debut appearance as James Bond in the highly anticipated 007 adventure thriller, CASINO ROYALE.

(Culver City, February 16, 2006) - It was announced today by producers Michael G. Green’s Vesper Lynd, however, was a far more detailed character whose impact on Bond would persist long after her own death.It was just announced that Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen and Jeffery Wright joins the cast of Casino Royale (2006), the new James Bond film directed by Martin Campbell. Treated more as accessories rather than people, the Bond franchise’s misogynistic legacy was perhaps the biggest challenge for the Craig era to overcome. Over the years the role of a “Bond Girl” had often been laden with baggage, with the franchise's women often depicted as one-dimensional characters developed purely to become an object of desire for the Bond of the day. Yet, in-between Craig’s solemn characterization and parkour-inspired chase sequences, it was actually Green’s character that proved the film’s most significant departure point. No, Casino Royale dispensed with the camp atmosphere and reliance on increasingly unrealistic gadgetry in favor of a far more serious take on Fleming’s famous spy. Intentionally upending various tropes and expectations that had evolved since 1962’s Dr. Following Pierce Brosnan’s tenure, which began in the mid-1990s, Craig’s debut as James Bond marked a significant change in direction for the long-running franchise.

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