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| :. Casino Royale Little Known Facts .:
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- First Bond movie to have a direct sequel (Quantum of Solace (2008)).
- First Bond film starring Daniel Craig as James Bond
- First James Bond movie to be based on a full Ian Fleming novel since Moonraker.
- Daniel Craig was Barbara Broccoli's first choice for the role of Bond. She had him in mind after seeing his performance in the film Layer Cake.
- Most BAFTA Award nominations ever received by a Bond movie, totaling nine. The 9 Nominations were for Best British Film, Adapted Screenplay, Actor in a Leading Role, Film Music, Cinematography, Editing, Production Design, Sound and Special Visual Effects. The only award Casino Royale won was for Best Sound.
- The black-and-white opening of the film was the idea of director of photography Phil Meheux as to give a surprise to viewers, and as a nod to The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965) and Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967). The opening sequence required 6000 ft of RX-2222 black-and-white film stock. So far, Casino Royale is the only James Bond film to have any sequence filmed in black and white.
- Vesper Lynd's official job was that of International Liaison Officer for the Financial Action Task Force of HM Treasury. Her work address was 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ. Like the use of the real Vauxhall Cross address of Mi6 in the Bond films of the last decade, this is the real address of Her Majesty's Treasury.
- Vesper's face can be seen in the opening credits when the cross-hair moves over the face of the Queen of Spades.
- The climatic Venice sinking sequence took three weeks of filming with an average of nine hours per day.
- Daniel Craig gained 20 pounds of muscle for the role.
- Daniel Craig is the first actor to play James Bond in the EON Productions official series who was not cast by founding James Bond producer Albert R. Broccoli.
- According to producer Barbara Broccoli, it had always been an ambition of founding producers, Harry Saltzman and her father Albert R. Broccoli to make "Casino Royale", the only Ian Fleming James Bond book that they did not have the rights to produce.
- This is the first time that the character "Felix Leiter" returns to the James Bond franchise since 1989's Licence to Kill).
- Michael G. Wilson cameos as a Montenegro Police Chief.
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