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    CRAIG’S LIST

    Mar 06, 2020 5 minutes
    WORDS JANE CROWTHER, JORDAN FARLEY, JAMIE GRAHAM, KEVIN HARLEY, MATT MAYTUM, JAMES MOTTRAM

    CASINO ROYALE 2006

    Hit & run

    s there a single better set-piece from the Craig era (to date) than the one that started it all: ’s high impact parkour chase? Fast, ferocious and thrillingly physical, it was the moment that separated Craig’s Bond from all before him. “The very first thought that we had for , was the idea behind that whole free-running sequence,” says writer Robert Wade. “That is: he isn’t as good as the guy he’s up against, but he’s going to keep going anyway. So you saw a different kind of James Bond. He’s not the very best, but he’ll keep going.” In the Madagascar-set sequence, Bond is forced to pursue bomb-maker Mollaka (Sébastien Foucan) on foot after a fellow agent’s cover is blown.

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