Okay, buckle up and let’s see what we have here. I have traversed the Net to figure out the who’s and what’s of late concerning casting for James Bond 21, a.k.a. Casino Royale. Let’s begin with what we do know:
- Daniel Craig is playing James Bond
- Martin Campbell (GoldenEye, Legend of Zorro) is directing
- Aston Martin is providing the Bond car again
- Judi “Call Me Dame” Dench is back as M
- The film will be released on November 17, 2006
- Filming is expected to begin this month
There you have it, based on that you probably notice that there are only two names attached to the casting and yet filming is expected to begin this month? If you read my last Bond recap [here] you realized there are yet a lot of roles to be cast in the film; Vesper Lynd (a.k.a. Bond Girl), Le Chiffre (a.k.a. Villain), villain’s girlfriend, Solari, Demetrius, Demetrius’ spouse and Massus. For a lot of you, including myself, these names mean nothing, but those that have read Ian Fleming’s “Casino Royale” I am sure know what is going on here as far as those names are concerned. Nevertheless, there is a lot of casting to be done, and rumor has it some of it will be announced this Friday.
Let’s start with the most important and the one I am sure most of you care about:
So, should you take anything from these rumors? I would say they seem to hold some weight. If I was a betting man I would say the three roles reported by CommanderBond are probably spot on and that Rose Byrne has a good chance at scoring the role as Bond Girl, Vesper Lynd.
When casting for James Bond was up in the air the one name that seemed to stick around was Daniel Craig and already the same seems to be happening for Byrne. We’ll have to wait and see how these rumors hold up.
I would like to thank a few sites for their content in helping put this article together: IGN, ComanderBond.net, Mail on Sunday and MI6.
