At first skeptical of what value Vesper can provide, Bond's interest in her deepens as they brave danger together and even torture at the hands of Le Chiffre. M (Dame Judi Dench) places Bond under the watchful eye of the beguiling Vesper Lynd (Eva Green). MI6 assigns 007 to play against him, knowing that if Le Chiffre loses, it will destroy his organization. Secret Service intelligence reveals that Le Chiffre is planning to raise money in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro at Le Casino Royale. He learns that Dimitrios is involved with Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen), banker to the world's terrorist organizations. Following a lead to the Bahamas, he encounters Alex Dimitrios (Simon Abkarian) and his girlfriend, Solange (Catarina Morino). Not everything goes to plan and Bond decides to investigate, independently of MI6, in order to track down the rest of the terrorist cell. Bond's first 007 mission takes him to Uganda, where he is to spy on a terrorist, Mollaka (Sebastien Foucan). But Bond is no less dangerous, and with two professional assassinations in quick succession, he is elevated to '00' status.

It was she who battled long and hard for him and she won the day.This movie introduces James Bond (Daniel Craig) before he holds his license to kill. Well, he was obvious to me and obvious to Barbara Broccoli, not so obvious to everybody else. And that was after a long, long search and Daniel became the obvious choice to me in the end. Then as time went by they decided, let's just stick with the old formula and let's look at it again. We saw lots and lots of people and tested a bunch and one or two people even said, 'Look, I'm not ready for it,' which was pretty brave of them. Originally the story of Casino Royale was meant to be a sort of new, young tryout growing into James Bond rather than the fully formed character, but we struggled to find anybody who could fill those shoes. 'There was a massive search before he was cast and it had started out as a slightly different slant on things. In exploring Craig's tenure in the role and the search that led to his casting in Casino Royale, McWilliams opened up about how he landed the role and why her and producer Barbara Broccoli felt him right for the part. While chatting with Entertainment Weeklyfor No Time to Die, McWilliams reflected on her time as a casting director for the James Bond franchise going all the way back to For Your Eyes Only. Related: How Jason Bourne Improved (& Saved) The James Bond Movies

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