Quantum of Solace (2008)

The installment in the famed James Bond series starring Daniel Craig

Summary

-James Bond's next mission is wrapped in mystery as he investigates a shadowy organization trying to rid a country of its most valuable resource

Cast

-Daniel Craig: James Bond

-Olga Kurylenko: Camille

-Mathieu Amalric: Dominic Greene

-Judi Dench: M

-Giancarlo Giannini: Rene Mathis

-Gemma Arterton: Strawberry Fields

-Jeffrey Wright: Felix Leiter

-David Harbour: Gregg Beam

-Rory Kinnear: Bill Tanner

Did You Know?

-During filming for this movie, Daniel Craig was injured at least three times. One injury was to his face, which required four stitches. Another was to his shoulder, which required an operation to insert six surgical screws, leaving his arm in a sling. And his hand was injured when one of his finger tips was sliced off. In addition, he underwent minor facial plastic surgery

-Because of how unstable the production on this film was, Daniel Craig stated he would never do a movie without a script being official ever again

-Marc Forster, the director of the films, wanted Judi Dench to have a bigger role in this film than the other films. He thought that M deserved a bigger role because "she was the only woman Bond doesn't view in a sexual way", which was an interesting thought

-Daniel Craig felt the role for this movie was a lot more physically intense for this film than Casino Royale. For this film, Craig had to do more boxing, running, operating a speedboat and stunt driving

-Gemma Arterton received a phone call one day from her agent, who proceeded to sing the James Bond theme to her to tell her she won the role of Strawberry Fields

-The first James Bond film where Bond is shown intoxicated. In Casino Royale, it was different because he was poisoned.  The airplane bar scene shows that he is under the influence of alcohol, after mentioning he did consume six Vesper martini cocktails

-Legendary American fashion designer Tom Ford was hired by Daniel Craig to design clothing for his character 007

-Real life operatives from intelligence agencies acted as consultants or advisors on this film. They included spies and assassins from Britain's MI6 and the Israeli Secret Service

-During filming in Panama, Daniel Craig had to change hotels several times due to paparazzi discovering his location

-When Olga Kurylenko read the script for the film, she was relieved that there was no love scene between her and Craig. She felt it would have distracted the viewers from her performance in the film

-Marc Forster is the first director of the James Bond movies not to come from England or New Zealand. He is German-born, while the other directors were from England or New Zealand

-Mathieu Amalric based his character Dominic Green on British Prime Minister Tony Blair and France's then president Nicolas Sarkozy

-Olga Kurylenko was inspired by Michelle Yeoh, who appeared in 1997's Tomorrow Never Dies because she did all the fight scenes herself

-Olga Kurylenko is the first leading Bond Girl who comes from Ukraine

-Stana Katic, who is best known for playing Det. Katherine "Kate" Beckett on the 2009 TV show Castle, is the Canadian intelligence officer who enters the apartment with Vesper Lynd's previous boyfriend

-Jewelry company Chrome Hearts designed all of the jewelry for Mathieu Amalric, which he kept after filming

-While filming her love scene with Daniel Craig, Gemma Arterton was nervous