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[Captain Tightpants]

I don't think they even did that. They probably would have asked leading questions of the gym staff to get the answers they wanted. Craig might have informed the staff that the floor needed cleaning, but I doubt he would have been a prima donna about it. He always comes across as a pretty down-to-earth kind of guy. But making him out to be an unstable celebrity - especially when The Daily Mail got the drop on everyone with casting news - sells more papers than headlines that read DANIEL CRAIG IS A REASONABLE FELLOW CONCERNED WITH THE WELLBEING OF THE PUBLIC.

[Shrublands]

interestig article...looks like the swimming scene and the bar scene could be connected...make sense?

Why does it look like that?
Because of a bit of pap from the worst tabloid of the lot. (and that's saying something, but The Star is that).
They’ve cobbled this all together based on stuff they’ve seen on the net. They know nothing.

'Interesting article' - Only if you find made up rubbish interesting.

[Captain Tightpants]

They know nothing.

The Daily Star's correspondant:

[DamnCoffee]

LICENCE TO SPILL RATTLES JAMES BOND
http://www.dailystar...les-James-Bond/

Sounds like absolute bull to me!

[Germanlady]

Like the Cap said - he is known to make very little demands and being a team player. The DM should get sued more often for their made jup stories.
Suppose this is their backlash for his remark in the GQ about thinking DM every time he sees a camera...

[Vauxhall]

The Daily Star, by the admission of its own reporters, makes up stories and quotes. In fact, one of their former reporters admitted regularly getting admonished for not making up lurid enough quotes. For those not versed in the British tabloid press, it's an infinitely worse publication than the infamous Sun - so much so that I posted the article in tabloid trash before even looking in here. It's not a credible article and is more than likely complete bull. Ignore all.

[Luigi Ferrari]

No big news here, but it could be interesting for a 007 fan ...

http://arthurpewtysm...thunderbox.html

For much of this week I have been looking down from the office window into Canada Square and the traditional ice rink that covers most of the park in the middle of the square between November and February each year. On last Monday morning a fleet of lorries parked up in the road, opposite to the Waitrose / John Lewis store. A small army of technicians then spend a day or so erecting scaffolding, running out cables and setting up lights. It was all very mysterious, and nobody seemed to know exactly what was going on. By the late afternoon, as darkness descended, several large movie cameras were set up. For the next three days I have been told that filming took place between about 9pm and 6am, when Canada Square was then closed to all traffic. I managed to discover, despite the tight security, exactly what was going on, and who they were. The company carrying out the work was Eon Productions (big clue there, to anyone who knows about movies). It was the second unit, filming scenes for the next James Bond Film, Skyfall. Unfortunately I did not see any of the action – just the crew setting stuff up and breaking it down. One of my colleagues saw Bond himself, Daniel Craig on Wednesday evening, which is more than I can say I did.

Edited by Luigi Ferrari, 11 December 2011 - 07:02 PM.

[Vauxhall]

Very interesting. Yet more filming around the Canary Wharf area of London. Thanks, Luigi.

[Luigi Ferrari]

http://www.scotsman...._bond_1_2004114

Live and Let Dai – Wales woos Bond

WHEN Scotland appeared to have landed a starring role in the new James Bond film, businesses and tourism leaders predicted a much-needed boost for the economy.

But in a sudden plot twist, producers have revealed Skyfall, the 23rd Bond movie, will not be filmed at Duntrune Castle, in Kilmartin, Argyll and Bute, as had been widely expected.

Instead a yet-to-be-named Welsh castle looks set to play host to the star-studded cast, including Daniel Craig, Dame Judi Dench, Ralph Fiennes and Albert Finney

The film-makers reccied dozens of castle in Scotland and elsewhere in an exhaustive search lasting months, before appearing to settle on Duntrune as a location.

But within days of the press conference, director Sam Mendes had a sudden change of heart, and Duntrune’s owner was told they were no longer coming and hotel bookings for cast and crew were all cancelled.

Though sources within the film company could not confirm for sure, it appears that the production will be shifting southwards.

Robin Malcolm, owner of Duntrune Castle, said that local businesses had been looking forward to a prosperous New Year.

“I think it’s Scotland’s loss,” he said. “I knew they were looking at other venues, and I think they’re going to fake it that the Welsh castle is going to be in Scotland.

“The last thing I heard was that they were going to have some shots of somewhere like Rannoch Moor that’s pretty desolate and a few mountains – which Wales can come up with too.

“They haven’t lost sight of the thought that they want Bond to be an ex-pat Scot with roots in Scotland, and certainly the initial script was built around that premise and that he was kind of returning to his roots. But time will tell. I’ll be interested to see the results.”

Despite the cancellation, Mr Malcolm said that he had remained friends with the production team, adding: “It was fun while it lasted”.

And he said the castle is still in demand as location.

“Another film company has already said that they want to come and have a look at us. Their attitude has been, ‘if it’s good enough Bond, it’s good enough for us’ ”, he said.

Ian Fleming, who created the character, revealed Bond’s Scottish parentage in You Only Live Twice, one of his last books, when it looked like 007 had been killed and his obituary appeared in the Times.

The obituary read: “James Bond was born of a Scottish father, Andrew Bond of Glencoe, and a Swiss mother.”

Scotland has also been the backdrop to previous Bond movies. From Russia With Love used Argyllshire to double for the Balkans in climactic motorboat and helicopter chase scenes, while David Niven’s Sir James Bond visits Perthshire in the original 1967 version of Casino Royale.

Roger Moore visited Faslane submarine base in The Spy Who Loved Me. And Eilean Donan Castle was used as an MI6 base in The World is Not Enough, where Q demonstrated his new secret weapon – bagpipes that double as a flame-thrower.

A spokeswoman for Eon Productions, the James Bond film company, said. “I think maybe he [Mendes] was thinking at that time about Duntrune.”

However, she added that film producers changed their minds about locations all the time.

Belle Doyle, head of Scottish Screen Locations, which is now part of Creative Scotland, said: “Of course we’d be really disappointed to lose such a prestigious film from Scotland and hope that won’t happen, but, as ever, our negotiations with any production looking to work here are confidential.”

[Captain Tightpants]

Live and Let Dai – Wales woos Bond

Shouldn't it be "Lyffin Ledai"?

[007jamesbond]

It seems that Scotland is no longer going to be film at all? of course Eon has not confirm or provide us with anythin indicate this so we have to wait and see

[Captain Tightpants]

Wales could easily double for Scotland. The report Luigi re-posted clearly states that if production were to take place in Wales, then it would take at a Welsh castle - just as the original plan was to film at a castle in Scotland.

Although going by the Wikipedia page, most of the castles in Wales are in various states of ruins. The few that have been maintained (like Caernarfon and Caerphilly) are in the middle of towns, and if the producers want something like Castle Duntrune, then they need to find something away from a town. But maybe they want ruins for a reason.

[Shrublands]

Wales could easily double for Scotland. The report Luigi re-posted clearly states that if production were to take place in Wales, then it would take at a Welsh castle - just as the original plan was to film at a castle in Scotland.

Although going by the Wikipedia page, most of the castles in Wales are in various states of ruins. The few that have been maintained (like Caernarfon and Caerphilly) are in the middle of towns, and if the producers want something like Castle Duntrune, then they need to find something away from a town. But maybe they want ruins for a reason.

Castell Coch isn’t a ruin and could be made to look rather remote.

[007jamesbond]

I wonder if the castle they want is near water so there could be ships or attack coming from the water?

[The Shark]

Looks a bit too much like a Walt Disney castle for Bond, I think.

[Matt_13]

The castle angle definitely has me excited. Can't wait to see it's purpose.

[Shrublands]

Looks a bit too much like a Walt Disney castle for Bond, I think.

Really? I’ll concede that it has a strong element of fantasy about it, which I think could be a good thing, if handled well.
But it’s, not what I’d call kitsch and it’s much more architecturally interesting than a plastic, theme park castle, don’t you think?

[Vauxhall]

With the wonders of technology, they could conceivably relocate a castle digitally. The wilderness of the Scottish Highlands could be used for the landscape and background, with the architecture of a Welsh castle dropped in, if that was Mendes' desire. However they choose to do it, I have confidence in Rogers Deakins' ability to make it look good.

[Captain Tightpants]

Or they could just film in an appropriate place in Wales, call it Scotland, and save a bundle. It's not like the geography or the architectural styles of Wales are wildly different from those of Scotland.

[007jamesbond]

I dont think anyone will notice any difference between Wales and Scotland so I think there is no need to add in special effect and all.

[Jim]

Or they could just film in an appropriate place in Wales, call it Scotland, and save a bundle. It's not like the geography or the architectural styles of Wales are wildly different from those of Scotland.

Well, ish. But if they were going to Scotland for lochside castles, given the initial place they seemed to fix upon, there's not an abundance of these kicking about in Wales. I suppose Armidale looks pretty identical to Auckland, after all.

[Captain Tightpants]

Never been to Auckland.

However, where was it specifically stated that the castle had to be loch-adjacent? Castle Duntrune is not - it is on the coast - which suggests a nearby loch is not a prerequisite for the location.

[007jamesbond]

Do you think that the castle in Wales could be near the coast so it would be like castle Duntruine.....it might make some sense for action from the water to the land

[Jim]

Never been to Auckland.

However, where was it specifically stated that the castle had to be loch-adjacent? Castle Duntrune is not - it is on the coast - which suggests a nearby loch is not a prerequisite for the location.

(Sigh) It was not so stated anywhere - OK then, a castle by some water. Albeit Duntrune is on Loch Crinan which for all I know/care is a seawater loch.

Still, not an abundance of same in Wales. I suppose anything's CGIable but to suggest that the two places are similar (and I suspect you've never been to either) is a bit like saying Dorset and Staffordshire are similar.

Admittedly, they used Wales as South Korea at the end of Die Another Day (albeit it looks like Wales, frankly).

[marktmurphy]

Why does the castle have to be next to water, though? Not following that bit (at the risk of being sighed at).

[Captain Tightpants]

It doesn't necessarily have to be next to water, but Castle Duntrune is next to water. Assuming that EON want soemthing similar, they'd probably be looking for something next to a body of water.

[Shrublands]

The actual geography around the castle might matter very little.
The Eden Project’s bio-domes were plucked out of Cornwell and placed on a frozen expanse in Iceland.

[Captain Tightpants]

The reports from Duntrune suggested additions would be made to the castle for the film. If true, then I'd say the immediate physical geography is very important because it will dictate what can and cannot be built.

[Shrublands]

The reports from Duntrune suggested additions would be made to the castle for the film. If true, then I'd say the immediate physical geography is very important because it will dictate what can and cannot be built.

Yes, they were going to build quite a big set to extend the castle and add their own ice and snow, so a fair amount of artifice was always going to be needed.

I suspect that the whole way that they are going to achieve the castle finally has changed during development. The design and effects departments have probably come up with something very good - Mock-ups at Pinewood, a mix of real locations, perhaps digitally composited, models and more...
But that's just speculation, we need more info at this stage.

[marktmurphy]

It doesn't necessarily have to be next to water, but Castle Duntrune is next to water. Assuming that EON want soemthing similar, they'd probably be looking for something next to a body of water.

Not sure that necessarily follows. They may, they may not.