60 YEARS OF BOND PRODUCTION.
ON THE MONEY(PENNY) Daniel Craig proved a dab hand at stunt driving in No Time to Die
GOING DOWN The famous, tragic end to Casino Royale was made possible with huge Venetian sets
No Time to Die (2021) The pre-title sequence to Craig’s final movie has the DB5 enjoy its biggest action set piece since its debut in Goldfinger, rattling through the labyrinthine streets of the ancient Italian city Matera. “Originally, we had a big exit from where it crashed through a wall and went onto the rooftops, then burst through the roof and through rooms, and finally out the other end onto the road,” describes Corbould, “but we scaled it down a little bit. “We had a total of ten Aston Martins out there – two real ones, and two where we built a driving pod on the top, so we could get Dan inside with a British Rallycross champion driving him on the roof. Plus, we had two cars that were kitted out with all the gadgets, and then four out-and-out stunt cars that were fully roll-caged with fire extinguishers and all the stunt safety modifications. “The climax of the scene was the DB5 racing through the streets. He ends at a square and suddenly it’s T-boned by a Range Rover. Bond does this 360 and strafes the walls, then when he sees the villains diving for cover, he hits another switch and the smokescreen comes out. Daniel Craig actually did the doughnut himself. He floored it and drove, put it into a doughnut and did a complete 360 three or four times.”
17. NOVEMBER 2022
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