Earlier the Duchess of Cambridge attended BAFTA with Prince William and Prince Harry for the Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer’s Llamas premiere.
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French actress Léa Seydoux and Italian beauty Belucci also feature, alongside Guardians of the Galaxy star Dave Bautista.
The 24th instalment in the 007 franchise is the third Bond film chosen for the Royal Film Performance since its inception in 1946, following previous premieres for Die Another Day (2002) and Skyfall (2012).
“It’s just fantastic to see everybody out tonight”, he shared with reporters.
“I can’t wait for everyone to see the movie”.
Italian actress and model Monica Bellucci plays Lucia Sciarra, “the attractive and forbidden widow of an infamous criminal”, according to the official synopsis. On getting a chance to record for the James Bond movie he told the E! magazine, “I have been dreaming of this moment for a long long time, I just wanted to write a love song, something classic”.
But for Luke, who lives in Brentwood, the world of watching Bond is not enough, and he is also portraying 007 in his own movie Forgotten Past, complete with Walther PPKs, a Thames boat chase and action from the Emirates cable cars.
Spectre has stood as an acronym for the Special Executive for Counter-Intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion in past Bond films.
There are strong rumours that his role marks the return of Bond’s arch-nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld even though Waltz has denied it. Mendes has already given one of the most memorable villains to Bond lovers with Javier Bardem’s portrayal of Raoul Silva in “Skyfall” and now all eyes are on Waltz, perhaps one of the few actors in Hollywood who can better it. “I nearly was serious when I said it’s modern mythology”.
“With a movie, everyone is going to give the same performance…so that aspect isn’t too nerve-wracking”.
Smith tying his shoes on the red carpet.REX/Shutterstock.
Monica, who is one of the oldest Bond girls ever cast, gave her younger counterparts a run for their money in the plunging gown, which was also backless with a thigh-high split to give fans a flash of skin. We’re done. All I want to do is move on.
Susanna and David arrived in the silver 1951 Rolls Royce from the movie, which is featured as Bond drives through the Sahara desert.
Craig has not definitely ruled out playing Bond for a fifth time. “I sweated blood over it for two years”. “I like his clobber, it’s not my favourite part of the thing, but I enjoy that everybody enjoys it, I love the acting bit with Daneil and with Ralph and Rory and Naomie, and working with Sam Mendes”.
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“I was very lucky because James Bond was Daniel Craig”.
