The James Bond 007 Facebook announced on Tuesday that the Guinness World Records crowned the fiery production in Spectre as the Largest Film Stunt Explosion of all time.
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Bond actor Daniel Craig, co-star Léa Seydoux and producer Barbara Broccoli received an official certificate recognizing the new world record at an event promoting the film in Beijing, according to Reuters. Watch the explosion here.
“Spectre” Special Effects Supervisor Chris Corbould sets up the bomb in Morocco.
In total, there are 193 gadgets that James Bond has used over 50 years of movies, but remember that’s without counting the goodies that Daniel Craig used in Spectre (otherwise it would be 53 years). But during the press tour for the latest Bond film, “Spectre”, Daniel Craig was quoted saying that he would “rather break this glass and slit my wrists” than to step into the world of the famous spy again.
Corbould won an Oscar for Inception in 2010.
“Spectre” takes most of the best elements of “Skyfall” and connects them with the mysterious organization behind the plots of “Casino Royale” and “Quantum of Solace” to create an excellent James Bond film. Bond also finally faced the ultimate villain in the past three films, Franz Oberhauser (Christoph Waltz), as he was revealed to be the mastermind of it all. It ranks as the second highest-grossing opening for a Bond film. Given the budget inflation, the studio frustration, a theme song that flatlines in comparison with Adele’s, etc., etc., etc., the figure could have come in $5 or $6 million lower and I don’t think I’d be incredibly surprised. He always fights the bad guys and wins. Still, though, we’re talking about a likely $220-$230 million domestic finish, which is more than any other Bond film save Skyfall.
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“In the end it boils down to making movies for the audience that they enjoy watching and experience thrill which is what we try to do with Bond. Mendes was asked about his remarks, saying: “…my analogy is, you’re running your first marathon, and 200 yards from the finish line, a few guy shouts, “Are you going to run another one straight away?” That allows for Craig to add a deeper color to a role that he seems completely comfortable in playing.
