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Bérénice Marlohe

Elle grandit en région parisienne. Après avoir suivi les cours du Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse,elle se consacre brièvement au mannequinat, puis débute une carrière d'actrice. La jeune femme suit les cours de l'école de théâtre de Béatrice Brout et s'initie notamment à l'improvisation avec le comédien Philippe Lelièvre.

Elle apparaît dans des spots publicitaires, notamment pour la marque Dacia, et tient de petits rôles dans des séries télévisées françaises telles que Père et Maire et Femmes de loi. Dans un épisode de la série Section de recherches ,elle interprète un personnage transsexuel

Alors qu'elle peine à décrocher des rôles en France, Bérénice Marlohe obtient une audition en contactant directement la directrice de casting du 23e film de la série JamesBond. Elle est retenue pour interpréter une « James Bond girl » dans Skyfall, dont le tournage débute en novembre 2011. Pour mieux incarner le rôle de Séverine, Marlohes'entraîne au maniement des armes à feu. Elle apparaît au générique sous le nom de Bérénice Lim Marlohe.

Au cinéma, elle apparaît également dans L'Art de séduire de Guy Mazarguil, et joue aux côtés de Sophie Marceau dans Un bonheur n'arrive jamais seul, sorti en 2012.

Filmographie
Cinéma
2007 : La Discordance, court métrage de Patrick Hernandez : la jeune femme
2011 : L'Art de séduire, de Guy Mazarguil : la fille sportive
2012 : Un bonheur n'arrive jamais seul, de James Huth : le rencard amoureux de Laurent (non créditée)
2012 : Skyfall, de Sam Mendes : Séverine

Télévision
2008 : Pas de secrets entre nous - Saison 1, épisode 5 : Ingrid
2008 : Femmes de loi - Saison 8, épisode 10 : Barmaid
2008 : Section de recherches - Saison 3, épisode 4 : Isabelle Marnay
2008 : Le temps est à l'orage (téléfilm), de Joyce Buñuel : Alicia
2009 : Père et Maire - Saison 8, épisode 3 : Caroline Pylet
2009 : R.I.S Police scientifique - Saison 5, épisode 2 : Églantine du Meunier
2010 : Le Pigeon (téléfilm) de Lorenzo Gabriele : Hôtesse golf
2010 : Équipe médicale d'urgence - Saison 3, épisodes 2, 3, 7 et 9 : Alexia
2012 : R.I.S Police scientifique - Saison 7, épisode 3 : Femme bijouterie

Clips vidéo
2007 : Partons vite de Kaolin, réalisé par Patrick Hernandez
2008 : J’étais là de Zazie, réalisé par Denis Thibaud
2010 : Les Mythomanes de JBL réalisé par AMX Picture

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Nominations 2013 : BAFTA Awards :
Meilleur acteur dans un second rôle pour Javier Bardem
Meilleure actrice dans un second rôle pour Judi Dench
Meilleurs décors pour Dennis Gassner et Anna Pinnock
Meilleure photographie pour Roger Deakins
Meilleur montage pour Stuart Baird
Meilleur son pour Stuart Wilson, Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell, Per Hallberg et Karen Baker Landers
2013 : BAFTA Awards :
Meilleur film britannique
Meilleure musique de film pour Thomas Newman
2013 : Evening Standard British Film Awards : Meilleur film

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-Skyfall' is the 11th time in the official James Bond series that Bond is seen playing a game or entering in some kind of sport with the main villain. In 'Skyfall', Bond is forced to partake in a shooting contest with Raoul Silva using reproduction Percussion Cap Ardesa 1871 Duelling Pistols. Bond's previous rounds with villains included playing golf with Goldfinger (1964), Texas Hold 'Em Poker with Le Chiffre in Casino Royale (2006), Baccarat and skeet shooting with Emilio Largo in Opération Tonnerre (1965), playing backgammon with Kamal Khan in Octopussy (1983), tarot cards with Mr Big / Dr Kananga in Vivre et laisser mourir (1973),

pheasant shooting with Drax in Moonraker (1979), horse-riding with Max Zorin in Dangereusement vôtre (1985), toy board war-games with Brad Whitaker in Tuer n'est pas jouer (1987), fencing with Gustave Graves in Meurs un autre jour (2002) and pistols dueling and fun-house games with Scaramanga in L'homme au pistolet d'or (1974). It's the 12th time if one counts the World Domination video-game with Maximillian Largo in the unofficial Jamais plus jamais (1983).
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-Silva's helicopter attacking the Skyfall estate bears an orange-red logo that looks just like the logo of the Austrian Air Force, though the movie leaves it open whether this is a hint at any of Silva's connections or not.

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-Villains in the Bond movie series have often had some physiological dysfunction or trait that makes them distinguishable. For this movie, the Raoul Silva villain played by Javier Bardem has a false jaw. This was caused by his attempted suicide when a hydrogen cyanide capsule implant in one his back left molar was broken open and left his mandible lower jawbone (aka the inferior maxillary jaw bone) physically scarred. Interestingly, Jaws from L'espion qui m'aimait (1977) and Moonraker (1979), another villain with a false jaw, is Bardem's favorite Bond villain. Similarly, Sévérine played by Bérénice Marlohe, who is initially represented as an antagonistic femme fatale working with Silva has the distinguishing feature of the the tattoo on her wrist. However, as her true character is explored, it is discovered the tattoo meant she belonged to the sex trade of Macau.
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-Second James Bond film to feature an attack on MI6 headquarters in London; the first was in Le monde ne suffit pas (1999). Similarly, a raid on MI6's countryside Blayden Safe House was seen in Tuer n'est pas jouer (1987).
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-Naomie Harris is the fourth actress in the official series to play Miss Moneypenny. Harris is the fifth if one counts Pamela Salem from the unofficial Jamais plus jamais (1983) and the sixth if one counts Barbara Bouchet from the unofficial Bond spoof Casino Royale (1967) where the character was technically Miss Moneypenny's daughter. Harris' Moneypenny is called Eve making her characterization the first time in the official series that the character has had a first name. 'Skyfall' is the first time the character has appeared in the series since Meurs un autre jour (2002), a gap of around a decade. Harris is also the first black actress to play the part. Lois Maxwell first played Moneypenny in 14 Bond films between 1962 and 1985 through all of the Connery, Lazenby and Moore movies. Maxwell was then followed by Caroline Bliss for two films during the Dalton era and then Samantha Bond for four films during the Brosnan era. 'Skyfall' represents the first time that Miss Moneypenny is a fully-fledged main Bond Girl and not a supporting character.

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-The meaning and relevance of the film's 'Skyfall' title is that it refers to 'Skyfall Lodge' (aka 'Skyfall Glencoe' or 'Skyfall House'), the name of James Bond's Scottish childhood ancestral home. In the Bond books, author Ian Fleming gave his James Bond character a real life lineage to the Bonds of Peckham. The real life Bond family motto "Orbis non sufficit" ("The World is not enough") was used in the novel of Au service secret de Sa Majesté (1969) and as a title for the Bond film Le monde ne suffit pas (1999). The Bond Family Arms were once displayed prominently in St. Giles Church in Camberwell but were destroyed in a fire in the 1800s.

Similarly, an explosion of fire is the fate of 'Skyfall' in the film. 'Skyfall' forms the third part of an unofficial trilogy in the James Bond franchise dealing with Bond's ancestry, the first and second parts being Au service secret de Sa Majesté (1969) and Le monde ne suffit pas (1999). Producer Barbara Broccoli has said that the film's 'Skyfall' title "has some emotional context which will be revealed in the film". This was also the case with the previous Bond film Quantum of Solace (2008).
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-Ralph Fiennes is the fourth actor to play the M character in the official series. Fiennes' character Gareth Mallory becomes M at the end of the film. Bernard Lee was the first actor to play M between 1962 and 1979 through the Connery, Lazenby and some Moore films. Robert Brown then played M for four films for the rest of Moore's films and the two-film Dalton era. Judi Dench played M between 1995 and 2012 with her last appearance being in 'Skyfall'. Fiennes' M is the sixth actor to play the character if one counts the unofficial Bond films where John Huston and Edward Fox played M in Casino Royale (1967) and Jamais plus jamais (1983) respectively.

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-In three consecutive Bod movies - Casino Royale (2006), Quantum of Solace (2008), and Skyfall (2012) - every featured girl Bond sleeps with or fools around with wind up dying. This includes: Solange, Vesper Lynd, Strawberry Fields and Sévérine. He doesn't sleep with Camille Montes or Eve Moneypenny (though a liaison with the latter was strongly suggested, happening off-screen if so) and they both live.
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For the destruction of the Aston Martin DB 5, the production crew naturally did not rely on the real car. Instead the model shop turned to a German company that created parts of the car utilizing vintage 3D printer technology. The built model was at a 1:3 scale and then destroyed in front of the cameras.
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When Ralph Fiennes confirmed that his character is a government agent, it led to rampant speculation that his character would be the new "M" in the series and that Dench's "M" would be depicted as retiring in 'Skyfall'. None of that was ever confirmed, but Fiennes' confirmation of his role's nature put an end to speculation that he would be playing Bond's old nemesis, Ernst Stavro Blofeld. In the end, the speculation proved true, as Fiennes' character Gareth Mallory, a former lieutenant colonel in the British Army and the Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee, becomes M at the end of the film. Fiennes' M is the first time a male has played the part since Robert Brown in Permis de tuer (1989), a gap of around twenty-three years.

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-Judi Dench's seventh and final time playing the M character. Dench has played the role of M for seventeen years between 1995 until 2012, her first being in GoldenEye (1995). This record ties with Bernard Lee who played the M character for the same amount of time except Lee appeared in eleven Bond movies whilst Dench appeared in seven. Additionally this puts Dench at the same number of Bond films as Roger Moore, as well as Sean Connery (if one counts the unofficial Bond film Jamais plus jamais (1983)).
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-In October 2012 controversy broke out in the media and the web about the film's homo-erotic overtones from villain character Raoul Silva (Javier Bardem) directed towards James Bond (Daniel Craig), Bond traditionally being a devout heterosexual ladies' man. The furor suggests that Silva may be the first ever male Bond Girl and that James Bond may actually be bisexual. However, it's not the first time that a male Bond villain has been suggested to be gay as the Mr Wint and Mr Kidd characters in Les diamants sont éternels (1971) were camp henchmen. 'Skyfall' is the second time in three Daniel Craig films that his James Bond has been tied to a chair and tormented by the main villain. In Casino Royale (2006), Bond had his testicles beaten by Le Chiffre with a knotted rope. In 'Skyfall', Bond's chest is caressed by Raoul Silva, then both his legs are then groped with two hands by Silva. There is an out-of-shot inference that Bond's testicles were fondled between shots, making the scene controversial in a similar way to the scene in Casino Royale (2006).
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-Sévérine (Bérénice Marlohe) is the eighth major Bond Girl in the official series to be killed by the main Bond villain after falling for the charms of James Bond and then failing/betraying the villain. Often one of the two leading Bond Girls is a sacrificial lamb story element anyway (they're just "Another Girl Who'll Die") and end up dead but not all of them are always killed by the villain, but some are. In 'Skyfall', Sévérine is tortured then shot by Raoul Silva (Javier Bardem). Sévérine's predecessors include Jill Masterton (Shirley Eaton) - painted entirely in gold by Oddjob and/or Goldfinger suffocating her skin in Goldfinger (1964), Helga Brandt (Karin Dor) - fed to piranhas by Blofeld in On ne vit que deux fois (1967), Rosie Carver (Gloria Hendry) - shot by a gun in a scarecrow of Mr Big / Dr Kananga in Vivre et laisser mourir (1973), Andrea Anders (Maud Adams) - shot by Scaramanga in L'homme au pistolet d'or (1974), Corinne Dufour (Corinne Cléry) - mauled to death by Drax's Doberman dogs after Drax terminates her employment in Moonraker (1979), Paris Carver (Teri Hatcher) - shot by Elliot Carver's assassin Dr. Kaufman in Demain ne meurt jamais (1997), and Solange (Caterina Murino) - tortured, murdered and wrapped in a hammock by Le Chiffre's henchmen in Casino Royale (2006). Those who have survived betraying the villain include Domino (Claudine Auger) in Opération Tonnerre (1965), Solitaire (Jane Seymour) in Vivre et laisser mourir (1973), and Lupe Lamora (Talisa Soto) in Permis de tuer (1989).
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-The first James Bond film where M (or any top-ranking MI6 official) dies on-screen.
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-In 50 years of Bond movies, Skyfall is only the second film in which James Bond suffers a gunshot wound. (He is also shot in Opération Tonnerre (1965) during the Junkanoo chase.)
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-The film's villain Raoul Silva (Javier Bardem) is an ex-MI6 agent. It's not the first time that a rogue ex-agent has been the main villain in a Bond movie. GoldenEye (1995)'s main villain was Alec Trevelyan (Sean Bean, a former fellow agent whose code number had been 006. Meurs un autre jour (2002), Casino Royale (2006), and Quantum of Solace (2008) had MI6 turncoats as assistant villains.
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-The London underground tube train crash that occurs when James Bond chases Raoul Silva was filmed at Pinewood Studio's mammoth 007 Stage which has been the filming home to most of the super-scale Bond set pieces of the past. For the crash, filmed on "The Catacombs Set", crew built two full size fabricated replica Tube train carriages, each weighing around 5-7 tons, the real ones weigh around 25-30 tons. The Tube carriages were raised onto a track about 20 feet above the base of the set. Near the ceiling of the set, broken Tube tracks curved downwards with a monorail supporting the carriages from above. The trains were then accelerated on the elevated track guided by the monorail as they veer off the tracks and crash through the catacombs ceiling which was composed of breakaway elements. When the train crashed, it dismantled the majority of the 007 Stage.Digital visual effects were later added in post-production to supplement the practical special effects. It was too dangerous to allow people to stay on the sound stage during the filming of the crash, so eleven remotely-operated cameras were placed around the 007 Stage to cover the crash from various angles.
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-Stunt-man and Bond stunt-double Andy Lister performed the opening sequence's fall from the bridge into the river. Riggers were set up a crane on a train carriage to hold a safety line. Andy then reacted to the gun shot by limply diving backwards off the 300 foot (92 m) drop. This jump stunt is a typical Bondian 'Skyfall' jump stunt synonymous with the series. Skyfall jumps having appeared regularly since L'espion qui m'aimait (1977), with others in Moonraker (1979), Rien que pour vos yeux (1981), Octopussy (1983), Dangereusement vôtre (1985), Tuer n'est pas jouer (1987), Permis de tuer (1989), GoldenEye (1995), Demain ne meurt jamais (1997), Le monde ne suffit pas (1999), Meurs un autre jour (2002) and Quantum of Solace (2008).
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-Just prior to post-production lock-off, about ten minutes of footage were cut out of the film due to the picture's extensively long running time. These scenes and sequences include MI6 agents after the MI6 HQ explosion; a funeral procession for MI6 agents; Sévérine at Shanghai International Airport; an M and Mallory scene; early scenes with M's Assistant Vanessa; Bond running through Regent's Park; and scenes involving Sévérine's activities.
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-A sizable amount of the film's story takes place below London's street surface, an underground environment that is based on what was historically known as "The Churchill Bunker System". During World War II, many government offices were relocated underground for protection from German bombing during "The Blitz". In 'Skyfall', after the headquarters at MI6 are the subject of a terrorist attack, M makes the decision to relocate underground, just like Winston Churchill did during the Second World War.

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-With the cooperation and assistance of the London Mayor's Office and Transportation For London, the production was able to shut down both Vauxhall Bridge and Millbank for a scene where M witnesses a terrorist attack on MI6 headquarters. The explosion of the MI6 HQ was represented by a few fireworks on the day, but then an MI6 model miniature was later rebuilt at third scale on the back-lot at Pinewood Studios where long-time Bond FXpert Chris Corbould, the film's special effects and miniature effects supervisor, used twenty-eight explosives to replicate the attack.
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-First Daniel Craig James Bond movie where Bond kills the lead villain. The main villains in both Casino Royale (2006) and Quantum of Solace (2008) were killed by their own people.
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-Skyfall Lodge is not an actual real-life building but a purpose-built exterior set construction made of just plywood and plaster stone. The custom-built artificial house in the film's story is a countryside residence, its setting is in Glencoe, Scotland but the filming location for it was actually Hankley Common in south-west Surrey.
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-Gadgets featured in the film include a tiny radio tracking device; a NFC (Near field communication) enabled Sony Xperia T smart-phone (aka "The Bond Phone"); an Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra Mid-Sized Chronometer watch; an Agusta Westland Merlin AW101 helicopter with a Public Address (PA) system fitted on its undercarriage to play music; an original silver-birch Aston Martin DB5 car with various gadgets including an ejector seat (unused) and two 20mm Browning Machine Gun headlights; a Sony VAIO laptop computer; a Sony Xperia Tablet; and a hand recognition Walther PPK/S 9mm short firearm with a palm-sensitive hammer coded to James Bond's palm prints.
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-The influence of three of Ian Fleming's novels can be seen in the movie: the early sequences of Bond "missing/presumed dead" are reminiscent of the end of "You Only Live Twice" wherein Bond is suffering from amnesia and is "missing/presumed dead" and M writes the obit for the London Times. When he returns to London, the evaluation her goes through is similar to the tests he goes through at the start of "The Man With The Golden Gun" upon returning from Japan and Russian. And the emotional ending is reminiscent of the end of "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" where Bond mourns the loss of his wife in his arms.
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-The explosion sequence in the film's climax was shot over two consecutive nights. It's the second consecutive Bond film where the film's climax and denouement results in the blowing-up and explosion of a landmark building. In Quantum of Solace (2008) it was a facility in the desert, in 'Skyfall' it's a mansion in the Scottish countryside. Ironically, prior to the big bang, Javier Bardem was banned from smoking at the on-set location because of the fire-risk of the dry grass in the field where the set was located.
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-Since the first James Bond film James Bond 007 contre Dr. No (1962), its only the second time in the James Bond series where 3+ new actors playing recurring characters have all been introduced simultaneously in the same Bond film. In GoldenEye (1995), three new actors were introduced in three recurring roles. They were Pierce Brosnan as James Bond, Judi Dench as M and Samantha Bond as Miss Moneypenny. In 'Skyfall, there are also three, they are Ralph Fiennes as M, Ben Whishaw as Q and Naomie Harris as Eve Moneypenny. In Tuer n'est pas jouer (1987), two new actors playing recurring characters were introduced, Timothy Dalton as James Bond and Caroline Bliss as Miss Moneypenny.
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-This film is the first time that two actors playing the character of M, in this case Judi Dench and M successor Ralph Fiennes, have shared the screen in the same scenes.
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-When Bond tracks Patrice to Shanghai, Patrice assassinates a man (identified in the credits as "Shanghai Art Collector") while he is viewing a painting. The painting is "Woman with a Fan (Luna Czechowska)", painted by Amedeo Modigliani in 1919. In reality, on May 20, 2010 this painting was stolen from the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, along with works by Henri Matisse, Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso and Fernand Léger. The paintings are still missing, and their collective worth has been estimated at $200 million.
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-For the first time in the EON series both the first and last name of M, Gareth Mallory, is revealed (albeit before he becomes M). Bernard Lee 's M's first name, Miles, was spoken aloud in L'espion qui m'aimait (1977) and his successor Robert Brown has been confirmed by producers to be the same Miles, and not Admiral Hargreaves (played by Brown in The Spy Who Loved Me) as some fans believe. Neither Judi Dench 's M's first or last names were ever revealed, although in Casino Royale (2006), Bond says that one of her names does begin with the letter M before being cut off by her (and some drafts of the screenplay for GoldenEye (1995) give her name as Barbara Mawdsley, but it was never spoken aloud in the final film).
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-First ever James Bond movie where the series traditional Bond car, an Aston Martin DB5, is blown-up.
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-The second time Bond cries openly. The first time was in Au service secret de Sa Majesté (1969).
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-This marks the third consecutive James Bond movie which ends with James Bond alone, where most other films in the series he is seen with one of the leading Bond Girls.

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-Since Daniel Craig was first cast as James Bond he has often had the nickname of 'James Blond' due to his lighter color hair which is markedly different than Bond's usual dark hair. As Javier Bardem sports blond hair in this movie, 'Skyfall' becomes the first film entry in the official series to feature both James Bond and the leading villain with blond hair. Other blond Bond villains include Red Grant in Bons baisers de Russie (1963), Hans in On ne vit que deux fois(1967)Erich Kriegler in Rien que pour vos yeux(1981)Venz in Dangereusement  vôtre (1985), Necros in Tuer n'est pas jouer (1987), Peter Franks in Les diamants sont éternels (1971), Stamper in Demain ne meurt jamais (1997) and Goldie in Le monde ne suffit pas (1999). However, in the official series,

-In La taupe (2011), Control (John Hurt), the head of MI6, has two Royal Doulton bulldogs sitting on his desk.
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-First Bond film in which the villain is successful in completing his primary objective (the death of M).
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-The computer main-frame room in which Silva gives his introductory speech was specially constructed so that it would be the right length for a one take shot in which Javier Bardem leisurely walks and ends up right at Bond when at the end of the speech. The other significant room that Silva is seen in during the film is a plexiglass enclosure which was nicknamed by Javier Bardem as a "Crystal Cage".
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-The film introduces three new actors to play three recurring roles in the series. They are Naomie Harris as Miss Moneypenny, Ben Whishaw as Q and Ralph Fiennes as M. In each case, each of the three actors is the fourth person to play their respective character in the official James Bond series.

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-First Daniel Craig Bond movie not to feature the character of American CIA agent Felix Leiter, as portrayed by Jeffrey Wright in Casino Royale (2006) and Quantum of Solace (2008).
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-This is the third Bond film with an Asian shooting location and an actress of Asian descent playing one of the main Bond Girls. The first two were On ne vit que deux fois (1967) and Demain ne meurt jamais (1997). 'Skyfall' Bond Girl Bérénice Marlohe was born to a Cambodian/Chinese father and a French mother. A few Bond films which shot in Asia did not feature a main Bond Girl who was from Asia, these were Meurs un autre jour (2002), Octopussy (1983) and L'homme au pistolet d'or (1974). However, these three films did have cast Asian women in minor Bond Girl roles.
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-First one-word Bond movie title in seventeen years, the last was GoldenEye (1995). 'Skyfall' is also the shortest ever one word James Bond movie title. It is the only ever one with two syllables, most of them in the past having three (_Goldfinger_, Moonraker (1979), GoldenEye (1995) and Opération Tonnerre (1965) (which rhymes with 'Skyfall') whilst Octopussy (1983) had four. James Bond 007 contre Dr. No (1962) remains the shortest ever Bond movie title with the least number of letters, having 5, whereas 'Skyfall' has 007. 'Skyfall' is the shortest Bond film title of all when 'Doctor No' is spelled in its unabbreviated form.
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-Ben Whishaw is the fourth actor to play Q in the official James Bond series. 'Skyfall' marks the first time that Q is younger than James Bond. The producers have said that "When it came to trying to reintroduce the character of Q, it made sense that he would now be a young technical genius and the character was written with that in mind." Whishaw's character of Q has been likened to that of computer-genius types like Jack Dorsey and Mark Zuckerberg. Coincidentally, Whishaw has said that he doesn't even own a computer. Peter Burton first played Q under the character's real name of Major Boothroyd and nick-named the Armourer in James Bond 007 contre Dr. No (1962) then Desmond Llewelyn played Q in 17 Bond films between 1963-1999 followed by John Cleese (as Q's assistant R) in Le monde ne suffit pas (1999) then as Q in Meurs un autre jour (2002), the latter being the last time the character appeared in the official series before 'Skyfall', a gap of around a decade. Whishaw is the sixth actor to play Q if one counts the unofficial Bond films Casino Royale (2006) and Jamais plus jamais (1983) where Q was played by Geoffrey Bayldon and Alec McCowen respectively. Q is an abbreviation for the word Quartermaster.
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-In the film, James Bond (Daniel Craig) is given a Walther PPK/S 9mm short firearm by Q. The Walther PPK is considered the most popular and widely known Bond gun, since it is the one he has used the most. Originally, Bond used a Beretta, but that was later replaced with the Walther PPK. The hand-gun he has in 'Skyfall' is uses hand recognition coded to his palm prints. Timothy Dalton's Bond used a weapon with the same feature in Permis de tuer (1989).
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-The film's theme song sung by Adele is the first Bond Song to share the same name as the film's title since Madonna's Meurs un autre jour (2002) a decade earlier and the first Daniel Craig Bond film to do so. The 'Skyfall' song was released at 0.07am on Friday October 5th 2012 at 0:07 am BST/LONDON time (7:07pm EST on 4th October), the exact 50th Anniversary of the launch of James Bond 007 contre Dr. No (1962). A 90-second version of the song was leaked online not long after Adele officially announced on Twitter that she was the artist singing the film's title song. The song was recorded at London's Abbey Road Studios with a full orchestra.
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-Second time in a James Bond movie that Rory Kinnear plays MI6 chief of staff Bill Tanner. His first time was in Quantum of Solace (2008). With this film, Rory Kinnear has played Tanner twice on film and three times in video games, meaning he has portrayed the character more than any other actor.
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-During principal photography, three Turkish youths bypassed tight security in Adana, Southern Turkey to infiltrate a closed film set where they filmed with their mobile phones footage of a train scene being shot. Fitting of the intrigue from the earlier Turkey set Bond movie Bons baisers de Russie (1963), the three sneaked through alleyways and jumped a wire fence into a train station where 'Skyfall' was being filmed. The trio slipped under train cars and rendezvoused at the repair depot where they went into spy disguise and put on off-duty worker's helmets and overalls. They were later caught by security, interrogated and removed from set.
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-Product placements, brand integrations and promotional tie-ins for 'Skyfall' include Heineken Lager Beer; Coca Cola's Coke Zero; Bollinger Champagne; Visit Britain Tourism's 'Live Like Bond' campaign; "The James Bond Archives" and "SKYFALL: Bond On Set" books; Procter & Gamble fragrance; Virgin Atlantic; 'Literary Review' magazine; Tom Ford clothing; Cartamundi playing cards; Omega Watches including a 50th Anniversary Seamaster Planet Ocean 600M "SKYFALL" Limited Edition watch; Swarovski Jewelery; Corgi die-cast James Bond Skyfall toy Aston Martin DB5 cars; the London 2012 Olympics; Honda Motorcycles; Hornby Scalextric car sets; Jaguar & Land Rover vehicles; Activision's 007 Legends (2012) video-game; RT Marketing James Bond 007 merchandising; Sky TV's Sky Movies 007 HD Bond channel and Sony Electronics products including Bravia TVs, Vaio laptops & computers, and Xperia tablets & smart-phones, the Sony Xperia TL phone and Heineken beer being two of the products making brand-cameos in the film. The London 'Mirror' newspaper has reported that about £29 million or about a third of the film's budget was raised from commercial deals.
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-The opening train action sequence was originally planned to be shot on in the Sabarmati railway yard of the Konkan Railway in India. However, delays in getting permission to film there with the many complex problems meant the sequence was not filmed there. South Africa was considered to film this sequence but in the end it shot in Turkey.
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-Tenth James Bond film produced by Michael G. Wilson as a fully-fledged producer (excluding executive producer credits). The next James Bond film ( Bond 24 (2015)) is expected to be released around 2014, that year will mark producer Wilson's 50th Golden Anniversary Year of his association with the James Bond official series, Wilson first appearing as an uncredited extra as a Soldier at Fort Knox in Goldfinger (1964). Similarly, 'Skyfall' is released in the Golden 50th Anniversary Year of the series in 2012. Wilson has also acted on the films as a screen-writer and as a legal/administrative/technical consultant and is also known for making regular cameo appearances in the franchise.
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-Released late 2012, 'Skyfall' will be playing in theaters in early 2013 which will mark the 30th Anniversary Year that producer Barbara Broccoli has officially been associated with the series, first officially credited as an executive assistant on Octopussy (1983). Broccoli's first start on the series however was as an uncredited second assistant director on Moonraker (1979), a 30th Anniversary milestone for this was in 2009 after the release of the previous Bond film Quantum of Solace (2008). Skyfall's release year of 2012 also marks the 25th Anniversary Year for Broccoli as a producer on the series as her first credit as a producer was as an associate producer on Tuer n'est pas jouer (1987) in 1987. 'Skyfall' is also the 25th Year for executive producer and production manager Callum McDougall who started as an assistant director on the same Bond film.
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-'Skyfall' marks the 10th Anniversary of Gregg Wilson on the James Bond film series. The movie marks the milestone of Gregg being the first 3rd generation member of the Broccoli/Wilson family to achieve a senior producer credit on the series, that of an associate producer. Gregg is the son of Michael G. Wilson who is the step-son of co-founding producer Albert R. Broccoli. Gregg's first credit on the series was a decade earlier as development executive on Meurs un autre jour (2002). Gregg was also an assistant producer on Quantum of Solace (2008).
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-Javier Bardem's casting marks the first time that a Spanish actor has played the lead villain in a James Bond movie, whilst Bardem is the third Spaniard to play any villain, after henchmen Simón Andreu in Meurs un autre jour (2002) and Fernando Guillén Cuervo in Quantum of Solace (2008). Bardem's villain name of Raoul Silva in the film is actually an alias, the character's real name being Tiago Rodriguez. The film's writers wrote the script with Bardem in mind whilst Bardem had the film's script translated into his native language of Spanish so as to achieve a better understanding of the story and his character. The first Bond movie Bardem ever saw was Moonraker (1979), its henchman Jaws being his favorite Bond villain.
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-According to the UK Sun newspaper (a tabloid known for its indiscretion and inaccuracy), leading Bond Girl Bérénice Marlohe, said that James Bond actor Daniel Craig was coy and hesitant before filming their love scene in the shower. Marlohe said: "He was very shy and when he saw me entering the shower, he was like, 'Oh my god'. He tried to keep his underpants on for the shower scenes but I said, 'No, come on, don't be shy. I will do anything to make you feel comfortable".