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MI6 reports on the Australian premiere of Casino
Royale, where Daniel Craig, Caterina Murino and director
Martin Campbell wowed the crowds in Sydney...
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Casino Royale Australian Premiere
6th December 2006
The Casino Royale roadshow hit Sydney, Australia
on Monday 4th December 2006 for the last major premiere event
for the 21st James Bond film. In attendance were Daniel Craig
and his girlfriend Satsuki Mitchell, Italian actress Caterina
Murino (Solange), and director Martin Campbell.
Above: Caterina Murino, Daniel
Craig and Martin Campbell pose by the Sydney Harbour
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The first port of call was the Sydney Harbour Bridge for a photocall.
Craig, Murino and Campbell all posed under the famous landmark
for a gaggle of photographers.
An estimated 800 fans lined Market Street to greet Daniel Craig
and the other cast and crew members as they strode the red carpet
to Sydney's State
Theatre. The event caused gridlock and blocked traffic in the
city when Craig crisscrossed the street to sign countless autographs
and photograph
himself with fans.
Above: Crowds line Market Street
outside Sydney's State Theatre |
Director Martin Campbell explained to the press how the film rests with
the franchise, "It's not a reinvention, it's just a rebooting in a
way. It's just going back to Ian Fleming's book, going back to its roots."
So how does Craig's interpretation of 007 compare to Brosnan in Campbell's
first Bond outing "GoldenEye"? "They both work very well
as their respective Bonds - they're two totally different Bonds. I don't
think Pierce could have played at Casino Royale the same way that I don't
think Daniel could have played GoldenEye. I think they both fit with their
time and Daniel's time is now."
Craig was buoyant about the film's success, "It's just beyond expectations,
you hope for good critics, that's always a thing for an actor,
what you really like, but the fact that the numbers are good and everything's
going
really well makes it a great success."
"I had a chance to totally rediscover James Bond, work him out," he
said. "He's a little bit more human, but that's because he has to
fall in love. You see other sides of him."
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Above: Caterina
Murino arrives for the premiere, Daniel Craig and
girlfriend Satsuki Mitchell pose for the photographers.
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Italian actress Caterina Murino smoldered on the red carpet
in a beige and black Dolce and Gabbana gown and strappy red
stilettos. But the latest Bond girl was not feeling too sexy when she first
heard
she had landed the role. "I was making an Italian movie and I was
dressed up like a man and it was very, very strange for me
to be a Bond girl," she said. Murino also pointed out Craig's swimming
trunks scene, "I always thought that Bond movies were more guys'
movies ... and for the first time I think also women can enjoy to watch
Daniel
Craig come out of the water, not only women in a bikini," she said.
With writing for the 22nd James Bond film under way, Craig didn't dismiss
bringing the blockbuster franchise to Australia for filming. "There
is always a chance," the 38-year-old said on the red carpet. We could
go anywhere, that's the fabulous thing about Bond. Certainly, if it gets
written into the script I would be here (Australia)."
"Casino Royale" opens nationwide in
Australia and New Zealand from Thursday 7th December 2006.
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