Bond producers name a nemesis
Danish thesp Mikkelsen new Bond baddie
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The evil Le Chiffre will be played by Danish thesp Mads Mikkelsen ("King Arthur"), announced "Casino Royale" helmer Martin Campbell on Wednesday.
At a late afternoon press conference at the Czech Republic's Barrandov Studios, new 007 Daniel Craig fielded with good humor questions that grew increasingly bizarre.
One journalist from the Czech magazine Spy asked him what he thought of media speculation about his "orientation." After a moment, Craig responded icily, "I didn't know they had, but thanks for the information."
Another local reporter got off to an interesting start by asking the assembled group -- Craig, Campbell, Judi Dench and producers Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli -- if they were aware there was a previous "Casino Royale."
As for the more burning question of who will play the Bond girl. Campbell disclosed the choice is now down to "two or three" but added, "You'll just have to wait to find out." Eva Green and Olivia Wilde are thought to be the finalists.
Craig, perhaps thinking of the frayed nerves caused by starting the $100 million-plus shoot without a love interest, offered assurances that the shoot is progressing anyway. "We haven't got there, so it's all fine," he said.
Dench, who has delivered a cool, scheming M to the superspy franchise, said her work with Craig on the Prague shoot usually begins with a few jokes, "and that seems to be vital. I only started working with Daniel yesterday, but we found common ground."
Auds will get more insight into M's backstory than they have to date in "Casino Royale," with a scene set in her London apartment, constructed in modernist beige at Barrandov, complete with Asian art and Tanqueray gin cocktail service.
Bond himself will show his more sensitive side, Campbell said, in that the film, based on the first of Ian Fleming's 007 books, reveals how he became "the Bond we all know and love."
Cast and crew jet off to the Bahamas shortly to shoot a chase sequence at a seaside construction site, then return to Prague for studio and location work and move on to Italy and the U.K.'s Pinewood Studios.
