We finally got to watch Casion Royale the other day and were very impressed with the new Bond – clearly a darker and more mature double-O than previous ones who were cast as cartoonish philanderers. In addition to the new Bond, the series also received a new cast member in the form of the Aston Martin DBS. The story of Aston's involvement in Casino Royale is interesting, considering the automaker needed to supply the film with cars a full two years ahead of the DBS reaching production. Of course, the majority of the four cars Aston Martin delivered to the production were completely destroyed for a scene in which Bond swerves to avoid steamrolling his lady love and enters into a series of seven barrel rolls. The scene's stuntwork was so successful that it entered the Guiness Book of World Records for achieving seven complete rolls, besting Top Gear, the previous record holder. Unfortunately, the end result of the wreck was a destroyed DBS. Brit mag EVO chronicles the story of Aston's involvement in Casino Royale here, and provides a series of shots showing the DBS before and after the crash. Surprisingly, the Aston Martin DBS still looks gorgeous after going end over end a record number of times. It just needs a little TLC to get back on its feet.
[Source: EVO]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Tim UF @ Mar 12th 2007 5:29PM
What a great ad for its structural integrity though!
lets see a suburban/tahoe roll 3+ times and still look near that good.
BAMF @ Mar 12th 2007 5:56PM
That'll buff right out.
Jaymez @ Mar 12th 2007 6:00PM
There is only one true Bond. That is Connery.
Gary @ Mar 12th 2007 6:04PM
I thought the roll was CGI. Agree on the new Bond, a much needed improvement.
Yago Bal @ Mar 12th 2007 6:16PM
It's true: it still looks great! :)
But the scene were the car rolls isn't credible: the car wouldn't behave like that!
David Naylor @ Mar 12th 2007 6:57PM
Yago, you're right. No modern car with reasonable road holding would do that. Especially not a sports car like the Aston.
I'm guessing they used pressurised are and a thick pole mounted under the car to topple it.
David Naylor @ Mar 12th 2007 6:58PM
pressurised *air*
aliasfox @ Mar 12th 2007 8:15PM
actually, an air cannon and a little ramp did the trick.
CGI still isn't good at doing damage like that - the physics rendering of every piece of tearing metal wouldn't look realistic.
consumer @ Mar 12th 2007 9:05PM
Casino Royale was a 2 hour commercial for Ford and Sony products. It was a complete waste of time.
DasBoese @ Mar 12th 2007 9:13PM
Amazing. As a friend of mine stated in outrage after seeing the scene: "But... that's physically impossible! This car's center of gravity is below the ground!" XD
UnderCover Soul Brother @ Mar 12th 2007 9:16PM
I never understood why they didn't use some double/shell for the car for this stunt! It kills me to see that carbon fiber sneaking out of the cracks and broken bits! The humanity!!!
Matt W @ Mar 13th 2007 1:13AM
7 Rolls is no record. I guess no one has ever seen Talledega Nights!
RS @ Mar 13th 2007 10:27AM
"Yep, I'm flyin' through the air. This is not good."
Bob-o @ Mar 13th 2007 1:42PM
I don't see how 7 rolls is a record. Anybody ever watch touring car races? I'm sure there's been accidents with flips well into the double digits.
YOUR MOM @ Mar 13th 2007 3:05PM
I would have just ran the girl over
Tremelune @ Mar 13th 2007 3:31PM
"Casino Royale was a 2 hour commercial for Ford and Sony products. It was a complete waste of time."
True and false. I thought it was great. The roll, while impossible, was very unique and looked incredible.
You do not run her over.