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Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Anatole Taubman, Marc
Forster and Barbara Broccoli kicked off the "Quantum
of Solace" marketing campaign today in Moscow... |
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Moscow Press Conference
13th October 2008
As first
reported by MI6 over the weekend, the
global press tour for the 22nd James Bond film "Quantum
of Solace"
kicked off today in Moscow. Cast members Daniel
Craig (007),
Olga
Kurylenko (Camille) and Anatole
Taubman (Elvis) were joined
by director Marc
Forster and producer Barbara
Broccoli for a
press conference and photo call in the Russian capital on Monday
13th October 2008.
Above: Daniel Craig and Olga Kurylenko on the roof of the
Ritz-Carlton hotel in Moscow, Russia. |
Broccoli explained the significance of starting
the worldwide marketing campaign in Russia. "This is a
key, emerging market for us and it is very exciting to be here.
We shot in St Petersburg and had a wonderful experience. Russia
is a country with a very strong film tradition and we
are very much looking forward to the Russian reaction to the
film."
The five lead a packed
press conference at 10:30am at Moscow’s luxury Ritz Carlton,
that had been preceded by a press screening of 20 minutes worth
of
footage from the film the night before (screened at 8:15 in the
nearby 'October' cinema). A full screening of the film will take
place in Russia on 23rd October for accredited members of the
press.
Above: Pictured in the background is
The Moscow Kremlin, which includes four palaces, four cathedrals,
and the enclosing Kremlin
Wall with Kremlin towers. The complex serves as the official
residence of the President of Russia. |
Broccoli said that Bond's character
would display a newly found confidence after the traumatic events
of the last film. “At the end of ‘Casino
Royale’ Bond
is devastated when the woman he loves is killed by an evil organization",
she said. "The title of the new film reflects his journey to
put things right and find a quantum of solace.”
When asked which stunts were the most challenging
to perform, Craig said
that a free fall sequence where he and Kurylenko leap out of
a plane was among the most difficult. "We did this in a wind
tunnel with winds of 200 mph ripping around us and 20 cameras shooting
from all around. That was one
of the toughest days."
Michael Schlicht, the film’s Russian distributor,
told Variety that he anticipated box office gross in the territory
of “around $20 million” following its release on
800-plus prints.