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Director Martin Campbell explains the contrast between GoldenEye and Casino Royale

12-Mar-2006 • Casino Royale

"The great thing about it is that he makes mistakes and screws up. Bond finds violence hard to take, he won't admit to that. He has to do two killings, one is very messy. He falls in love with a girl, genuinely falls in love," director Martin Campbell explained to Pulse 24.

The action sequences the James Bond franchise is so famous for will go back to the basics, which appears to be the theme for a large part of Casino Royale.

There will no computer generated imagery and the stunts will be real.

There won’t be as many of those nifty gadgets the super spy is so famous for – like his invisible car - or the huge action blast scenes like the ones in 2002’s Die Another Day or 1995’s Golden Eye.

The creative minds behind the upcoming picture felt that technology was beginning to overshadow the plot.

"Even after 'GoldenEye' I remember remarking, thinking, how many control rooms, how many madmen can take over the world?" Campbell said. "Where the hell do you go with it? Do you get another madman, do you blow up another control room? How many space stations can you take?"

The films based on Ian Fleming’s novels have grossed almost $4 billion since Dr. No, starring Sean Connery, was released in 1962.

"If you don't grow and change you die and we felt this was the right time and the right story to tell, and Daniel was the right guy to do it," co-producer Barbara Broccoli said. "So here we are."

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