![]() ![]() In the end, it's for the best it didn't go forward or the James Bond movie franchise as it exists now probably wouldn't have happened. Daniel Craig’s first outing as 007 is an altogether more serious affair than the 1967 Casino Royale, displaying levels of brutality never before seen in a Bond film notably when Le Chiffre sets about 007’s nether regions with a knotted rope. CBS eventually scrapped the idea and its unknown if Nelson would have returned for the show. In an alternate universe Climax's! Casino Royale could have led to a James Bond CBS series, which the network commissioned and Ian Fleming even started developing episode outlines for. The episode is obviously lacking a lack of the familiar tropes of later movies too, including the gadgets, the vehicles and the Walther PPK, and in the case of the latter, he's seen wielding an FN Model 1900.Ĭlimax's Casino Royale is also of note for Barry Nelson's Jimmy Bond ordering a scotch and water instead of a vodka martini, and it was one of famed composer Jerry Goldsmith's very first gigs. There was something enigmatic about her which was a constant stimulus. Overall, Barry Nelson isn't bad as Bond but making the character American was a mistake, and by the actor's own admission there wasn't much charm to the spy as he was presented on the show. Flemings Casino Royale makes an explicit statement of Bonds attraction to Vesper because she withholds a part of herself: He found her companionship easy and unexacting. Screen legend Peter Lorre ( M) also played Le Chiffre in the Climax! Casino Royale, with the infamous torture scene reimagined as the villain removing Bond's toenails offscreen. ![]()
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