Casino Royale changed Bond's card game for the 2006 film
Daniel Craig’s first appearance as James Bond brought an unexpected change to Ian Fleming’s original story. The decisive confrontation in the 1953 novel Casino Royale takes place over chemin de fer, a form of baccarat. Martin Campbell’s 2006 adaptation instead puts Bond and Le Chiffre into a Texas hold’em tournament. The choice was partly a […]
Daniel Craig’s first appearance as James Bond brought an unexpected change to Ian Fleming’s original story. The decisive confrontation in the 1953 novel Casino Royale takes place over chemin de fer, a form of baccarat. Martin Campbell’s 2006 adaptation instead puts Bond and Le Chiffre into a Texas hold’em tournament. The choice was partly a […]
