le chiffre
I’m poking my head above water here briefly to note some very important news:
They’ve chosen someone to play Le Chiffre in Casino Royale: Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen. It’s an odd but interesting choice. In the book, Fleming described him as being “fat and pale” — characterizing him as an older agent whose main vices were physical: namely, food and prostitutes. This guy looks like he should be on the cover of Metrosexual Weekly.
I am beginning to lose hope that this movie will be the different, artsy, truer-to-the-book, dark movie I was hoping (with absolutely no provocation or justification whatsoever) it would be.
[...] Yesterday, it was Le Chiffre. Today they’ve chosen someone to play Vesper: Eva Green, aka “the hot chick from the Dreamers”. Overall, I’d say that’s pretty good casting. She’s hot and yet creepy, which I guess should work. I have nothing more to add. [...]