In the James Bond movies always at the right time and right place 007 waiting for his faithful friend and assistant — a car. And he always has an antagonist.
By the way, do you think that English aristocrat accompanies Bond Aston Martin with the first series? Not at all. In the first series of James Bond «Dr. No,» James Bond drives a Sunbeam Alpine Convertable, and Aston first appearance as Bond's car only in «Goldfinger» — Aston Martin DB5.
Aston Martin — here he is a hero. But how much do we know about his antagonists? For example, in «You Only Live Twice» there is a great, charismatic Toyota 2000GT Convertable — it controls the Japanese scout Aki. In the movie «On Her Majesty's Secret Service» plays an important role Ford Mercury Cougar XR7.
The «Diamonds Are Forever» Sean Connery goes, by the way, not on the Aston Martin, but on the Ford Mustang Mach I. In «The Spy Who Loved Me» and «For Your Eyes Only» Bond uses the Lotus Espirit, which is shaped like a submarine so a boat that in the end it turns.
Bond went to the Alfa Romeo GTV, on AMC Hornet, for Renault 11, on various BMW (Pierce Brosnan that sinned, but what of it wait?), Even on the Citroen 2CV, but still became a true Bond car Aston Martin. However, not everyone likes heroes. Someone's heart belongs to the villain.
My love for the Italians received a portion of balm in the series before the last Bond «Quantum of Solace», where the pursuit of Bond took place on the beautiful Italian Alfa Romeo 159. It is true that my heart bled when I learned that a total of six in addition to DBS pitched another 28 (!!!) 159-x. But aesthetic taste was flattering.
The «coordinates Skayfoll» James Bond also uses the classic silver Aston Martin DB5, but here he sits behind the wheel and even Mercedes S-class, as well as the Jaguar XJ...
And you know what is interesting? Esche in the 60s, when the James Bond motion picture just begun, and the car he still chose, the producers of the film have been negotiating directly with the two British carmakers: Aston Martin and Jaguar.
It is said that Aston Martin was more accommodating — I do not know whether this is in fact, but the result is known to all. However, Jaguar Land Rover has performed several times in the «James Bond» on the sidelines. In the same series «Coordinates Skayfoll» appears and Land Rover Defender, Discovery, and even Evoque, well, let alone in the «spectrum» of cooperation with JLR blooms full color.
I do not know whether the producers of the film have made blunders, whether their contract with JLR was profitable and interesting, but the car antagonist in «spectrum» completely overshadows the car protagonist. However, and Andrew Scott, known to all for playing Moriarty became famous in the TV series «Sherlock», even in non-prescribed and ill-conceived role of the villain is much brighter than Daniel Craig.
Once behind Bond's Aston Martin DB10 from the bowels of the Italian streets leaves a fiery-red Jaguar C-X75, attention moves to the car pursuer. Remember how in the beautiful «theater» by Somerset Maugham, when Julia grabs the scene bright red kerchief and steps forward to the audience, completely removing the wayside young aktrisulku? It takes about the same.
Fire Sand — the most famous color serial Jaguar F-Type, which is visually more like Light Damaged filming «Spectra 007» Jaguar C-X75. Low, predatory, strong and muscular, he looks much bigger predator, although so far I have never perceived it as an anti-hero. For me, the image of Jaguar cars are always very positive.
However, and with the role of the villain Jaguar copes easily. Martin Ivanov, our wonderful stunt, starring as an understudy Daniel Craig here, and a little earlier in «Quantum of Solace», and before that — in two series of «Born», replacing Matt Damon told that the car passed all the chase scene in Rome and one injury, which he got, was due to stage plan. It turns out that the only way to keep chasing the car at a distance from Aston Martin, he had come up with an obstacle. That is why Jaguar and eventually crashes into several parked scooters and injures his wings.
Jaguar C-X75 is primarily a hybrid concept car. It was first shown at the Paris Motor Show in 2010. It was created in partnership with the Williams Advanced Engineering (an engineering company team Williams Formula One) and received a number of purely sporting technology. For example, the sports car is equipped with a hybrid powertrain unique engine of 1.6 —litra with two superchargers (turbo and mechanical) 500 hp and two electric motors, which increase the total capacity to 780 hp
Of course, it should be said that, nevertheless, for filming using a specially prepared car, but the details will be available in our next material on the set of «Spectrum» — an interview with a stuntman Martin Ivanov.
For example, dynamic scenes down the stairs to the waterfront «Jaguar» only slightly strengthened in terms of suspension. By the way, as a result of drowning in the Tiber Bond his Aston Martin, but the C-X75 is zhivehonek!
Martin served and other stunts in the film, for example, in the snowy Austrian Alps, where the pursuit of Bond starred in two cars Defender, and a Range Rover Sport. All of them have been specially modified for the film division of Special Vehicle Operations, and received a special roof structure, enhanced security body, winches, bigfoots (large tires 37 inches) and other off-road attributes.
Each day of filming (and all the stunts were filmed in Austria for almost two months), these cars continually fought and tumbled, and each time their night was reduced again and again allowed to shoot.
Also, specifically for the project it was created ten sports cars Aston Martin DB10 with the ejector seat. Seven of them were killed during the shooting process.
«We broke the record for the broken machine in the» Spectrum «- boasted Gary Powell, chief stunt. — In Rome, we have transformed millions of dollars in a pile of crumpled metal. Cars drove to the Vatican at a speed of 180 kilometers per hour. In four seconds timing, we spent the whole night shooting. Total cost of the destroyed car is more than $ 30 million. »
In connection with the Moscow premiere of the new series of Bond company Jaguar Land Rover in the territory of its new Experience Centre in the Novorizhskoe highway presented a show dedicated to the film «The range of 007». Stunt team led by Martin Ivanov, with the support of trainers center showed the audience a few tricks from the film, including the participation of the cars Jaguar, Land Rover and, of course, the helicopter that captures James Bond. On the role of Bond once again successfully coped Martin, well, how everything happened, I tell you more in the next article.
