Daniel Craig started out his tenure as James Bond filming the Madagascar sequence in 'Casino Royale', although in. This first installment focusses on the Madagascar sequence. 'The beginning of that scene was shot later in The Bahamas, where he follows Mollaka to the Embassy from the building site. As 'Casino Royale' celebrates its 10th anniversary, MI6 looks back to the making of the film with rarely seen behind the scenes video from the production. 'It was complicated – Bond moves through the Embassy pursuing and capturing Mollaka – running along corridors, into offices and jumping out of a window into the compound where he sets off a huge explosion,' explained Production Designer Peter Lamont. The first scene shot on the production, the Nambutu Embassy chase, was at a set in a studio in Modrany, outside Prague. Other sets were also combinations of interior sets built in one location and exterior locations in another country. A derelict hotel in the same area was utilized as the construction site where Bond pursues Mollaka. An abandoned motel and its grounds at Coral Harbor on New Providence Island stood in for the shanty town on the African island Madagascar where Bond watches Mollaka during the snake and mongoose fight.
This first installment focusses on the Madagascar sequence.ĭaniel Craig started out his tenure as James Bond filming the Madagascar sequence in 'Casino Royale', although in a slightly back-to-front order. As 'Casino Royale' celebrates its 10th anniversary, MI6 looks back to the making of the film with rarely seen behind the scenes video from the production.
