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Shaken or Stirred? With Craig’s Bond, We’re Not There… Yet
Jacob–who knows more about mixology than either you or I–pointed to a post at Cold Mud alleging James Bond has switched from the shaken & stirred vodka martini to Sazerac in Quantum of Solace, the latest Bond vehicle. Cold Mud calls this a big scoop.
…we have big news to impart:
BOND NO LONGER DRINKS MARTINIS.
True? Yes and no, but mostly no.
I watched the Daniel Craig version of Casino Royale–rather than the 1960s Bond spoof of the same name–for about the fifth time last night. In it, the incandescent Eva Green plays Bond girl Vesper Lynd.
As anyone who follows Bond knows, this movie literally re-started the Bond franchise. The film begins with Bond getting his first 00-licensed kill. It’s as if Connery, Moore, Dalton, etc. never happened. For the most part, that’s a very good thing, for it began anew the Bond franchise without giving Craig’s character decades of baggage–or drinks preferences.
In one Casino Royale scene, for example, Bond makes up a drink–which he later calls the Vesper (after Green’s character). In another, he orders a martini without specifying either shaken or stirred. In yet another scene, Bond orders a martini and, when asked by the bartender whether he’d prefer it shaken or stirred, remarks that he really doesn’t give a damn.
That’s what you call a clean and clear break from the past.
In other words, Bond is re-evolving before our very eyes. At some point, Bond will likely come to adopt the shaken not stirred vodka martini. It’s just that it hasn’t happened yet.
Even the pre-Craig Bond didn’t always stick with the martini. He often dabbled in Campari (my favorite drink).
Journo Joe Killian had a good rundown on Bond and the Vesper at his short-lived Sips Blog.
Official Quantum of Solace site here. Review–it opens in the UK today–here. And every reason to believe Craig will be drinking vodka martinis by movie’s end here.
