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Henry Cavill in The Man From UNCLE

20 years on from his James Bond audition, Henry Cavill discovers the Casino Royale director preferred him over Daniel Craig

By Bradley Russell published

News "I know that the director preferred your audition"

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The Man from UNCLE

Casino Royale director on why Henry Cavill wasn’t chosen as Bond (and why he probably won't be again)

By Bradley Russell published

News Martin Campbell hails Cavill's "tremendous" 007 audition

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Casino Royale

James Bond producers stopped Quentin Tarantinto adapting Casino Royale

By Molly Edwards published

News Quentin Tarantino was stopped from putting his own spin on 007

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Matthew Rhys in Perry Mason

The Americans' Matthew Rhys blew his Bond audition thanks to a really bad joke

By Bradley Russell published

News What's shaken, stirred, and rejected all over?

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23 Artists For The Bond 23 Title Song

By Andy Lowe published

Shaken and stirring music for 007's comeback...

Bond Month: 8 Quantum Of Solace scenes everyone will be talking about

By Total Film published

Start practising your post-Quantum conversations… now!

Bond Month: On set with Quantum Of Solace

By Total Film published

From script to shooting and beyond with new Bond

The Men Who Made Bond

By Total Film published

The sounds, the settings, the looks, the lifestyle... These are the five guys who set the Bond blueprint.

The Unknown Stuntman - Gary Powell Q&A

By Total Film published

The Casino Royale stunt chief tells TF how he took Bond back to basics

Mission 21: Bond Facts

By Total Film published

21 things you didn’t know about the world’s greatest superspy

James Bond For A Day

By Total Film published

After an ill-advised 007 DVD marathon, Our Man In Hackney steps out with his License To Be Very Ill...

Running Free - Sebastien Foucan Q&A

By Total Film published

The Parkour founder talks to TF about fighting 200 ft up with Daniel Craig

A Shot In The Dark

By Total Film published

A new Bond. A new beginning. And all bets are off. Daniel Craig raises the stakes and takes 007 back to reality with Casino Royale…

A Shot In The Dark

By Total Film published

A new Bond. A new beginning. And all bets are off. Daniel Craig raises the stakes and takes 007 back to reality with Casino Royale…

The Lost Bond

By Total Film published

Described as ‘Star Wars underwater’, Warhead is one of the great unfilmed scripts – so good it tempted a retired Sean Connery to return as 007. Total Film steals the file on the Bond film that got away…

The Icon - Sean Connery

By Total Film published

The first and, many say, the best, Connery set the gold standard for every subsequent actor to slip into the tux. But his relationship with the role wasn't always a happy one...

In search of 007

By Total Film published

We all know what Bond is like on screen but who exactly is Ian Fleming’s 007?

Breaking The Ice

By Total Film published

A History of the Cold War in 10 easy factoids. Do pay attention, 007...

Bond By Numbers

By Total Film published

Brace, please, for a burst of pub quiz-owning 007 stats-facts...

Rating Bond

By Total Film published

We couldn’t be bothered to re-review all the Bond films again. So, we’ve applied a bit of science – well, rudimentary maths – to work out which is best...