Daniel Craig received a medal of honor at Windsor Castle on Tuesday, getting him one step closer to actually turning into his most iconic character, James Bond. He was awarded the Companion of the Order of St.
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James Bond movie memorabilia fetched a total of more than £6million at a London charity auction celebrating sixty years of the popular franchise, with 007's Aston Martin DB5 selling for nearly £3million alone. The two-part charity sale was held by Christie's auction house on Wednesday evening and saw 25 in-demand movie props and memorabilia made available to commemorate the 60th anniversary of James Bond. The auction saw a staggering total of £6.
1million raised for selected charities, with the specially built stunt car driven by Daniel Craig in his final Bond movie No Time To Die fetching an impressive £2. 92million alone. The replica of the Aston Martin DB5 was only expected to sell for up to £2million, but surpassed estimates and became the top selling lot as eager fans put in their bids at part one of the live auction, led by EON Productions.
The replica, one of eight specially designed and manufactured for the 2021 film, comes fitted with imitation machine guns behind the headlights and is the only DB5 stunt car put up for sale by Aston Martin and EON productions, according to Christie's. A Triumph Scrambler stunt motorcycle, which was used in No Time To Die, was also among the popular lots as it sold for an impressive £138,600 - after only being expected to fetch up to £30,000. Elsewhere at the auction, a Q Jet Boat, used in Piers Brosnan's 1999 Bond epic The World Is Not Enough, also raised a staggering £126,000 for charity, despite low estimates of just £30,000.
Daniel Craig received a medal of honor at Windsor Castle on Tuesday, getting him one step closer to actually turning into his most iconic character, James Bond. He was awarded the Companion of the Order of St.
Daniel Craig. The 54-year-old British James Bond star had a bit of deja vu on Tuesday, visiting Windsor Castle to receive The Order of St.
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, two James Bond films, and the UK television series , has died. He was 72.According to multiple reports, the Scottish actor died Friday in a hospital near Falkirk in Scotland. According to, Coltrane had been ill and wasn't active recently. Born Anthony Robert McMillan in Rutherglen, Scotland in 1950, Coltrane's acting career started in theater.
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The search for the next James Bond is heating up!
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Lashana Lynch is "way off grid" with speculation about who will be the next James Bond. The 34-year-old actress has been linked to taking over the lead role in the franchise after her character Nomi inherited Bond's 007 code name in most recent film 'No Time To Die' but she insisted she has paid no attention to any of the speculation as she doesn't believe it comes from official channels. Asked if she follows the chatter about who will follow Daniel Craig in the iconic role, she said: “I’m way off grid with that.
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