a quantum of goldfinger

by Violet Blue on December 2, 2008


Image via Daily Mail UK.

The homage to Goldfinger in Quantum of Solace was no mistake, plus it was incredibly sexy; Gemma Arterton as Agent Fields demise by skin slicked design was totally as sexy as Shirley Eaton drowned in gold as Jill Masterson 44 years ago.


Image via 006 Bond Girls.

Daily Mail UK tells — and shows us with some pretty sexy ‘making of’ Gemma Arterton’s oil slick death scene pics,

Casino Royale was a hugely successful return to a darker, grittier Bond in tune with Ian Fleming’s original vision.

Its sequel is even more of a throwback – to the extent that one major character’s death scene in Quantum Of Solace is a direct visual quote from Goldfinger’s most iconic shot. It’s all deliberate.

Gemma Arterton: ‘I couldn’t move, I couldn’t see, I couldn’t breathe or hear because the oil went in my ears. It was unpleasant, but it’s something I’ll always remember and it will be an iconic part of the film’

The success of Casino Royale gave Daniel Craig a deciding voice in the direction of the next two films, and he pushed for a creative team who would take Bond back to the early days of the franchise, when legendary production designer Ken Adam oversaw the sets. (…read and see much more, dailymail.co.uk)


Image via Daily Mail UK.


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Violet Blue

The London Times named Violet Blue "One of the 40 bloggers who really count" and Self Magazine named TinyNibbles one of the “Best Sex Resources for Women.” Blue is an autodidact and pundit on sex and technology, hacking and security, porn for women, privacy and bleeding-edge tech culture. She is a journalist for ZDNet, CBS News, CNET; she's an educator, speaker, crisis counselor, volunteer NGO trainer, and the author and editor of over 40 award-winning books.

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