In the ’90’s, EON Productions’ political correctness deprived James Bond fans of seeing Pierce Brosnan’s 007 smoke a cigarette. In Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), Bond even described smoking as a “filthy habit,” a line that made Fleming purists shudder. Bond hasn’t smoked a cigarette onscreen since 1989’s Licence to Kill when we saw Timothy Dalton’s 007 light up a Lark.
Unfortunately, Daniel Craig’s 007 probably won’t light up in Quantum of Solace but it looks like Felix Leiter will! Take a look at the smoke coming from the bar counter in this screenshot that I extracted from the teaser trailer:
It’s unclear whether we’ll actually see Leiter (and/or Bond) puff on a cigarette in this scene or if we’ll just see smoke coming from an ash tray. Either way, I’m just happy for some implied smoking especially from Jeffrey Wright’s Felix Leiter, my personal favorite interpretation of the character!
Ian Fleming’s Commander James Bond and Captain Felix Leiter both smoked cigarettes. Bond preferred a blend of Balkan and Turkish tobacco made for him by Morlands of Grosvenor Street and Leiter preferred cigarettes made by the American company, Chesterfield.
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Daniel Craig Supporter
07.02.2008 @ 6:04 am
Jack Lord smoked in Dr.No but never in Hawaii 5-0. Rik Van Nutter also smoked in Thunderball. Norman Burton, David Hedison & John Terry never smoked. In the films.
sark
07.02.2008 @ 2:52 pm
Good to see. I’m not an advocate of a pack a day habit for anyone (and Bond’s seventy a day was just ridiculous), but I’m always in favor of a little tobacco at a bar. I’ve never seen a study done on the effects of moderate smoking. All the dire studies seem to be of people who smoke nearly continuously.
07.02.2008 @ 3:09 pm
This link of a 20 year study seems to indicate that men can smoke up to 6 cigarettes (and women up to 3) before it significantly impacts one’s health.
