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NO TIME TO DIE’S PACKED WITH STUNTS – INCLUDING A MEGA-DETONATION MIMICKING BUNKER-BUSTER BOMBS

No Bond film would be complete without plenty of action, and No Time To Die is jam-packed with thrilling moments. The first, a dramatic car chase in Matera,

Italy, required eight stunt replicas of the Aston Martin DB5 built specifically for the production. Two of the vehicles housed a mine dispenser and machine guns, while another two could be controlled by stunt drivers sitting in a cage on the roof while the actors were inside as the cars sped along. ‘It’s great to have the DB5 again,’ says Daniel Craig.

‘It was returned to Bond in Spectre and is now in perfect condition... with a few added extras.’

Despite all the injuries he’s had during his five films, Daniel likes to do as many stunts as possible – and also has an input into how they look. ‘He wants to design them so that he’s able to do as much as possible,’ says producer Barbara Broccoli. ‘Unfortunately he had an ankle injury in Jamaica early on in filming so we had to put a lot of the action at the end of the shoot and he went under an intense physical rehab in order to achieve it.’

However one stunt, an incredible motorbike jump in Matera, was performed by Paul Edmondson, a four-time off-road endurance motorcycle champion. There are also several explosive scenes – the first takes place in Russian scientist Valdo’s laboratory and was created by linking butane canisters together and then setting them off with computerised detonators.

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