Despite being the very mature adult that I am, I couldn’t keep a straight face throughout my original viewing of this which completely took me out of the movie. What this was supposed to be was an exotic and fresh torture scene, how it actually plays out is like some odd sadomasochistic foreplay between two men who like to roleplay. Bond’s testicles over and over again until he gives him what he wants.
The torture itself is Mads Mikkelsen swinging a large rope around and using it as a flail to strike Mr.
At this point things are made absolutely clear. The torture scene is faithful in spirit to the novel, but perhaps even more brutal. The first indication that this is not going to be a conventional torture scene is when a thug cuts a hole into the bottom of a small chair, and just as you’re beginning to process where this scene is going, the other thugs strip Bond and toss him onto that same chair. The second attempt to film Casino Royale was altogether different. In order to get it, he decides to torture him, and this is where things get strange. Above is a scene from the Bond film Casion Royale where Mads Mikkelsen’s character absolutely needs the money he just lost out in a poker game against Bond.
