Director Marc Forster

Quantum of Solace director Marc Forster has just given a new interview to MSN Movies UK, where he discusses editing, action sequences, on-set accidents, the upcoming teaser trailer and a new style for the 22nd James Bond adventure.

‘We wrapped the film around a week ago and now I’m in post-production and have started the editing process,’ Forster said. ‘We have four weeks to cut the film, then we have a preview, and then two more weeks and then we lock pictures. It’s a very tight schedule’.

As previously stated, Forster is aiming for a leaner 007 film by having Quantum of Solace run at ‘just under two hours’. In the past, Tomorrow Never Dies was the first Bond film since the 1960’s to have a run time under the two-hour mark. On the flip side, Daniel Craig’s debut in became the longest Bond film yet with a run time of 144 minutes.

Speaking about the film’s budget—of which the exact amount is yet to be revealed—Forster said: ‘All the films I’ve done until now were $40 million budgets and below. Making a movie for $200 million is a completely different scale, but at the same time you still have to watch the budget and make creative cuts to keep it in that range.’

‘You go to so many locations, six or seven countries. We’ve been to Austria, England, Mexico, Panama, Chile! Making it work when you’re constantly travelling with a crew and keeping it on schedule—and we wrapped on time—is pretty miraculous.’

‘Olga [Kurylenko] was also very keen on doing stunts herself,’ Forster commented when asked about the action-packed sequences Craig and the other actors had to contend with. ‘They all went through vigorous training to get to a place where they can do the stunts.’

Daniel Craig is James Bond in Quantum of Solace

‘[Craig] had a few bruises in the last one as well. It just comes with the territory. Especially an actor like Daniel, who wants to do a lot of the stunts himself and is a very physical actor. That’s important to him, so you just run the risks—accidents can happen.’ - Marc Forster

Stylistically, [Quantum of Solace] will be very different,’ Forster continued. ‘I approached the film very differently and it’s going in a different direction. There was more action in Casino Royale, but my goal was to bring it back to the 60s and early 70s. I was always inspired by the early Bond films—Dr. No, Goldfinger—and the sets designed by Ken Adam. I want to go back to the feel of the old set designs, which were incredibly interesting and ahead of their time. I felt the look of the Bond franchise was a little bit neglected in the last decade—to make a more stylish Bond is a little more interesting.’

Quantum of Solace

When the ‘twice as much’ action question came up, Forster briefly described some of the standout sequences that fans could expect to see in the film: ‘There’s an airplane sequence that’s a real cat-and-mouse game,’ he said. ‘I think it’s really breathtaking and a lot of fun. Another scene is the finale of a foot chase in Vienna during which they crash into a cathedral and there’s a fight. I really like that sequence; I feel I haven’t seen it in any film before.’

And what about the teaser trailer everyone is eagerly awaiting?

‘It’s a teaser and I’m really happy with it. Even in a minute and a half, I think it captures the essence and the feel of the movie. I feel great about it and I have a really good feeling about the movie. I hope audiences will enjoy it as well.’

Only a matter of days until 007 fans around the world get to experience it…

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