Aston Martin's Crashin' Statement
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This alarming photo is apropos of nothing, but it's such a mind blower, I had to share it with you. It's the very same Aston Martin DBS mule that James Bond balled up so effectively in his last film, "Casino Royale."
Aston has returned as 007 car supplier of choice in Pierce Brosnan's final Bond flick, "Die Another Day," and reupped "Casino." This is one of Aston Martin chief Ulrich Bez's personal pet projects, and I suspect the company will provide cars for Bond 22 when it begins filming in January, although that has yet to be announced or confirmed.
This car, after performing some impressive rolls while trying avoid the damsel in distress (who was hogtied and left in the middle of the road, presumably for Bond to run over while chasing the bad guys), ended up a pretty twisted piece. And it wasn't all done in the computer: I'm told it was a no-longer-needed development mule that was tossed away in the name of this scene.
Bez and several other Astonites thought the leftover hulk was an art statement in its own right -- I agree -- so they mounted the car on a plinth and actually displayed it in the lobby of a museum during an upper-crust event. Naturally, it was the subject of much conversation...and a living-room piece any one of us would probably love to have. If we had the living room for it.
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