He's known as the archetypal Englishman, but 007 also has a Caledonian streak.
He's known as the archetypal Englishman, but 007 also has a Caledonian streak.
Daniel Craig as Bond
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The 23rd Bond movie, Skyfall, was partly filmed in Scotland and, ahead of its release, Russell Leadbetter maps the spy's Celtic connections
GLENCOE Bond himself was, lest we forget, partly Scottish. In the Fleming novels, his father, Andrew, was from Glencoe and worked as a representative with the Vickers armaments company. (Bond was orphaned aged 11, when his father and Swiss mother died in a mountain-climbing accident.) In Skyfall, the eagerly awaited 23rd Bond picture, Bond returns to his Scottish roots. In a chase sequence filmed in the Highlands on the A82 near the striking peak of Buachaille Etive Mor, the secret agent's iconic Aston Martin DB5 manages to get upstaged by the atmospheric scenery.
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