A $250,000 Aston Martin DBS that was to be featured in Quantum of Solace was wrecked en route to the set. According to Italian reports, the car was the only one available.
The car was being delivered to a set on the edge of Italian beauty spot Lake Garda when the driver lost control on a tight bend and plunged through a safety barrier. Lake Garda’s mirror-smooth waters may have been briefly stirred, but in true James Bond style, the vehicle’s Brit driver was hardly shaken [gold star for you, Variety writer-guy! -Ed.].
Fraser Dunn, 29, calmly freed himself from the wreck and swam ashore. He suffered minor injuries and was due to be released from the hospital Sunday. [Variety]
Yes, well, we’re all glad he’s okay. In related news, I totaled an $800 ’82 Cutlass Supreme twelve years ago and my dad beat me until I pissed blood for a week. But get well soon, Limey McCan’tdriveforshit, our prayers are with you.
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I like that he ‘calmly freed himself from the wreck and swam ashore’ like this is a regular occurance for him.
I would get out the car and swim ashore all the time screaming "OHSHITOHSHITOFSHIT! I"MSOFUCKINFIRED!!! OHSHIT! OHSHIT! OHSHIT!!!"
This is Karma getting the upper hand on this film for trying to ghey up James Bond.
"Bond, Jaime Bond. I’d like a strawberry daquiri, rocks, not blended, sugar on half-rim."
Now, due to budget constraints, Bond will be borrowing a car from his bi-racial gardner, Tyrone Holmeswood. New title: Quadroon of Subaru.
Yeah! I’d wreck that too! Wait. Were we talking about the bison?
Nevermind.
Looks like James Bond is going to need a License to Kill and a bus pass.
I thought Bond’s car could turn into a submarine and play "The Ride of the Valkyries" when it went underwater?
I thought all Bond vehicles doubled as submersibles as well?
Um, yeah…what the Kurgan said.
Driver Ted Kennedy emerges from the water and says "Er-a, there was a bee in the caah, and I found that dead hooka floating in the watah when I swam to shoah."
That’s right – a Chapaquiddick joke. Is there a problem?
Stoney, nice.
Somewhere, Erin Esurance steeples her fingers and cackles maniacally.
Later that day, James Bond is in the repair shop waiting room. The mechanic opens the door and says "So, who’s da U-Boat commanda?"
That’s right – a Risky Business joke – is there a problem?
Anyone want to wager that this is part of a future bond movie? Except it is James that gets out of the car when it hits the water, and is rescued by a bunch of buff dudes. Only later does he realize it is the S.S. Wristdeep.
Hilaritygayness ensues.Yeah, that was totally uncalled for Stone. How’s he ever gonna replace that crystal egg now?
And you know, the Lady of the Lake was just getting ready to re-emerge and bestow Excalibur on the rightful King of England who would usher in a golden age of prosperity and happiness, but now she’s mashed into a $15,000 grill (or as I like to think of it, the Playdough Fun Factory of Death). Thanks a shitload Bond.
They should just dredge that piece of crap up, put it in front of a green screen, and shoot all the in-car scenes with the background footage used in the driving scene in ‘Airplane!’ rolling on a loop.
Somewhere, Erin Esurance steeples her fingers and cackles maniacally.
James Bond: Comprehensive Claim of Solace.
When reached for comment, driver Fraser Dunn said that the car had been stolen with the children in it and run into the lake by a "large black man, or maybe a Puerto Rican."
That’s right, a Susan Smith joke. Fuck you if you don’t like it.
Once there was an Italian beauty spot in my sheets. ewwwwwwwwwww
Couldn’t they just say he’s driving the invisible car from Die Another Day? That’s what I tell people when I’m sitting in the middle of the highway.
So would it be fair to say the driver emerged shaken but no…CONNECTION DROPPED…
Fuckin’ Erswi, you beat me to it.
And as the back of the car finally started sinking below the surface, the string quartet cd played on…
That’s right – a Titanic, fuck it, you get it.
Lowell the Avarice Bison just kicked my modem for repeating a joke from the article. Good to know someone’s got my back.
Yeah and I had to Google that shit to remember that bitch’s name. Susan Smith. So there.
Ok, somebody else look at the satellite photo of Lake Garda and tell me it wasn’t the perfect spot to be shooting the new gay James Bond movie.
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by jove that lake looks like a penis
Mpphoo-mmpphh… Lowell the Avarice Bison looks exactly like Powers Boothe.
He was probably on the wrong side of the road.