The dog was manufactured by Royal Doulton and, after 'Skyfall' was released, snapped up by filmgoers. It was selected by a prop buyer from a second-hand store but rocketed to fame as a result of the film. M's bulldog that she bequeath to Bond is a feature of this and the following 'SPECTRE'. This is the second time that Bond drinks beer on screen but the first time that the logo is patently Heineken, one of the promotional partners of the franchise. In an interview with MI6 Confidential magazine, Craig humorously described this as a "nut check". In the pre-titles sequence he spontaneously added the cuff check after jumping from the digger into the passenger carriage. Corbould's team locked the digger into a track and programmed its movements via computer.Ĭraig is known to have improvised a number of lines in the film, including "health and safety, carry on". Special Effect coordinator Chris Corbould and Garry Powell devised the fantastic digger stunt where Bond "changes carriages". It is later revealed that his ammunition of choice is a depleted uranium shell, more commonly associated with tanks and aircraft. In Turkey, Patrice wields a Glock 18, which is loaded with a 100-round drum magazine. The production rescheduled the pre-titles sequence for the end of the shoot and relocated to Istanbul.Ĩ5 suits were made available to the production for Bond and his doubles filming the pre-titles sequence. Shooting was planned for October 2011 but pushed back when permissions to close rail lines for eight hours a day for up to a week were not granted. Ahmedabad in the north-west of the country was selected. The pre-titles sequence was initially intended to be set in India. The film's title was leaked ahead of the traditional start-of-production press conference after Sony registered various domain names, including and .Ĭoca-Cola was sprayed on the tarmac to increase the grip of the stunt vehicles in the pre-titles sequence.