Bond's preferred tipple in Ian Fleming's first Bond book, Casino Royale, was the Vesper Martini – part

gin, part vodka and a touch of Lillet Blanc wine. However, when it came to filming the first Bond movie,
Dr. No, Smirnoff paid to have their vodka promoted, meaning they didn't want the gin mentioned.
Bond's brand of booze quickly caught on and changed cocktail culture forever.

According to Bond lore, young James was briefly educated at Eton, before going on to study at Fettes
College in Edinburgh, a public school which was attended by Ian Fleming himself, and some bloke called
Tony Blair. As unlikely as it sounds, Sean Connery was once the school's milkman ("I'll have a pint.
Skimmed… not semi-skimmed").

The best of Blighty is actually half Scottish and half Swiss. In the Bond novels, James' parents – Andrew
Bond and Monique Delacroix-Bond – die in a climbing accident in the French Alps, orphaning him at the
age of 11. He then went to live with his aunt in a small village near Kent called Pett Bottom, which
perhaps explains his attitude towards women.

It's as rare to see James Bond eating as it is to see Jack Bauer having a wee, but Ian Fleming detailed
plenty of 007's eating habits in his books. Bond's favourite foods when off duty include grilled sole,
oeufs en cocotte (eggs and crème fraîche to you and me) and cold roast beef with potato salad. We bet
he puts away more than a few Maccy Ds on the road, though.

Though his military rank is never explicitly detailed in the films, James Bond served as a Commander in
the Royal Navy (he's referred to as such in A View To A Kill and GoldenEye) before he began working for
the British Secret Service. When Bond fakes his death in You Only Live Twice, his 'funeral' looks awfully
similar to a Navy burial at sea.

We all know Bond's rank is 007, but what of the other 00-agents at MI6? Some are glimpsed in the
movies – 002 is killed by The Man With The Golden Gun, 003 dies in the opening scenes of A View To A
Kill, 004 eats it in The Living Daylights and 006 was Sean Bean – while others, such as the mythical 001,
remain a mystery. Spare a thought for poor old 009, however – he was killed while dressed as a clown in
Octopussy.

To watch Daniel Craig in Casino Royale, you'd assume that poker – particular Texas Hold 'Em – was
Bond's card game of choice. You'd be wrong. James' favourite card-based pastime is actually Baccarat;
Connery plays a hand or two as far back as Dr. No, and Pierce Brosnan even gets in on the game in
GoldenEye. Bond is also reportedly brilliant at Snap.

He's stayed in some of the most luxurious hotels in the most exotic countries in the world, but where
does Bond officially lay his hat? It hasn't been confirmed that it's officially his off-duty home, but Skyfall
gets its name from Bond's ancestral home in Scotland: Skyfall Lodge. We hope he has insurance: the
shot of Javier Bardem walking away from a flaming building in the trailer does not bode well.

James Bond Jr.

No, not the short-lived (and terrible) cartoon: James Bond actually sired a child. At least, he did in Ian
Fleming's version of You Only Live Twice, anyway: Bond gets Kissy Suzuki pregnant before departing for
pastures new. In 1997, a short Bond story called Blast From The Past was published in Playboy, in which
Bond's adult son contacts him from New York, only to be killed when his old man turns up for Dad
duties. Nice one, pop.
PROCHAINEMENT JAMES BOND 25!

Nous vous attendions ... Bond 25, la cinquième sortie de Daniel Craig 007, sera dirigé par Danny Boyle,
lauréat d'un Oscar, d'après un scénario original de John Hodge, nominé aux Oscars. La production
débutera le 3 décembre 2018. MGM s'associera à Universal Pictures pour diffuser le film dans le monde
entier.