The last 007 film saw James Bond substitute his trademark vodka martini for a Heineken, after producers found a £30 million advertising deal with the Dutch brand too good to refuse.
Thankfully, the next film Spectre will see Bond reunited with his martini as a result of a sponsorship agreement with Belvedere vodka.
So Mr S was reassured to hear that Andrew Scott, who has been cast as the villain in the film, has been getting into the spirit of Bond ahead of filming.
‘I had a friend come to my house recently, and we drank martinis,’ Scott told Mr S at GQ’s London Collections dinner at Hakkasan. ‘By the end she was drunk and you know what she said to me? She said “you made the martinis too strong”. I mean, how do you do that? Have you seen the recipe? Don’t blame it on me.’
For those martini drinkers who wish to remain suave, Scott does have one piece of advice.
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