(Newser) – A rowing duel in a canal and rooftop escape by helicopter—sounds like James Bond, but does it sound like Louis XIV? A team of French civil servants is pushing to bring Britain's most famous spy to Paris, and have written a storyline that puts .007 inside the Palace of Versailles. "It would be great to have James in the magnificent decor of the château," a rep for the local film commission tells the Telegraph.
Wooing James Bond is part of a campaign to lure Hollywood films to France, though some locals think pimping out palaces is a tad gauche: A 2008 show by Jeff Koons at Versailles sparked outrage. The film commission insists a bit of Bond would turn the palace into a "center of European artistic creation as it was in the time of Louis XIV."
Paris Wants James Bond to Brawl in Versailles
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Re: Paris Wants James Bond to Brawl in Versailles
If they were making bond like they were in GoldenEye it wouldn't be a bad backdrop or place to walk through but if it is as they use places in CR I think it would be classless and missed used.
Chief of Staff, 007's gone round the bend. Says someone's been trying to feed him a poisoned banana. Fellow's lost his nerve. Been in the hospital too long. Better call him home.