Casino Royale is the definitive Bond story. It was always an ambition of theirs [her father
Albert R. Broccoli and his producing partner
Harry Saltzman] to be able to make this story, but sadly, they were never able to. So when it finally became available to us, we leaped at the chance. I like to think that I'm doing this for my dad - interview with
David Giammarco, The Globe & Mail, March 27, 2006.