12 Things You Learn Rewatching Casino Royale

6. The Richard Branson Cameo Is Pretty Embarrassing

Casino Royale Richard Branson
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Even more cringe-worthy than the product placement is a howlingly on-the-nose cameo appearance from British entrepreneur Richard Branson when Bond is heading through Miami International Airport.

Branson can be seen getting frisked at the security checkpoint, and we're probably supposed to admire him for not literally mugging at the camera also.

The cameo was apparently payback for Branson lending the production one of his planes when filming in Prague, but would it have killed them to make it a little more subtle?

Hilariously, though, if you watch the movie on a British Airways flight, both Branson and the Virgin Atlantic plane in question have been cut out. How deliciously petty.

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