20 Things You Didn’t Know About Quantum Of Solace (2008)

The main unit started work on Quantum of Solace on 3rd January 2008, filming a dialogue scene between M and Bill Tanner, who is on the telephone to Double-0 Seven in Haiti. The sequence was shot at The Sculpture Court of The Barbican Centre in London because Marc Forster wanted to use its Brutalist architecture to make a visual statement about M in contrast to Bond’s surroundings in a tropical, yet deprived area.

The film spent roughly six months on location - the longest location shoot of any Bond film - visiting more countries than any other Double-0 Seven movie (Italy, England, Panama, Austria, Mexico, and Chile) across three continents (Europe, North America, and South America). This was because Forster wanted to find practical locations to compliment Double-0 Seven’s emotional journey to avenge Vesper’s death.

Tim de Zeeuw, the-then Director General of the European Southern Observatory in the arid and lifeless Atacama Desert, Chile stated that visitors to their onsite hotel - The Residencia - which represented the exterior of the Perla de las Dunas Hotel, often noted its resemblance to something from a Bond film. However, Forster actually chose the location because it was a rigid structure that blended into the desert, visually representing Bond’s steely emotions as he exacts his revenge against Dominic Greene and Quantum.