Michelle Ryan being less ambitious about her career. "I'm more go-with-the-flow now", she said. On Red Nose Day 2007, Ryan appeared in a brand new "Mr. Bean" sketch written and recorded for "Comic Relief". In May 2007, Ryan revealed she had auditioned the previous year for the role of Vesper Lynd in "Casino Royale", eventually given to Eva Green. In late 2007, she appeared in "Flick", a Welsh independent film co-starring Faye Dunaway and Leslie Phillips. Prior to "Bionic Woman", she appeared in "Jekyll" for the BBC, a modern-day version of "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" starring James Nesbitt.
Casino Royale (novel) God, [James Bond] is the dullest name I ever heard." Fleming decided that Bond should resemble both the American singer Hoagy Carmichael and himself, and in the novel Lynd remarks that "Bond reminds me rather of Hoagy Carmichael, but there is something cold and ruthless." According to Andrew Lycett, Fleming's biographer, "within the first few pages ... [Fleming] had introduced most of Bond's idiosyncrasies and trademarks", which included his looks, his Bentley and his smoking and drinking habits. The full details of Bond's martini were kept until chapter seven of the book and Bond eventually named it "The Vesper", after