'Adam, the stunt driver, had to drive the cannon fitted Aston at high speed and hit the release at exactly the right moment, resulting in the record breaking stunt.
When we came to filming the stunt on the night, as suspected, the Aston Martin DBS levelled itself out in mid-air refusing to flip over. Bad Times at the El Royale is a 2018 American neo-noir hyperlink thriller film written, directed, and produced by Drew Goddard.It stars an ensemble cast consisting of Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Jon Hamm, Cailee Spaeny, Lewis Pullman, and Chris Hemsworth. 'But we knew, due to the design and suspension of the Aston Martin DBS, it would probably level itself out in mid-air. 'That worked very well, causing the cars to flip over at least five times in rehearsal. 'We rehearsed the stunt several times driving test cars, which were a similar weight to the Aston Martin, at 80mph towards a 10in ramp,' he explained. Movie stunt coordinator Gary Powell, who set up the scene, said the achievement took a lot of practice. The previous record, with six rolls, was held by a Top Gear stunt man after an attempt last year.
Stunt double Adam Kirley plays Bond in the scene in which a nitrogen cannon blows the car through the air. When Casino Royale came out in 1967, Sean Connery was about to release his fifth and supposedly final Bond movie, You Only Live Twice. In the winning scene 007's legendary Aston Martin is seen to flip and roll seven times. New James Bond film Casino Royale has won a Guinness World Record for the most cannon rolls in a car.
