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Later, Felix and [[Gregg Beam (David Harbour)|Gregg Beam]] work with [[General Medrano (Joaquin Cosio)|Medrano]]'s regime to ensure American gets oil rights in [[Bolivia]] when Medrano becomes president by force. Leiter informs Bond of these dealings at a bar in La Paz and warns him that the Bolivian government is after him. Bond escapes and eventually defeats Medrano. [[M (Judi Dench)|M]] later informs Bond that Leiter has been promoted within the CIA.
 
Later, Felix and [[Gregg Beam (David Harbour)|Gregg Beam]] work with [[General Medrano (Joaquin Cosio)|Medrano]]'s regime to ensure American gets oil rights in [[Bolivia]] when Medrano becomes president by force. Leiter informs Bond of these dealings at a bar in La Paz and warns him that the Bolivian government is after him. Bond escapes and eventually defeats Medrano. [[M (Judi Dench)|M]] later informs Bond that Leiter has been promoted within the CIA.
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Revision as of 16:54, 14 April 2014

Felix Leiter is a fictional character invented by Ian Fleming in the James Bond books, who also appears in the Bond movies. In the films, Leiter works for the CIA, and assists Bond in his various adventures. He was portrayed by Jeffrey Wright in the 2006 film Casino Royale and the 2008 film Quantum of Solace.

Biography

Casino Royale

At the Casino Royale in Montenegro Leiter plays in the high-stakes poker game against James Bond and Le Chiffre. Unable to beat Le Chiffre, Leiter backs Bond with a $5 million buy in, after Bond misreads Le Chiffre's bluff, under the agreement that the CIA be the ones to arrest Le Chiffre after the game.

Quantum of Solace

Later, Felix and Gregg Beam work with Medrano's regime to ensure American gets oil rights in Bolivia when Medrano becomes president by force. Leiter informs Bond of these dealings at a bar in La Paz and warns him that the Bolivian government is after him. Bond escapes and eventually defeats Medrano. M later informs Bond that Leiter has been promoted within the CIA.

"James... move your ass."
― 007 starts to run from authorities.[src]


Production

Casino Royale rebooted the franchise, which allowed Leiter to re-appear and he and Bond meet for the first time in the film. Early script drafts for Quantum of Solace gave Wright a larger role, but his screen time was restricted by on-set rewrites. Wright became the second actor to play the role of Leiter multiple times after David Hedison in 1973's Live and Let Die and 1989's Licence to Kill.

Gallery

See Also