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Sir Richard was given a cameo after supplying a plane for use in the film.

'Many films are edited in some way on board,' said a BA spokesman.ĭaniel Craig's debut last year as 007 became the most successful Bond movie at the worldwide box office. Sir Richard was seen briefly in the original film, passing through an airport security scanner, but can only be seen from behind in the new edit. I always liked to think that the phone call I saw that day was part of that, even though I haven't worked for Virgin for over a decade.British Airways has removed a shot of Virgin Atlantic boss Sir Richard Branson from the in-flight version of the James Bond movie Casino Royale - reports the BBC. Now it's a £billion+ company making money hand over fist. Then, the company I was working for had a staff of 100 people or so and was making a loss. By the time he had done his rounds (about an hour later) the contract was signed. Spoke quietly for a few seconds and then hung up and we carried on the visit. When informed that the other company was the sticking point he pulled out a Nokia brick (old even by the standards then) and dialled a number. While visiting us, Branson inquired as to why such-and-such wasn't working yet. For weeks, if not months, our company had been trying to get the other lot on board in co-operation with what we were trying to do, but to no avail. One of the sticking points was the Managing Director at another company in the Virgin group. He wasn't as tall as I'd imagined he would be.Ībout 10 years ago, I was working for one of the Virgin group companies and there was this huge project we wanted to accomplish. He is usually attended at a discreet distance by large men in dark suits who don't say much.

He doesn't dress sharp, wears well-worn shoes and slouches a lot, but he's very personable. I'd go so far as to say he's quite shy, or at least that's how it came across. He's a very different person 'in the office'.

Richard branson in casino royale youtube