It was the night when the Queen appeared in her first movie acting role – and proved herself an instant comedy hit.
Her Majesty was seen in a film alongside James Bond actor Daniel Craig before apparently ‘parachuting’ into the stadium for the opening ceremony.
The recorded sequence opened at Buckingham Palace, where a tuxedo-wearing Craig as 007 was presented to the Queen by her personal footman as she was writing a letter and training her corgis Monty, Willow and Holly to roll over.
Greeting him with an ‘Evening, Mr Bond’, the Queen, in a rose-pink dress, was seen striding briskly through the palace with the action hero before climbing into a helicopter emblazoned with the Union Flag.
The two were depicted as soaring over the streets of London and through Tower Bridge until they finally reached the Olympic Park.
As the film reached its climax, spectators inside the east London stadium heard an AgustaWestland AW139 helicopter, which finally appeared hovering above.
As the aircraft steadied in the movie sequence, Bond was seen opening the door and appearing to hesitate. While he dithered, the figure of the Queen pushed past him and dived out into the air followed by 007 – Union Jack parachutes streaming behind them. Meanwhile, from the real helicopter above the stadium, the same two figures appeared to plunge to earth.
And, with the familiar Bond theme tune sounding around the stadium, the spotlight shone on the Royal Box to reveal the Queen in exactly the same dress she wore in the film.
Accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, she entered to rapturous applause with Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee.
The two parachutists are really Gary Connery (the Queen) and Mark Sutton Bond) who actually never made it into the stadium but landed somewhere near Stratford Station.
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北京时间今天凌晨4:00，2012年伦敦奥运会开幕式在“伦敦碗”正式拉开帷幕，这场演出主题为“奇迹之岛”(Isles of wonder)。英国女王伊丽莎白二世也在文艺演出环节惊艳亮相。女王在“007”第6任扮演者丹尼尔-克雷格的邀请下坐直升机飞抵伦敦碗上空，正当众人揣测两人该如何降落时，女王突然向下一跃，降落伞随之徐徐展开。
现场大屏幕上，一部在白金汉宫取景的007大片吸引了所有眼球：由丹尼尔·克雷格扮演的詹姆斯·邦德来到白金汉宫，他径直走向二楼女王的办公室，身着粉色刺绣连衣裙正装的女王正在等着他一起完成一项特殊的使命。这次，女王决定亲自出马。
只见他们一起走下楼，走出白金汉宫，登上一架直升机，直升机即刻起飞……飞机穿越伦敦上空，跨越泰晤士河，飞过塔桥、伦敦眼、威斯敏斯特教堂……沿途的市民欢呼雀跃，仰望天空向他们招手致意。当直升机飞到“伦敦碗”上空，舱门突然打开，出乎所有人意料的场景发生了——只见“女王”身背降落伞从纵身跳下，邦德也紧跟着跳伞。
此时，影片突然中断。观众被带回到现场——007电影里中紧张的旋律在全场回荡，观众的激情被complete点爆。一束追光灯打在现场主席台上，伊丽莎白二世、菲利普亲王以及国际奥委会主席罗格一起走进开幕式现场。
谜底揭晓，从直升机上跳下的是假扮女王的特技演员。值得一提的是，这是８６岁的伊丽莎白二世有史以来次在电影里真人秀。
