James Bond drank Campari-based cocktail Negroni in Ian Fleming's 1960 short story Risiko, which provided source material for the 12th James Bond film starring Roger Moore.
Today, one of the most famous Bond girls, Eva Green, sips
Campari cocktails in the striking new Campari 2015 calendar
images.
The French-born actress stars in the 16th edition of the
calendar presented in London this week, called Mythology
Mixology, paying homage to little-known anecdotes linked to the
creation of 12 of the drinks company's iconic cocktails.
The calendar was shot by acclaimed photographer Julia
Fullerton-Batten - the first woman to get behind the lens for a
Campari calendar.
Eva Green is portrayed in 12 roles including a red-hot
astronaut, a bartender and a boxing champion, following in the
footsteps of actresses Penelope Cruz, Salma Hayek and Uma
Thurman who have starred for Campari.
The boxing shot refers to the Americano cocktail, which
dates back to the early 1900s and was reportedly named in 1933
after Primo Carnera, the first Italian to win the heavyweight
boxing title in New York.
Some contend that another famous Campari-based cocktail
starring in the calendar, the Negroni, dates back to Florence in
the 1920s when the notorious local count Camillo Negroni asked
for a splash of gin in his Americano.
Green rose to Bond-girl stardom in the 2006 James Bond
movie Casino Royale and has since starred in Sin City: A Dame to
Kill For and 300: Rise of an Empire, both released this year.
The actress said she particularly liked posing for the
months dedicated to the Americano and the Sputnik cocktail, in
which her feet are clad in the sexy Christian Loubutin Snakilta
boots.
The red-hot outfits donned by Green from January to
December include custom-made outfits as well as dresses by
Vivienne Westwood, Azeddine Alaia, Herve L. Leroux and Versace.
The stunning Versace numbers are a mini dress embroidered
in rhinestones with metal fringe for the Boulevardier cocktail
and a riding jacket with golden metal fringe epaulettes for
Campari Orange.
Green said the project for her was "much more than simply
producing a calendar" but rather meant she could express her
personality without the pressure of being on set.
Only 9,999 copies of the exclusive calendar have been
produced to be distributed to a select few and not sold.
Fullerton-Batten said the photos were not typical fashion
shots as they paid homage to "extraordinary stories" - a
testament to the fact that the Campari cocktail recipes
portrayed have a history and a firm place in the contemporary
world.
The fine-art photographer said her favorite cocktail is the
Old Pal, an excellent showpiece for the assertive taste of
Campari, mixed with a high-proof rye whiskey and dry vermouth.
Two men have been credited with fathering the cocktail -
Harry MacElhone, who played host to Ernest Hemingway and Coco
Chanel at Harry's New York Bar in Paris in the 1920s, and New
York Herald Tribune's sports writer William "Sparrow" Robinson,
known for calling old and new acquaintances "old pal".
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