The famous Jaguar has a starring role in Exquisitely Evil: 50 Years of Bond Villains at the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC.
A decade after its starring role in 2002 in Die Another Day, the machine gun-toting, missile-firing, rocket-launching Jaguar XKR driven by the evil, diamond-studded villain Zao,
has a new starring role.
“Of all the 007 villain cars featured in the past 23 Bond movies, we felt the XKR was the most-villainous of them all. We had to have it,” explains Anna Slafer, the International Spy Museum’s director of exhibitions and programs.
While Jaguar’s former Special Vehicle Operations in conjunction with Pinewood Studios’ special effects team built no fewer than eight specially modified XKRs for the movie, this example is one of the four so-called “hero” cars used for close-up filming. Part of its villainous armory includes a menacing Gatling gun, centrally mounted behind the seats, and red-tipped missiles that deploy from behind the front grille.
The XKR takes pride of place just inside the entrance to the International Spy Museum and is one of more than 100 unique artifacts from 50 years of Bond films, the majority of which
come from the vaults of EON Productions, which makes the Bond movies. It is the
only car included in the exhibition.
For more information about the International Spy Museum and the Exquisitely Evil Show, please visit http://www.spymuseum.org/exhibition-experiences/exquisitely-evil/
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