Both are rescued after Le Chiffre is assassinated by a SMERSH agent, but only after Bond has been tortured. After Bond takes all of Le Chiffre's money in a high-stakes game of baccarat, Vesper is kidnapped by Le Chiffre's thugs, who also nab Bond when he tries to rescue her. She poses as a radio seller working with Rene Mathis and later as Bond's companion in order to infiltrate Royale-les-Eaux, the casino in which Le Chiffre frequently gambles.

She is loaned to Bond, much to his irritation, to assist him in his mission to bankrupt Le Chiffre, the paymaster of a SMERSH-controlled trade union. Vesper works at MI6 headquarters as personal assistant to Head of section S. The actual name for the drink (as well as its complete recipe) is uttered on screen for the first time in the 2006 adaptation of 'Casino Royale'. The ' Vesper martini' became very popular after the novel's publication, and gave rise to the famous ' shaken, not stirred' catchphrase immortalized in the Bond films. Fleming created a cocktail recipe in the novel that Bond names after Vesper. Like her namesake, the Cold War-era city of Berlin, Vesper's loyalties are split down the middle. Other than Bond's future wife Tracy, she is the only woman in the series to whom Bond proposes. Vesper is Bond's first romantic interest as presented in Fleming's original novels (although later prequel works by Charlie Higson would present other candidates). In the 2006 version she is played by Eva Green. In the 1967 film she is played by Ursula Andress. It has been claimed that Fleming based Lynd on Christine Granville/ Krystyna Skarbek. Vesper Lynd is a fictional character of Ian Fleming's James Bond novel ' Casino Royale'. Portrayed= Ursula Andress (1967) Eva Green (2006, shown above) Affiliation= MVD, MI6 (novel) HM Treasury, unknown organization (film)

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