 The villain Le Chiffre played by Mads Mikkelsen (qv) has  previously been played by such great screen luminaries in film  history as Peter Lorre (I) (qv) in 1954 in the telemovie  _"Climax!" (1954)  {Casino Royale (#1.3)}_ (qv), and Orson Welles (qv) in 1967 in the  spoof _Casino Royale (1967)_ (qv).