Having embezzled SMERSH’s money, Le Chiffre is desperate to raise funds to cover this up and avoid assassination. Comedy legend Peter Sellers, known primarily for his role as Inspector Jacques Clouseau in the original Pink Panther series, plays suave baccarat master Evelyn Tremble, who is recruited by Vesper Lynd to challenge Orson Welles’s Le Chiffre at Casino Royale.