Gassner wanted his sets to emphasize Craig's "great angular, textured face and wonderful blue eyes," and totally redesigned the MI6 headquarters because he felt Judi Dench "was a bit tired in the last film, so I thought, let's bring her into a new world."
Gassner je htio da njegovi setovi naglašavaju Craigovo "sjajno šiljasto, strukturirano lice i čudesne plave oči", te kompletno redizajnirati sjedište MI6-a jer je mislio kako je Judi Dench "u prethodnom filmu bila malo umorna pa sam pomislio, uvedimo je u novi svijet".