Monday, October 13, 2014

Random Movie Trivia - Goldeneye

Here is the next edition in our weekly Random Movie Trivia post.  Enjoy:

Goldeneye
  • Features the highest bungee jump from a structure in a movie. The drop was over 722 ft. 
  • Agent 007 kills 47 people in this film, making this the highest amount of people James Bond has killed in a single Bond film.
  • Pierce Brosnan hurt his hand in his bathroom at home in Malibu before shooting began, so in several shots his hands were doubled by his 22 year old son Christopher Brosnan. Also, Famke Janssen broke a rib during the sauna fight scene.
  • At the time the script was being written the producers were under the assumption that Timothy Dalton would be renewing the role of Bond. It was written to match Dalton's darker, more realistic portrayal of 007.
  • Before Pierce Brosnan was cast as James Bond, Liam NeesonMel GibsonSam NeillHugh Grant and Lambert Wilson were all rumored to be in the running for the role.
  • Sean Bean (006/Alec Trevelyan) previously auditioned for the role of James Bond in The Living Daylights (1987).
  • "Goldeneye" is the nickname of Bond creator Ian Fleming's beachfront house in Jamaica where, between 1952 and 1964, he wrote the Bond novels and short stories.
  • The only Bond film where James Bond, M and Miss Moneypenny are all recast with different actors. The only holdover is Desmond Llewelyn as Q.
  • Pierce Brosnan and George Lazenby are the only 007 actors born outside the United Kingdom. Lazenby was born in Australia, Brosnan in Ireland. Unlike Lazenby, Brosnan moved to the UK when fairly young.
  • Several changes had to be made to the script during production because the plot was virtually identical to True Lies (1994) which was being released at the time.
  • For the scenes in which Xenia Onatopp is seen flying the Tiger helicopter, a male pilot had to be made up to look like Famke Janssen.
  • Actresses considered as Bond girls were Elizabeth Hurley and Elle Macpherson.
  • First of two appearances by Joe Don Baker as Bond's CIA counterpart Jack Wade, who would also appear in Tomorrow Never Dies (1997). Wade was created as a replacement for Felix Leiter, who had lost his leg (and presumably retired from field work as a result) in the previous Bond movie Licence to Kill (1989).

"He has a 'certain set of skills' that matched the part, but I can only assume him saying 'Bond, James Bond' in his accent sounded weird."


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