History Trivia / TheLivingDaylights

** ''Breath of Death'' (Croatia).

** Necros's default accent appears to be this. Although he adopts it when taking Koskov from the safehouse to make it appear like the KGB was responsible, he also talks that way when conferring with Koskov and Whitaker later, when he would have no need to pretend to be someone else. The actor, Andreas Wisniewski, is German, and his voice is dubbed over by Kerry Shale, a Canadian VA.

*** Bond and Kara were originally going to escape from Kara's apartment by stealing the car belonging to one of the KGB agent supposedly keeping an eye on her. The KGB agents give chase and Bond writes the car off on the ice of a frozen lake, the couple continuing their flight aboard a hijacked ice schooner.

** The film was originally going to be a prequel. In the original version, a twenty-something James Bond teams up with a senior agent named Burton Trevor on a mission to infiltrate the jungle compound of a Chinese warlord named Kwang. Trevor would die helping Bond escape, Bond would hunt down and kill Kwang and subsequently be promoted to the Double-0 section, taking Trevor's old number "007". The story would end with Bond getting the mission for ''Film/DrNo''. Cubby Broccoli rejected this, claiming that no-one wanted to see James Bond as a rookie. The concept of Bond having a partner would be revived in ''Film/GoldenEye'', while, despite Broccoli's wishes to the contrary, ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'' would depict Bond as a nearly promoted 00 agent.

** Creator/PierceBrosnan was set to play Bond, and even screen-tested for the part, after the cancellation of ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' (Dalton had been approached to take over the role in ''Film/AViewToAKill'', but Moore decided to play the role once again. When he was approached for this film, he was unavailable as he was filming ''Brenda Starr''). However, the publicity from the casting caused the ratings of ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' to rise - which caused NBC to {{uncancel|ed}} the show at the last possible second. The producers, not wanting to cast an actor who was appearing in a TV show at the same time (Albert R. Broccoli was quoted as saying, "Series/RemingtonSteele will not be Film/JamesBond"), revoked the offer to Brosnan and cast Creator/TimothyDalton after sorting out his conflict (Broccoli had wanted Dalton to play Bond for years, as far back as 1969's ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService'' only for Dalton himself to politely decline at the time as he felt himself to be too young and felt intimidated by the idea of following in the footsteps of Creator/SeanConnery). The worst part - with Brosnan no longer playing Bond, the ratings for the revived ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' tanked and the show was cancelled again. Brosnan would finally get to be Bond in 1995's ''Film/{{GoldenEye}}''.

** Creator/PierceBrosnan was set to play Bond, and even screen-tested for the part, after the cancellation of ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' (Dalton had been approached to take over the role in ''Film/AViewToAKill'', but Moore decided to play the role once again. When he was approached for this film, he was unavailable as he was filming ''Brenda Starr''). However, the publicity from the casting caused the ratings of ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' to rise - which caused NBC to {{uncancel|ed}} the show at (literally) the last possible second. The producers, not wanting to cast an actor who was appearing in a TV show at the same time (Albert R. Broccoli was quoted as saying, "Series/RemingtonSteele will not be Film/JamesBond"), revoked the offer to Brosnan and cast Creator/TimothyDalton after sorting out his conflict (Broccoli had wanted Dalton to play Bond for years, as far back as 1969's ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService'' only for Dalton himself to politely decline at the time as he felt himself to be too young and felt intimidated by the idea of following in the footsteps of Creator/SeanConnery). The worst part - with Brosnan no longer playing Bond, the ratings for the revived ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' tanked and the show was cancelled again. Brosnan would finally get to be Bond in 1995's ''Film/{{GoldenEye}}''.

** Creator/JohnRhysDavies, surprisingly nonhammy as Leonid Pushkin, and Dutch Jeroen Krabbé, [[LargeHam hammy with extra ham and ham on the side]] as Koskov. Krabbé often [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent didn't even bother with the accent]], making his request for a "detachment of men and some trucks" in Afghanistan sound rather hilarious compared to his usual voice.

** The film was originally going to be a prequel. In the original version, a twenty-something James Bond teams up with a senior agent named Burton Trevor on a mission to infiltrate the jungle compound of a Chinese warlord named Kwang. Trevor would die helping Bond escape, Bond would hunt down and kill Kwang and subsequently be promoted to the Double-0 section, taking Trevor's old number "007". The story would end with Bond getting the mission for ''Film/DrNo''. Cubby Broccoli rejected this, claiming that no-one wanted to see James Bond as a rookie. The concept of Bond having a partner would be revived in ''Film/GoldenEye'', while, despite Broccoli's wishes to the contrary, ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'' would depict Bond as a nearly promoted 00 agent.

** Recurring character General Gogol was originally going to fill the role that Pushkin plays in the final film, but his actor Creator/WalterGotell was too ill to play the part, so Gogol was replaced by the new character Pushkin.

** The film was originally going to be a prequel. In the original version, a twenty-something James Bond teams up with a senior agent named Burton Trevor on a mission to infiltrate the jungle compound of a Chinese warlord named Kwang. Trevor would die helping Bond escape, Bond would hunt down and kill Kwang and subsequently be promoted to the Double-0 section, taking Trevor's old number "007". The story would end with Bond getting the mission for ''Film/DrNo''. Cubby Broccoli rejected this, claiming that no-one wanted to see James Bond as a rookie.

** Recurring character General Gogol was originally going to fill the role that Pushkin plays in the final film, but his actor Walter Gotell was too ill to play the part, so Gogol was replaced by the new character Pushkin.

* CompletelyDifferentTitle:

** ''007: High Tension'' (Spain & Portugal)

** ''007 And The Danger Zone'' (Finland)

** ''His Name Is Danger'' (Chile)
** ''The Touch Of Death / The Breeze Of Death'' (West Germany)
** ''007 In The Dangerous Zone'' (Israel/Hebrew)

** ''In The Line Of Fire'' (Norway)

** Bond and Kara were originally going to escape from Kara's apartment by stealing the car belonging to one of the KGB agent supposedly keeping an eye on her. The KGB agents give chase and Bond writes the car off on the ice of a frozen lake, the couple continuing their flight aboard a hijacked ice schooner.
*** On escaping from the air base in Afghanistan, Bond and Kara were to have been taken to Landi- Kotal by Ranjit Khan [who later became Kamran Shah] where they witness a massive arms bazaar. They are pursued by jailers from the air base and Bond disposes of one of them by pitching him into a pit full of yarn dye. He eludes his other pursuers by using his exploding key ring to set off the contents of a Chinese fireworks warehouse. The arms bazaar sequence would eventually turn up in the teaser to Film/TomorrowNeverDies.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The UsefulNotes/SovietInvasionOfAfghanistan is prominently featured as Bond allies with some Mujahideen members.

** CompletelyDifferentTitle:

** Sam Neill was also considered and even screen-tested for the part.

** While making an escape in Tangiers, Bond takes a "magic carpet ride," which involves his buying a carpet and draping it over wires between two buildings and sliding down it. The natives look on incredulously while the bumbling police try to catch up with him. After getting his feet back on the ground, he jumps on back of a moving motorcycle and escapes. This was cut for being too silly.
** The scene in Q's lab featured a technician writing a note using a quill that translates.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot:
** Bond was meant to be after General Gogol, the recurring KGB head played by Creator/WalterGotell in every Bond movie since ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe''. However, Gotell was ill at the time, and thus, unable to commit to the film. So it was written that General Pushkin became head of the KGB as Gogol became a diplomat. By the time Gotell was well enough, he essentially makes a cameo as Gogol in the end.
** Timothy Dalton revealed in a 2007 interview that his Bond was not allowed to have too much sex, because his films were released at the height of the AIDS epidemic. To this end, besides the woman in the pre-credits sequence, Kara is the only Bond Girl of the film (and whatever kind of intercouse he had with both happens entirely offscreen).

** John-Rhys Davies, surprisingly nonhammy as Leonid Pushkin, and Dutch Jeroen Krabbé, [[LargeHam hammy with extra ham and ham on the side]] as Koskov. Krabbé often [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent didn't even bother with the accent]], making his request for a "detachment of men and some trucks" in Afghanistan sound rather hilarious compared to his usual voice.

** John-Rhys Davies, surprisingly nonhammy as Leonid Pushkin, and Dutch Jeroen Krabbe, [[LargeHam hammy with extra ham and ham on the side]] as Koskov.
** Jereon Krabbe often [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent didn't even bother with the accent]], making his request for a "detachment of men and some trucks" in Afghanistan sound rather hilarious compared to his usual voice.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Bond was meant to be after General Gogol, the recurring KGB head played by Creator/WalterGotell in every Bond movie since ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe''. However, Gotell was ill at the time, and thus, unable to commit to the film. So it was written that General Pushkin became head of the KGB as Gogol became a diplomat. By the time Gotell was well enough, he essentially makes a cameo as Gogol in the end.

** Creator/PierceBrosnan was set to play Bond, and even screen-tested for the part, after the cancellation of ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' (Dalton had been approached to take over the role in ''Film/AViewToAKill'', but Moore decided to play the role once again. When he was approached for this film, he was unavailable as he was filming ''Film/BrendaStarr''). However, the publicity from the casting caused the ratings of ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' to rise - which caused NBC to {{uncancel|ed}} the show at (literally) the last possible second. The producers, not wanting to cast an actor who was appearing in a TV show at the same time (Albert R. Broccoli was quoted as saying, "Series/RemingtonSteele will not be Film/JamesBond"), revoked the offer to Brosnan and cast Creator/TimothyDalton after sorting out his conflict (Broccoli had wanted Dalton to play Bond for years, as far back as 1969's ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService'' only for Dalton himself to politely decline at the time as he felt himself to be too young and felt intimidated by the idea of following in the footsteps of Creator/SeanConnery). The worst part - with Brosnan no longer playing Bond, the ratings for the revived ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' tanked and the show was cancelled again. Brosnan would finally get to be Bond in 1995's ''Film/{{GoldenEye}}''.

** Creator/PierceBrosnan was set to play Bond, and even screen-tested for the part, after the cancellation of ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' (Dalton had been approached to take over the role in ''Film/AViewToAKill'', but Moore decided to play the role once again. When he was approached for this film, he was unavailable as he was filming ''Film/BrendaStarr''). However, the publicity from the casting caused the ratings of ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' to rise - which caused NBC to {{uncancel|ed}} the show at (literally) the last possible second. The producers, not wanting to cast an actor who was appearing in a TV show at the same time (Albert R. Broccoli was quoted as saying, "Series/RemingtonSteele will not be Film/JamesBond"), revoked the offer to Brosnan and cast Creator/TimothyDalton after sorting out his conflict (Broccoli had wanted Dalton to play Bond for years, as far back as 1969's ''FilmOnHerMajestysSecretService'' only for Dalton himself to politely decline at the time as he felt himself to be too young and felt intimidated by the idea of following in the footsteps of Creator/SeanConnery). The worst part - with Brosnan no longer playing Bond, the ratings for the revived ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' tanked and the show was cancelled again. Brosnan would finally get to be Bond in 1995's ''Film/{{GoldenEye}}''.

** Creator/PierceBrosnan was set to play Bond, and even screen-tested for the part, after the cancellation of ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' (Dalton had been approached to take over the role in ''Film/AViewToAKill'', but Moore decided to play the role once again. When he was approached for this film, he was unavailable as he was filming ''Film/BrendaStarr''). However, the publicity from the casting caused the ratings of ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' to rise - which caused NBC to {{uncancel|ed}} the show at (literally) the last possible second. The producers, not wanting to cast an actor who was appearing in a TV show at the same time (Albert R. Broccoli was quoted as saying, "Series/RemingtonSteele will not be Film/JamesBond"), revoked the offer to Brosnan and cast Dalton after sorting out his conflict (Broccoli had wanted Dalton to play Bond for years, as far back as 1969's ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' only for Dalton himself to politely decline at the time as he felt himself to be too young and felt intimidated by the idea of following in the footsteps of Creator/SeanConnery). The worst part - with Brosnan no longer playing Bond, the ratings for the revived ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' tanked and the show was cancelled again. Brosnan would finally get to be Bond in 1995's ''Film/{{GoldenEye}}''.

*** On escaping from the air base in Afghanistan, Bond and Kara were to have been taken to Landi- Kotal by Ranjit Khan [who later became Kamran Shah] where they witness a massive arms bazaar. They are pursued by jailers from the air base and Bond disposes of one of them by pitching him into a pit full of yarn dye. He eludes his other pursuers by using his exploding key ring to set off the contents of a Chinese fireworks warehouse. The arms bazaar sequence would eventually turn up in the teaser to ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies.

** The film was originally going to be a prequel. In the original version, a twenty-something James Bond teams up with a senior agent named Burton Trevor on a mission to infiltrate the jungle compound of a Chinese warlord named Kwang. Trevor would die helping Bond escape, Bond would hunt down and kill Kwang and subsequently be promoted to the Double-0 section, taking Trevor's old number "007". The story would end with Bond getting the mission for ''Film/DrNo''. Cubby Broccoli rejected this, claiming that no-one wanted to see James Bond as a rookie. He would be[[''Film/CasinoRoyale]] proved wrong, 20 years later...

*** On escaping from the air base in Afghanistan, Bond and Kara were to have been taken to Landi- Kotal by Ranjit Khan [who later became Kamran Shah] where they witness a massive arms bazaar. They are pursued by jailers from the air base and Bond disposes of one of them by pitching him into a pit full of yarn dye. He eludes his other pursuers by using his exploding key ring to set off the contents of a Chinese fireworks warehouse. The arms bazaar sequence would eventually turn up in the teaser to Tomorrow Never Dies (1997).

** The film was originally going to be a prequel. In the original version, a twenty-something James Bond teams up with a senior agent named Burton Trevor on a mission to infiltrate the jungle compound of a Chinese warlord named Kwang. Trevor would die helping Bond escape, Bond would hunt down and kill Kwang and subsequently be promoted to the Double-0 section, taking Trevor's old number "007". The story would end with Bond getting the mission for ''Film/DrNo''. Cubby Broccoli rejected this, claiming that no-one wanted to see James Bond as a rookie. He would be [[''Film/CasinoRoyale]]proved wrong, 20 years later...

** Creator/PierceBrosnan was set to play Bond, and even screen-tested for the part, after the cancellation of ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' (Dalton had been approached to take over the role in ''A View To A Kill'', but Moore decided to play the role once again. When he was approached for this film, he was unavailable as he was filming ''Film/BrendaStarr''). However, the publicity from the casting caused the ratings of ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' to rise - which caused NBC to {{uncancel|ed}} the show at (literally) the last possible second. The producers, not wanting to cast an actor who was appearing in a TV show at the same time (Albert R. Broccoli was quoted as saying, "Series/RemingtonSteele will not be Film/JamesBond"), revoked the offer to Brosnan and cast Dalton after sorting out his conflict (Broccoli had wanted Dalton to play Bond for years, as far back as 1969's ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' only for Dalton himself to politely decline at the time as he felt himself to be too young and felt intimidated by the idea of following in the footsteps of Creator/SeanConnery). The worst part - with Brosnan no longer playing Bond, the ratings for the revived ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' tanked and the show was cancelled again. Brosnan would finally get to be Bond in 1995's ''Film/{{GoldenEye}}''.

Bond and Kara were originally going to escape from Kara's apartment by stealing the car belonging to one of the KGB agent supposedly keeping an eye on her. The KGB agents give chase and Bond writes the car off on the ice of a frozen lake, the couple continuing their flight aboard a hijacked ice schooner.

** The film was originally going to be a prequel. In the original version, a twenty-something James Bond teams up with a senior agent named Burton Trevor on a mission to infiltrate the jungle compound of a Chinese warlord named Kwang. Trevor would die helping Bond escape, Bond would hunt down and kill Kwang and subsequently be promoted to the Double-0 section, taking Trevor's old number "007". The story would end with Bond getting the mission for ''Film/DrNo''. Cubby Broccoli rejected this, claiming that no-one wanted to see James Bond as a rookie. He would be proved wrong, 20 years later...[[''Film/CasinoRoyale'']].

** Recurring character General Gogol was originally going to fill the role that Pushkin plays in the final film, but his actor Walter Gotell was too ill to play the part, so Gogol was replaced by the new character Pushkin.

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** BigBad Brad Whitaker is played by [[Film/{{Mitchell}} Joe Don]] [[Film/FinalJustice Baker]], who would [[HilariousInHindsight ironically]] go on to play Bond's CIA contact Jack Wade in the [[Film/GoldenEye first]] [[Film/TomorrowNeverDies two]] of Creator/PierceBrosnan's Bond films.
** Necros is [[Film/DieHard Tony]] (ho ho ho, Bond has the gun now).
** The well-read and helpful Arabic guy is the BigBad of ''Film/TrueLies''.
** [[Film/TheFugitive Dr. Charles Nichols]] is General Koskov.
** [[Franchise/IndianaJones Sallah]], or [[Film/LordOfTheRings Gimli]], is General Puskin.
*** And his mistress is "Warrior Woman" from ''Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior''.
** [[Film/TheFifthElement Major Iceborg]] helps General Koskov escape by [[MarshmallowHell distracting her boss]].
** [[Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe Fekkesh]] is now the Chief of Police in Tangier.
*** In RealLife Nadim Sawalha is the father of Julia Sawalha, AKA [[Series/AbsolutelyFabulous Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoTheCurseOfFatalDeath Emma]].
** Felix Leiter is now played by [[Series/{{Lost}} Doctor Jack's father]].

** Creator/PierceBrosnan was set to play Bond, and even screen-tested for the part, after the cancellation of ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' (Dalton had been approached first and was unavailable as he was filming ''Film/BrendaStarr''). However, the publicity from the casting caused the ratings of ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' to rise - which caused NBC to {{uncancel|ed}} the show at (literally) the last possible second. The producers, not wanting to cast an actor who was appearing in a TV show at the same time (Albert R. Broccoli was quoted as saying, "Series/RemingtonSteele will not be Film/JamesBond"), revoked the offer to Brosnan and cast Dalton after sorting out his conflict (Broccoli had wanted Dalton to play Bond for years, as far back as 1969's ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' only for Dalton himself to politely decline at the time as he felt himself to be too young and felt intimidated by the idea of following in the footsteps of Creator/SeanConnery). The worst part - with Brosnan no longer playing Bond, the ratings for the revived ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' tanked and the show was cancelled again. Brosnan would finally get to be Bond in 1995's ''Film/{{GoldenEye}}''.

*** And his mistress is "Warrior Woman" from ''Film/TheRoadWarrior''.

** BigBad Brad Whitaker is played by [[Film/{{Mitchell}} Joe Don]] [[Film/FinalJustice Baker]] who would, [[HilariousInHindsight ironically]] go on to play Bond's CIA contact Jack Wade in the [[Film/GoldenEye first]] [[Film/TomorrowNeverDies two]] of PierceBrosnan's Bond films.
** [[TheDragon Necros]] is [[Film/DieHard Tony]] (ho ho ho, Bond has the gun now).

** [[Film/TheFugitive Dr. Charles Nichols]] is General Koskov

*** And his mistress is "Warrior Woman" from ''[[TheRoadWarrior Mad Max 2]]''.

*** In RealLife Nadim Sawalha is the father of [[AbsolutelyFabulous Julia Sawalha AKA Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon]]
** Felix Leiter is now played by [[{{Series/Lost}} Doctor Jack's father]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen :
** Creator/PierceBrosnan was set to play Bond, and even screen-tested for the part, but had to back out due to ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' commitments. Dalton had been approached first and was unavailable as he was filming ''Film/BrendaStarr''.
** It's even worse than that. Brosnan was offered the part in this movie after the cancellation of ''Series/RemingtonSteele''. However, the publicity from the casting caused the ratings of ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' to rise - which caused NBC to uncancel the show at (literally) the last possible second. The producers, not wanting to cast an actor who was appearing in a TV show at the same time (Albert R. Broccoli was quoted as saying, "''Series/RemingtonSteele'' will not be Film/JamesBond"), revoked the offer to Brosnan and cast Dalton after sorting out his conflict (Broccoli had wanted Dalton to play Bond for years, as far back as 1969's ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' only for Dalton himself to politely decline at the time as he felt himself to be too young and felt intimidated by the idea of following in the footsteps of SeanConnery). The worst part - with Brosnan no longer playing Bond, the ratings for the revived ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' tanked and the show was cancelled again. Brosnan would finally get to be Bond in 1995's ''Film/GoldenEye''.

* CaliforniaDoubling: Vienna plays the part of Bratislava, as well as appearing as itself. Similarly, Morocco appears as itself and Afghanistan.