Line #17 Trivia/JamesBond


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4	* ApprovalOfGod: The James Bond character was named after the ornithologist of ''Birds of the West Indies'' fame, who was perfectly fine with the appropriation of his name.
5	* AuthorPhobia: Fleming had a lifelong fascination with trains, but following a near-fatal crash in 1927, he associated them with death. ''Literature/LiveAndLetDie'', ''Literature/DiamondsAreForever'', ''Literature/FromRussiaWithLove'', ''Literature/OnHerMajestysSecretService'', and ''Literature/TheManWithTheGoldenGun'' all have scenes featuring trains.
6	* CreatorBreakdown: Fleming was notable for being a ''very'' heavy smoker and drinker, both which killed him at the age of 56. Interestingly, he seems to have noted the toll his addiction was taking on him throughout the Blofeld Trilogy. ''Literature/{{Thunderball}}'' opens with Bond failing a medical (a thinly veiled copy of Fleming's own) and being sent to a health farm (something that Fleming himself was ordered by his doctor to do). He later tells Moneypenny "I would rather die of drink than of thirst" which was reputedly a favourite line of Fleming's to anyone who told him to stop drinking. By ''Literature/OnHerMajestysSecretService'', Bond admits that he ''needs'' three drinks for every one that Tracy drinks, and confesses to having tried and failed multiple times to quit the mountainous amount of cigarettes that he gets through (according to friends, this was a fair piece of self-reflection by Fleming). And ''Literature/YouOnlyLiveTwice'' shows Bond as a depressed, drunken shadow of a man due to [[spoiler:Tracy's death.]]
7	* FollowTheLeader: The extraordinary success of Fleming's novels prompted a humongous trend of spy novel books that glutted the market for years to come, essentially replacing the detective genre.
8	* OutlivedItsCreator: Even after Ian Fleming died, many more Bond novels were written, far surpassing the number that Fleming himself wrote. Not to mention films with original stories.
9	* ScienceImitatesArt: 9007 James Bond is an asteroid named after the iconic spy himself.
10	* ThrowItIn:
11	** Bond originally drove a Bentley, which was destroyed in ''Literature/{{Moonraker}}''. As Creator/IanFleming was working on ''Literature/{{Goldfinger}}'', he received a letter saying "I hope you have the decency to fix Bond up with a decent bit of machinery - I would suggest an Aston Martin". The Aston went on to become ''the'' iconic Bond car thanks to the film adaptation of ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'', despite only appearing in one novel.
12	** He switched Bond's weapon from a somewhat underpowered .25 ACP Beretta to the iconic Walther PPK in similar circumstances, even partially basing the initial characterisation of Q on the author of the letter.
13	** Fleming was also impressed enough by Creator/SeanConnery's performance in the movies that he made Bond canonically have Scottish ancestry.
14	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: While some books and movies were adapted into comic books, Creator/DCComics [[https://web.archive.org/web/20061206011434/https://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2006_12_03.html could have made a Bond ongoing title in the 1960s if only they remembered they had the rights]], and when a publisher noticed they were about to expire in 1972, the idea of making a Bond comic was brought up and then shot down by the higher-ups who thought the series was on its way out. [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor It's been alleged this decission was what caused DC Comic's then publisher, Sol Harrison, to be]] [[KickedUpstairs "promoted" to president]] [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor and replaced with Jenette Kahn as publisher, four years later.]] Sol resented Kahn until his retirement in 1981.
15	* WriteWhatYouKnow: Since Fleming had a beach home in Jamaica and wrote all ''Bond'' novels there, he had Bond go to the island on three occasions. Fleming also based many aspects of Bond, other characters, and his travels and experiences on his own life and the people he knew, to the point where ''dozens'' of real people appear in the books, are namedropped, or served as inspiration for fictional characters.
16	* WriteWhoYouKnow: Fleming largely based M on Rear Admiral John Godfrey, his superior officer at the Naval Intelligence Division. After Fleming's death, Godfrey complained "He turned me into that unsavoury character, M."
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20	[[index]]
21	* ''Trivia/DrNo''
22	* ''Trivia/FromRussiaWithLove''
23	* ''Trivia/{{Goldfinger}}''
24	* ''Trivia/{{Thunderball}}''
25	* ''Trivia/YouOnlyLiveTwice''
26	* ''Trivia/OnHerMajestysSecretService''
27	* ''Trivia/DiamondsAreForever''
28	* ''Trivia/LiveAndLetDie''
29	* ''Trivia/TheManWithTheGoldenGun''
30	* ''Trivia/TheSpyWhoLovedMe''
31	* ''Trivia/{{Moonraker}}''
32	* ''Trivia/ForYourEyesOnly''
33	* ''Trivia/{{Octopussy}}''
34	* ''Trivia/AViewToAKill''
35	* ''Trivia/TheLivingDaylights''
36	* ''Trivia/LicenceToKill''
37	* ''Trivia/{{GoldenEye}}''
38	* ''Trivia/TomorrowNeverDies''
39	* ''Trivia/TheWorldIsNotEnough''
40	* ''Trivia/DieAnotherDay''
41	* ''Trivia/CasinoRoyale2006''
42	* ''Trivia/QuantumOfSolace''
43	* ''Trivia/{{Skyfall}}''
44	* ''Trivia/{{Spectre}}''
45	* ''Trivia/NoTimeToDie''
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50	* ActorInspiredElement: Before Creator/RogerMoore, Bond never smoked cigars, neither in the novels nor onscreen. That changed when he demanded an unlimited supply of fine cigars in his movie contracts and that Bond smoke them onscreen.
51	* ActorSharedBackground: Of the six actors who've played James Bond, Creator/SeanConnery was the only one who served in the [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships Royal Navy]] like Bond did. There was also Lazenby, who had a background in martial arts.
52	* ApprovalOfGod:
53	** When Creator/IanFleming met Creator/LoisMaxwell, he said to her:
54	-->You know, Miss Maxwell, when I visualized Miss Moneypenny in the James Bond stories, I saw her as a tall, distinguished-looking woman with the most kissable lips in the world. You, my dear, are exactly the woman I visualized.
55	** After famously disparaging Creator/SeanConnery as "an overgrown stuntman," Fleming was so impressed with his performance in ''Film/DrNo'' that he canonically made Bond half-Scottish in the novels.
56	* AwesomeDearBoy: Often the reason why actors and musicians accept to take part in a Bond film.
57	* BeamMeUpScotty:
58	** The infamous "Oh, ''James''!" line that numerous people have used to imitate the equally numerous Bond Girls has actually been used very infrequently, probably about in only 1/3 of the films.
59	** While Q says some variation of "Pay attention" in most of the films, he only says the famous "Now, pay attention, 007!" a handful of times.
60	* CaliforniaDoubling: So, so, common. For instance, basically every underwater scene will be shot at the Bahamas (where the original in ''Thunderball'' were done) even if the depicted sea is not the Caribbean.
61	* CashCowFranchise: The fourth-highest grossing film franchise in history (behind the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'', ''Franchise/StarWars'' and ''Film/HarryPotter''), thanks to also being among the [[LongRunner longest-running]] ones.
62	* CastTheRunnerUp:
63	** Creator/JulianGlover and Creator/SeanBean were candidates to play Film/JamesBond at some stages. They wound up playing villains in ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'' and ''Film/{{Goldeneye}}''.
64	** According to some sources, Creator/RalphFiennes was considered to play 007 in ''Goldeneye''. He would later take over as M opposite Creator/DanielCraig.
65	** Michael Billington was screen-tested for the role more than any other actor and was said to have been Creator/AlbertRBroccoli's first choice had Creator/RogerMoore not been available. He met director Peter Hunt and did a photo shoot for ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService''. He was also screen-tested for ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'', ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'', and ''Film/{{Octopussy}}''. He ultimately appeared in ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'' AS Sergei Barsov, Agent XXX's ill-fated lover, at the start of the film.
66	** George Baker was said to be Creator/IanFleming's ideal candidate, but he was unavilable. He would appear as Sir Hilary Bray in ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' and Captain Benson in ''The Spy Who Loved Me''.
67	** Creator/LoisMaxwell was offered either Miss Moneypenny or Sylvia Trench in ''Film/DrNo''. Since she was uncomfortable wearing such revealing clothes, Maxwell chose Moneypenny.
68	** Creator/MartineBeswick tried out for Honey Ryder in ''Dr. No'', but was deemed too young and inexperienced. She would later play one of the fighting girls in ''From Russia with Love'' and Paula Caplan in ''Thunderball''.
69	** Creator/ChristopherLee claimed that he almost got the role of Dr. No. He would eventually play a Bond villain in ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun''.
70	** Creator/EarlCameron was considered for Quarrel in ''Dr. No''. He would later play Ponder on ''Thunderball''.
71	** Creator/TaniaMallet auditioned for Tatiana Romanava in ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove''. She was cast as Tilly Masterson in ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}''.
72	** Joe Robinson was a contender for Donald "Red" Grant in ''From Russia with Love''. He would later play Peter Franks in ''Diamonds are Forever''.
73	** Cec Linder was originally cast in ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'' as Mr. Simmons (Goldfinger's opponent at the card game), while Austin Wills was cast as Felix Leiter. They would end up swapping roles.
74	** Creator/LucianaPaluzzi auditioned for Domino in ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'', but decided it would be more fun to play a bad girl.
75	** Creator/MieHama was originally intended for the larger role of Aki in ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'', while Akiko Wakabayashi was originally cast as Kissy Suzuki, but doubts over Hama's mastering of English meant that the filmmakers ultimately considered her ineligible for the part. Hama's reported depression over losing the role, and the disgrace it would bring to her family (she ''threatened to throw herself off the Imperial Hotel''), plus Wakabayashi agreeing to swap roles with her, was instrumental in Hama taking the equally important, though less vocal part of Kissy.
76	** Cassandra Harris auditioned for Tracy in ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService'' and Mary Goodnight in ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun'' before being cast as Countess Lisl in ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly''. She was the former wife of Creator/PierceBrosnan.
77	** Creator/JillStJohn was originally considered for Plenty O'Toole in ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'' before being cast as Tiffany Case.
78	** Broccoli wanted Creator/LoisChiles to star as Anya Amasova in ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'', but she was taking a break from acting at the time. She would star as Holly Goodhead in ''Film/{{Moonraker}}''.
79	** Creator/LouisJourdan was considered for Hugo Drax in ''Moonraker''. He would later play a Bond villain in ''Film/{{Octopussy}}''.
80	** Creator/CaroleBouquet was slated to play Holly Goodhead before she had to turn it down, only to play Melina Havelock in ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly''.
81	** Creator/GraceJones was considered for the title role in ''Octopussy''. She would later play May Day in ''A View to a Kill''.
82	** Creator/MaryamDabo screen-tested for the role of Pola Ivanova in ''Film/AViewToAKill'', but was rejected for being too young for the part. She would be the main Bond girl two years later as Kara Milovy in ''Film/TheLivingDaylights''.
83	** Creator/MonicaBellucci was nearly cast as Paris Carver in ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'', but according to Creator/PierceBrosnan, "the fools said no". She was also considered for Elektra King in ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'' before being cast as Lucia in ''Film/{{Spectre}}''.
84	** Maria Grazia Cucinotta was considered for the role of Elektra King in ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'', but this was nixed when it was discovered her English wasn't up to par. This did however, parlay into her brief but memorable role as the Cigar Girl Assassin.
85	** Creator/JavierBardem was considered for Renard in ''The World is Not Enough''. He would play the villain Raoul Silva in ''Film/{{Skyfall}}''.
86	* ChannelHop: The first 12 films were distributed by Creator/UnitedArtists. After they merged with Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer, MGM/UA handled the franchise in the US, while United International Pictures (joint venture between Creator/{{Paramount}} and Creator/UniversalStudios) released the films internationally through their deal with MGM, until the 20th film (''Film/DieAnotherDay''), which Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox handled internationally. Following Creator/SonyPictures' brief purchase of MGM, they began to release the films through their Creator/ColumbiaPictures banner, beginning with the 21st film (''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'') with MGM still producing. Even after MGM's split from Sony, Columbia continued distributing the Bond films until their rights expired with the 24th (''Film/{{Spectre}}''). The 25th film (''Film/NoTimeToDie'') was distributed in the US by the newly revived United Artists (a joint venture between MGM and Creator/AnnapurnaPictures) and internationally by Universal.
87	* CreatorBacklash:
88	** Although playing Bond made him a star, Creator/SeanConnery grew to dislike the role after ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}''. He ''hated'' the loss of privacy that came from becoming a celebrity, resented that people only identified him as Bond rather than as a talented actor in his own right, felt that he was being underpaid given the degree to which he was responsible for helping to make the series a pop culture phenomenon, and started experiencing major burnout after the stress and exhaustion of appearing in one Bond film a year for the better part of a decade. Distancing himself from 007 is one of the main reasons he took the role of Zed in ''Film/{{Zardoz}}''. Needless to say, that worked beyond his wildest dreams.
89	** Screenwriter Richard Maibaum, who wrote thirteen of the first sixteen films in the franchise, never made a point of hiding his criticism of several of the films and actors. Among his main criticisms are: the casting of Creator/AdolfoCeli as the villain of ''Film/{{Thunderball}}''; the casting of Creator/GeorgeLazenby as James Bond in ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService''; the changes made by other writers to the scripts he wrote for ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'' and ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe''; criticizing the plots of films that he didn't even write (''Film/LiveAndLetDie'' and ''Film/{{Moonraker}}''); the lack of chemistry between the main couple in ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly''; and finally the casting of Creator/RogerMoore as James Bond (Maibaum wrote five of the seven films starring Moore). Maibaum said he preferred Connery to Moore, and that although Moore had his attributes, he believed that the actor's most comical approach was extremely damaging, as it prevented the viewers from believing in the character's actions.
90	** While Creator/RogerMoore enjoyed playing Bond, his absolute least favourite film from his tenure was ''Film/AViewToAKill'' due to the tensions he had with costars Creator/TanyaRoberts and Creator/GraceJones, and the gratuitous violence within the movie (namely, main villain Max Zorin gunning down his own miners). Not helping matters was his discovery that he was almost as old as Tanya Roberts' ''mother'' (though, to be fair, said mother had her out of teen pregnancy). For that reason in particular, he bowed out of the role after this film.
91	** Creator/PierceBrosnan admits that he only likes ''Film/{{GoldenEye}}'' and that he does not hold the next three films in high esteem. In fact, Brosnan even jokes that he can't remember the correct order of the following films, as the three look the same in his memories. It certainly didn't help that he was canned before the praised ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006''.
92	** While Creator/AlbertRBroccoli didn't hate any of the films, he admitted that there were parts of ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun'' that he would like to redo.
93	** Music/JohnBarry named ''The Man with the Golden Gun'' as his least favourite Bond score, having only three weeks to do it. "It's the one I hate most ... it just never happened for me." He also regretted adding a whistle to the Do a Barrel Roll stunt.
94	** Creator/GuyHamilton named ''The Man with the Golden Gun'' as the only Bond film he regretted making, as he felt Moore's portrayal of Bond was made to be too much like Connery. He also said he was burnt out having done three Bond films in a row.
95	* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode:
96	** Creator/AlbertRBroccoli named his three favourite Bond films as ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'', ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'' and ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe''.
97	** Creator/SeanConnery named ''From Russia With Love'' as his favourite Bond film of his own.
98	** Creator/RogerMoore named ''The Spy Who Loved Me'' as his favourite of his own.
99	** Creator/TimothyDalton loved the script for ''Film/LicenceToKill'', calling it the best since ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'', though he preferred ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'' as a film.
100	** Music/JohnBarry named ''Goldfinger'' as his personal best score for the series, while "We Have All the Time in the World" from ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService'' was one of his favourite Bond compositions, saying it was the finest piece of music he had written for a Bond movie; also because of the pleasure of working with Music/LouisArmstrong.
101	** Creator/LoisMaxwell's favourite was ''From Russia with Love.''
102	** Creator/DesmondLlewelyn named ''Licence to Kill'' as his favourite due to his expanded role.
103	** Creator/JohnGlen named ''Licence to Kill'' as his favourite of the Bonds he directed.
104	* DVDCommentary:
105	** The Criterion laserdisc editions of the first three movies reportedly feature commentary so controversial they have since been banned from ever getting the rights to release any ''Bond'' movie ever released. Forever.
106	** Most of the commentaries that do appear, especially the older Bond movies, are audio clips from past interviews introduced by someone from the Creator/IanFleming Foundation. The "Ultimate Edition" release in 2006 allowed Creator/RogerMoore to do a solo track in all his movies - and while he at times digresses to talk about ''Series/TheSaint'' or his UNICEF work, it's somehow fairly detailed for a man reaching his eighties!
107	** ''Film/GoldenEye'' featured not only a commentary with director Creator/MartinCampbell and producer Michael G. Wilson, but in the extras disk, Campbell offers comments in parts of a documentary - namely, the director of photography questioning why the producers hired a New Zealander "given how all they know is sheep! ''Baaaaa''ction! (saying [[VitriolicBestBuds the DP's a long time collaborator of his]]) and scenes from a Monaco shoot where Campbell drops a ClusterFBomb (the day had been so busy he couldn't help it).
108	* FakeNationality: All over the freaking franchise!
109	** As for the {{Fake Brit}}s:
110	*** For Bond himself Creator/GeorgeLazenby is Australian and Creator/PierceBrosnan is Irish.
111	*** Creator/LoisMaxwell was Canadian and played Moneypenny in 14 films.
112	** As for {{Fake Russian}}s:
113	*** Creator/WalterGotell, who played the Russian General Gogol, was a German actor.
114	*** ''Film/GoldenEye'' is full of non-Russians playing Russians (or from other former Soviet republics).
115	* FandomNod: ''No Time To Die'' introduced a new 007--a black woman. This is likely acknowledging the fans who have clamored for a black or female actor to take on the role.
116	* FollowTheLeader:
117	** The films have been unquestionable trendsetters, being copied, imitated and parodied forever, plus, starting a craze for competing cloak and dagger films in TheSixties.
118	** For all the enormous influence they've exerted on Western pop culture, the Bond films are unabashed practicioners of this trope as well. This has gone from copying [[Film/LiveAndLetDie blaxplotation films]] and [[Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun kung-fu craze]] during the early [[TheSeventies 70's]], the [[Film/{{Moonraker}} space craze]] of ''Franchise/StarWars'' later that same decade, the ''Film/DieHard''-''Film/LethalWeapon'' [[Film/LicenceToKill cowboy cop grittiness]] of the late [[TheEighties 80's]], the [[Film/DieAnotherDay high-tech, fast-paced takes]] ripped straight from ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' at the TurnOfTheMillennium and the [[Film/TheBourneSeries Jason Bourne-esque]] [[Film/QuantumOfSolace gritty style]] at the end of the 00's.
119	* FranchiseZombie: Roger Moore's contract was for five movies. Eventually he was convinced to do two more, even as Moore felt [[AgeLift he was getting too old for the role]].
120	* FountainOfExpies:
121	** Both Bond and Blofeld have often been used as templates for homages and parodies of secret agents and supervillains respectively by every form of media going, in particular Connery's incarnation of the former (though Moore's incarnation is not unheard from) and Creator/DonaldPleasence's incarnation of the latter.
122	** Nearly every [[TheDragon major henchman]] in a Bond film, or movies influenced by Bond films, comes back to the same two models - the Aryan Henchman, usually cold and sadistic and typified by Creator/RobertShaw in ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'' (Varga, Hans, Kriegler, Necros, Stamper and more), or the Gimmick Henchman, with some colourful gimmick and typified by [[Film/{{Goldfinger}} Oddjob]] and his deadly bowler hat (Tee-Hee, Jaws, Nick Nack, Xenia Onatopp).
123	** For movie audiences who first saw Bond in the 1990s, when Bond is mentioned, Creator/PierceBrosnan's incarnation has about as much recognition as the classic Connery original. Also because the generation that grew up with Brosnan as Bond also coincided with the branching of the franchise into [[TheMerch popular spin-off video games]], thereby increasing his exposure.
124	* HostilityOnTheSet: Eon co-producer Harry Saltzman was notoriously difficult to work with, especially when he butted heads with actors or crews such as with Creator/SeanConnery, while Creator/AlbertRBroccoli was more easy-going and fatherly and thus was more popular with the actors and film crews.
125	* HypotheticalCasting: There have been many, ''many'' candidates to play 007 over the years:
126	** Creator/IanFleming's personal choice was Creator/DavidNiven, while Creator/AlbertRBroccoli wanted Creator/CaryGrant. Niven did end up playing Bond...but [[Film/CasinoRoyale1967 not in a serious film]].
127	** When it came to casting Film/DrNo (who is Chinese-German), Fleming suggested his friend and neighbour Creator/NoelCoward, who responded, "Doctor No? No, No, No".
128	** In TheNineties, Creator/RogerMoore jokingly suggested Creator/CubaGoodingJr for the part, while Creator/SeanConnery recommended Creator/MelGibson.
129	* IAmNotSpock:
130	** Creator/RogerMoore famously parodied this trope by playing obvious [[AdamWesting spoofs of his Bond]], such as in ''Film/CannonballRun'' where he plays a character who pretends to be Roger Moore and acts like James Bond.
131	** Creator/SeanConnery had to let his hair turn grey and grow a beard to not be Bond anymore.
132	** Creator/PierceBrosnan went through it even before playing the role, as he was identified as far back as ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' as "the next/real James Bond" by his fans. He was offered the part for ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'' after ''Remington Steele'' was cancelled, but the news about it revived interest and the show was renewed.
133	* IronyAsSheIsCast: According to Creator/RogerMoore's book ''Bond on Bond'', Creator/DesmondLlewelyn (Q from ''From Russia With Love'' through ''The World is Not Enough'') was a WalkingTechBane who couldn't get a ''[[EpicFail pocket calculator]]'' to work if his life depended on it.
134	* KilledByRequest: Happened to Creator/DanielCraig's Bond in ''Film/NoTimeToDie''.
135	* LifeImitatesArt: Daniel Craig was made Honorary Commander of the Royal Navy in September 2021. Bond is a Royal Navy Commander in his backstory.
136	* MagnumOpusDissonance: The main reason for Creator/SeanConnery's dislike of the role. While he enjoyed making the first three movies, he rapidly came to hate being so strongly identified with Bond that it overshadowed all his other work in the public consciousness. In his 1965 interview with Playboy, he stated that his now-forgotten movie ''The Hill'' featured some of his best work onscreen.
137	* OneHitWonder: George Lazenby's only claim to fame is having played Bond in just one film in the series (''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService''), which has been considered as one of the canon's best.
138	* OnSetInjury: Over the course of its existence, several actors endured injuries during production of the films.
139	** ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'':
140	*** While scouting locations in Argyll, Scotland, for that day's filming of the climactic boat chase, Creator/TerenceYoung's helicopter crashed into the water with art director Michael White and a cameraman aboard. The craft sank into 40/50 feet of water, but all escaped with minor injuries. Despite the calamity, Young was behind the camera for the full day's work.
141	*** Creator/DanielaBianchi's driver fell asleep during the commute to a 6 am shoot and crashed the car. Her face was bruised and her scenes had to be delayed for two weeks while the facial contusions healed
142	*** During an explosion for the boat scene, three stuntmen were injured and Creator/WalterGotell suffered burns to his eyelids.
143	** ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'':
144	*** Harold Sakata accidentally gave Creator/SeanConnery a back injury while filming their fight scene. The incident delayed filming, and Connery allegedly used the injury to get a better deal out of the producers for the next 007 movie
145	*** Sakata was badly burned when filming his death scene, where Oddjob was electrocuted by Bond. Sakata, however, kept holding onto his hat with determination, despite his pain, until Creator/GuyHamilton called "Cut!" This is also why Bond looked as if he was worried for Oddjob in that scene, because Connery really was.
146	** While filming the Little Nellie battle for ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'' in Miyazaki Prefecture, aerial cameraman John Jordan, who was standing on the landing strut of the camera helicopter, was struck in the foot by the autogyro's blade. Although doctors in the area were able to reattach the foot, he had it amputated when he returned to the UK.
147	** Creator/RogerMoore injured his teeth and knee on his first day of shooting on ''Film/LiveAndLetDie''. Fortunately, he was filming the boat chase, so he was largely seated.
148	** Moore had a [[NearMisses near-miss]] on ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe''. He decided at the last minute that it would be much more dramatic if he was sitting in the chair, instead of standing behind it when the gun underneath the dining table was fired. The special effects team had only reinforced the back of the chair for the original planned shot, which meant Moore risked serious injury if he didn't leap away in time.
149	** On ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'', Cassandra Harris' stunt double was injured when she was hit by the dune buggy during her death scene.
150	** Moore's stunt double on ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'', Martin Grace, had a serious accident while filming on the train. Hanging on the side of it, the train went into a non-assessed area of the track and he rammed into a pylon, seriously damaging his leg and hip and hospitalizing him for several months. He made a full recovery. In a similar vein, the actor who uses the buzz saw yo-yo broke his arm when he fell over the balcony onto Octopussy's bed. Despite his injury and having to wear a cast, he insisted on completing the rest of his scenes.
151	** For the scene in ''Film/LicenceToKill'' where Dario cuts at Bond's wrist binds, Creator/BenicioDelToro accidentally cut Creator/TimothyDalton's hand.
152	** Creator/PierceBrosnan injured his hand while doing the ladder stunt in ''Film/{{Goldeneye}}''. Also, Creator/FamkeJanssen claimed that he slammed her into a wall so hard she broke a rib.
153	** While filming a fight scene in ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'', a stuntman's helmet hit Brosnan in the face, which required eight stitches down one side of his face, leaving the crew no choice but to film many of his scenes from one side only.
154	** On ''Film/DieAnotherDay'', Brosnan suffered a knee injury jumping on to a hovercraft and Creator/HalleBerry needed surgery after debris from a smoke grenade flew into her eye.
155	** On ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'', Creator/DanielCraig got splinters from the piece of wood used to protect his genitals during the torture scene. He also lost two teeth in a fight scene. The damage was so severe that Craig's dentist had to be flown in from London to fix caps into his mouth.
156	** On ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'', Craig suffered an injury to his face, which required four stitches, another to his shoulder, which required six surgical screws to be inserted in an operation, and his arm in a sling, and then his hand was injured when one of his finger tips was sliced off. He laughed these off, noting they did not delay filming, and joked his finger wound would enable him to have a criminal career (though it had grown back when he made this comment). He also had minor plastic surgery on his face.
157	** On ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'', Craig ruptured both of his calf muscles during the rehearsal period, whereupon rescheduling took place requiring two weeks rest for his injuries.
158	** On ''Film/{{Spectre}}'', Craig was injured at least twice during principal photography. He suffered a knee injury when filming in Austria, which required him to spent most of the shoot in a leg brace that was removed in post-production. He then hit his head on the interior of an Aston Martin [=DB10=].
159	** Craig sustained an ankle injury while filming ''Film/NoTimeToDie'' in Jamaica and subsequently underwent minor surgery. In a separate filming accident, a controlled explosion caused exterior damage to the 007 Stage at Creator/PinewoodStudios and left a crew member with minor injuries.
160	* TheOtherDarrin: Bond, obviously (Creator/SeanConnery, Creator/GeorgeLazenby, Creator/RogerMoore, Creator/TimothyDalton, Creator/PierceBrosnan, Creator/DanielCraig), since the series is ongoing since TheSixties and actors don't get younger. But also other recurring characters such as:
161	** M, with Creator/BernardLee, Robert Brown, Creator/JudiDench and Creator/RalphFiennes.
162	** Moneypenny with Creator/LoisMaxwell, Creator/CarolineBliss, Creator/SamanthaBond and Creator/NaomieHarris.
163	** Q, with Peter Burton, Creator/DesmondLlewelyn, Creator/JohnCleese and Creator/BenWhishaw. Even as early as ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove''.
164	** Felix Leiter, with Creator/JackLord, Creator/CecLinder, Rik Van Nutter, Norman Burton, Creator/DavidHedison, John Terry and Creator/JeffreyWright.
165	** [[{{Archenemy}} Ernst Stavro Blofeld]], with Anthony Dawson/Eric Pohlmann, Creator/DonaldPleasence, Creator/TellySavalas, Creator/CharlesGray, Creator/JohnHollis and Creator/ChristophWaltz.
166	* ThePeteBest:
167	** Contrary to popular belief, Creator/SeanConnery wasn't the first actor to portray James Bond. Barry Nelson, an American, played him first by a good eight years before Connery. He played James Bond as an American named "Jimmy Bond" in the ''Climax!'' adaptation of ''Casino Royale'' mentioned above. Both his portrayal, and the ''Climax!'' episode at that, are barely even mentioned in most Bond related merch or books. The episode, a live broadcast, was considered [[MissingEpisode lost]] until a kinescope emerged in the 1980s almost 30 years after the fact. What makes him The Pete Best though is that even when he had played him before, he wasn't even considered for the role for ''Film/DrNo'', although the fact he was American ''and'' older than Connery by almost thirteen years probably didn't help his case.
168	** Sort of; Peter Burton played a character named Major Boothroyd in ''Film/DrNo'' who is described as an armourer, before Creator/DesmondLlewelyn made the role as Q.
169	* ProductionPosse: [[Creator/AlbertRBroccoli Cubby Broccoli]] thought of the series as his beloved "family business", and frequently retained crewmembers and collaborators through the years.
170	** Creator/TerenceYoung and Creator/LewisGilbert directed three films each, Creator/GuyHamilton directed four, and both Creator/SamMendes and Creator/MartinCampbell helmed two each. Creator/JohnGlen directed the most Bond films at five, from ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'' to ''Film/LicenceToKill''.
171	** Peter Hunt edited the first five films, before stepping up to the director's chair himself for the sixth. Creator/JohnGlen also edited three Bond films (including Hunt's sole Bond film as director). Bert Bates edited ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'' with John W. Holmes and ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'' with John Shirley and Raymond Poulton, who handled ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun''. John Glen's Bond films were edited by either John Grover or Peter Davies (the two men worked together on ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'' and ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'', with Grover acting as supervising editor for the former). Stuart Baird edited ''Film/{{Casino Royale\|2006}}'' and ''Film/{{Skyfall}}''.
172	** Richard Maibaum wrote or co-wrote 13 Bond films, co-writing the 5 films from the 1980s with Michael G. Wilson. Tom Mankiewicz (son of director Creator/JosephLMankiewicz) co-wrote 2 films (''Film/DiamondsAreForever'' and ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun'') with Maibaum and solely wrote 1 (''Film/LiveAndLetDie''), while performing uncredited rewrites on ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'' and ''Film/{{Moonraker}}''. Bruce Feirstein worked on ''Film/{{Goldeneye}}'', ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'' and ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'', while since the latter film, the writing team of Neal Purvis & Robert Wade have been the series' in-house writers, working with Paul Haggis on ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'' and ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'', and with Creator/JohnLogan on ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' and ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' (being joined in the latter by Jez Butterworth).
173	** Music/JohnBarry provided the music for 11 Bond films and arranged the music for ''Film/DrNo''. From ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'' until ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'', Music/DavidArnold provided the music, ceding ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' and ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' to Sam Mendes' AssociatedComposer Music/ThomasNewman.
174	** Ted Moore was cinematographer from ''Film/DrNo'' until ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'' and from ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'' to ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun'' (though illness forced him to be replaced on the latter with Oswald Morris). Alan Hume then took over from ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'' to ''Film/AViewToAKill'', while the two Timothy Dalton films were shot by Alec Mills. Both of Creator/MartinCampbell's Bond films were shot by Phil Meheux.
175	** Creator/KenAdam served as production designer for 7 Bond films, while Syd Cain worked on 3. After starting as a set decorator for ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'', Peter Lamont worked his way up to art director before taking over from Adam as the main production designer on all films from ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'' to ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'' except for ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'' (as Lamont was busy with ''[[Film/Titanic1997 Titanic]]'', Allan Cameron substituted for him). After his retirement, Dennis Gassner did the next 3 films (''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' to ''Film/{{Spectre}}'').
176	** Maurice Binder designed the opening titles for 14 of the first 16 Bond films (Robert Brownjohn designed the titles for ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'' and ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}''). After Binder's death, Daniel Kleinman took over starting with ''Film/{{Goldeneye}}'', working on all the films since except ''Film/QuantumOfSolace''.
177	** Michael G. Wilson (co-producer since about the 1970s, stepson of Cubby and half-brother of Creator/BarbaraBroccoli) has had cameos in many of the films.
178	** French vehicular stuntman and stunt coordinator Creator/RemyJulienne worked on six films in TheEighties.
179	** For the Barbara Broccoli / Michael G Wilson era, screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade have written every film since ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough''. Composer Music/DavidArnold as well between 1997 and 2008.
180	* PromotedFanboy:
181	** Creator/TimothyDalton was strongly influenced by the first three Bond films and drew heavily from the books for his portrayal.
182	** Creator/PierceBrosnan decided to become an actor after his parents took him to see ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'' as a child, and has also mentioned being influenced by Roger Moore's performance in ''Series/TheSaint''.
183	* RealLifeRelative:
184	** Sean Connery's then-wife has stunt (particularly swimming) and stand-in parts in ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice''.
185	** Pierce Brosnan's wife Cassandra Harris played Countess Lisl von Schlaff in ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'' (Brosnan even visited the set once). She even hoped that someday he'd get to be Bond. It came true, but unfortunately she passed away before it happened.
186	* RealitySubtext: Creator/DesmondLlewelyn's Q explains in ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'' that he intends to retire and turn that Creator/JohnCleese's R will replace him as quartermaster (much to Bond's disappointment). A few weeks after the film's release Desmond Llewelyn died in a car accident, tragically making this a definite farewell to the actor.
187	-->'''Q:''' I've always tried to teach you two things: First, never let them see you bleed.
188	-->'''Bond:''' And the second?
189	-->'''Q:''' Always have an escape plan.
190	-->''[A trap door opens beneath Q, slowly lowering him out of sight as Bond sadly watches.]''
191	* RecastAsARegular:
192	** Creator/WalterGotell played henchman Morzenzy in ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove''. He would later play the recurring character General Gogol in a five film stretch.
193	** Creator/JoeDonBaker played Bond's CIA contact in both ''Film/{{GoldenEye}}'' and ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'', after having played a villain in ''Film/TheLivingDaylights''.
194	* ScrewedByTheLawyers: This was why the series went on hiatus in the early 90s (coincidentally missing the end of the Cold War in the process). MGM was infamously purchased during this time by Italian fraudster Giancarlo Parretti; during his reign of error at MGM, he sold the television rights to the Bond movies at cut-rate prices without the approval of Creator/EonProductions, resulting in the latter company suing MGM. Even after Parretti was arrested and his bank, the French Crédit Lyonnais, took control of MGM, the legal issues weren't resolved until 1993-94, by which point Timothy Dalton was only willing to do one more movie (what ultimately became ''[=GoldenEye=]'') -- the Broccolis wanted to sign him to a long-term contract. He declined and ultimately Pierce Brosnan[[note]]also a victim of this trope as he had been intended as Bond for ''The Living Daylights'', only for Creator/{{NBC}} to {{uncancel\|ed}} ''Series/RemingtonSteele'', based on the publicity of its star getting chosen to play Bond, [[{{Irony}} and then use contractual obligation to force him to give up Bond]][[/note]] took the role. All of this meant ''[=GoldenEye=]'' didn't hit theaters until 1995.
195	* SequelGap: Usually, there was an average of two years between Eon's Bond films, though that changed significantly at times:
196	** Three films released 3 years after their predecessor, ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'', ''Film/DieAnotherDay'' and ''Film/{{Spectre}}''.
197	** The infamous 6 years and a half with no Bond film between ''Film/LicenceToKill'' and ''Film/GoldenEye'', which resulted from the financial troubles of Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer because of Giancarlo Parretti's schemes.
198	** The Creator/DanielCraig era has seen the production of Bond films being considerably elongated with the 4 year gap between ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' and ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' and the one between ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' and ''Film/NoTimeTodie'' (6 years, aggravated by the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic). ''Film/{{Casino Royale\|2006}}'' also released four years after ''Film/DieAnotherDay''.
199	* TechnologyMarchesOn: Given that it's a gadget-heavy series that spans over fifty years, it's bound to happen every now and again. However, the more high-tech, and therefore obviously fictional, a gadget was then the less likely it was to look silly in a few years.
200	** ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'' came close to invoking this by [[ProductPlacement featuring]] Blu-ray discs in several scenes back before it was determined what the next-generation HD disc would be and the aforementioned format was locked in a duel with [=HD DVD=] for the title. Beyond that, however, the Creator/DanielCraig films appear to be intentionally averting this trope by rarely giving Bond anything more high-tech than a mobile phone to play with. However, ironically the real-life cell phone Bond uses in the 2006 film is already dated and outmoded, whereas some of his gadgets from the 1960s such as the rebreather from ''Thunderball'' or even Q's radioactive tracking lint in OHMSS, still come across as cutting-edge.
201	** ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' [[SubvertedTrope parodies it]], with Bond's only gear besides his firearm being a simple radio transmitter, which for its size would have been cutting edge back in 1962, but could be built with parts from a Radio Shack nowadays. Creator/SamMendes' explanation was that the most innovative gadgets they could think of were basically available in your local Apple store, so it was less ridiculous to avoid them entirely. The over-the-top gadgetry and special effects extravaganza of ''Film/DieAnotherDay'' also generated bad press, and thus the Craig instalments focused on the characters to build audience appeal.
202	* UnfinishedEpisode:
203	** When it was clear that Creator/RogerMoore was serious about retiring from the role, the original plan for the 15th film in the series (and the 25th anniversary) was 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''. Creator/AlbertRBroccoli rejected this, claiming that no-one wanted to see James Bond as a rookie. Despite Broccoli's wishes to the contrary, ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'' would depict Bond as a newly-promoted 00 agent.
204	** Creator/TimothyDalton was originally contracted to do a third film. It would have been called ''[[https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/movies/bond17.php3 Property of a Lady]]'' and would be about an attack on a Scottish nuclear facility that threatens to set off WorldWarIII and Bond’s efforts to stop it taking him to Tokyo and Hong Kong. It would also feature Bond’s battles with another 00-Section spy, Denholm Crisp (played by Creator/AnthonyHopkins), who had been his mentor but had become a traitor. The aforementioned legal disputes between MGM and Danjaq/EON prevented it from being made and during the long hiatus, Dalton moved on.
205	** A treatment was written for a fourth film with Dalton, ''Reunion with Death'', which would have been set in Japan and featured Leila Ponsonby, Bond's secretary from the novels.
206	* WordOfSaintPaul:
207	** Creator/LoisMaxwell believed that Bond and Moneypenny did have an affair when they were younger, "back when he was the tea boy at [=MI6=] and she was one of the girls in the typing pool". They had a weekend in the country, but called it off for the sake of their careers, deciding they were BetterAsFriends, though not above flirtatious banter.
208	** Creator/JudiDench created a backstory for M.
209	--->I see her married to this man with two grown-up children, two girls. The man is either a writer or a professor or a literary agent - a strong, rather quiet, dusty kind of man who doesn't like going out.
210	* WrittenByCastMember: Creator/DanielCraig has enjoyed much creative input in the writing of his character, unlike the previous actors. He helped director Creator/MarcForster to flesh out the script of ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' when the Writers Strike troubled the movie's production, and was responsible for hiring Creator/PhoebeWallerBridge to work on the ''Film/NoTimeToDie'' script.
211	* YouLookFamiliar: In the era of [[Creator/AlbertRBroccoli Cubby Broccoli]] (and for some films beyond it under Creator/BarbaraBroccoli), several actors were employed multiple times for different characters in the film series.
212	** Creator/WalterGotell first appeared SPECTRE officer Morzeny in ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'', before reappearing as KGB General Gogol in ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'', a role he reprised five more times.
213	** Two-time Bond girl Maud Adams first starred as Andrea Adams in ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun'', and later played the titular character in ''{{Film/Octopussy}}''.
214	** Creator/CharlesGray played Dikko Henderson in ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'', and succeeded Creator/TellySavalas as Ernst Stavro Blofeld in ''Film/DiamondsAreForever''. He also did the voice of the Pyramids lights show in ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe''.
215	** Anthony Dawson played Professor Dent in ''Film/DrNo'', and played his own boss Ernst Stavro Blofeld in ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'' and ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'', all three of which were directed by Creator/TerenceYoung.
216	** Creator/ShaneRimmer played a NASA Radar Operator in ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'', the Whyte Laboratories security chief in ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'', and the Captain of the USS Wayne in ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe''. He also dubbed the actor playing CIA Agent Hamilton in ''Film/LiveAndLetDie''.
217	** Creator/BurtKwouk played Ling in ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'' and SPECTRE No. 3 in ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice''.
218	** Martine Beswick played gypsy girl Zora in ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'' and [=MI6=] Agent Paula Kaplan in ''Film/{{Thunderball}}''.
219	** Jeremy Bolloch (of [[Franchise/StarWars Boba Fett]] fame) first appeared as a British submariner in ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'', and later played Q's assistant Smithers in ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'' and ''Film/{{Octopussy}}''.
220	** Nadja Regin played Kerim Bey's lover in ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'' and belly dancer Bonita in ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}''.
221	** Creator/{{Marc Lawrence\|Actor}} played a Slumber Inc. attendant in ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'' and gangster Rodney in ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun''. Some fans theorize that these two are intended to be the same character.
222	** Vincent Wong played a croupier in ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'', a Liparus guard in ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'', and North Korean General Li in ''Film/DieAnotherDay''.
223	** Before playing henchman Sandor in ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'', Milton Reid has an uncredited bit part as a guard in ''Film/DrNo''.
224	** Albert Moses played a bartender in ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'' and [=MI6=] agent Saddrudin in ''Film/{{Octopussy}}''.
225	** Former Miss Sweden Creator/MaryStavin appeared as one of Octopussy's girls in ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'' and as [=MI6=] agent Kimberley Jones in ''Film/AViewToAKill''.
226	** Tsai Chin played Ling in ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'' and poker player Madame Wu in ''Film/{{Casino Royale\|2006}}''.
227	** George Roubicek played an American astronaut in ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'' and one of Stromberg's submarine captains in ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe''.
228	** Creator/SeanConnery's stunt double Bob Simmons had a number of uncredited roles throughout the series; he was Colonel Jacques Bouver in ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'', a KGB agent in ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'', and a henchman who gets blown up by Bond's Lotus Esprit in ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly''.
229	** Creator/JoeDonBaker played the villainous arms dealer Brad Whitaker in ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'' and the heroic CIA officer Jack Wade in ''Film/GoldenEye'' and ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies''.
230	** For the European French dubs:
231	*** Creator/WilliamSabatier dubbed Kerim Bey's driver in ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'', Marc-Ange Draco in ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService'', Felix Leiter in ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'' and General Leonid Pushkin in ''Film/TheLivingDaylights''.
232	*** Creator/GerardHernandez dubbed Hector Gonzales in ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'' and Franz Sanchez in ''Film/LicenceToKill''.
233	*** Creator/DanielRusso dubbed Kamran Shah in ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'' and Felix Leiter in the next film, ''Film/LicenceToKill''.
234	*** The French voice of Creator/DanielCraig (including Bond), Creator/EricHersonMacarel, previously dubbed Gustav Graves (Creator/TobyStephens) in ''Film/DieAnotherDay''. Which is sort of ironic considering Stephens got to voice Bond himself in the [=BBC4=] {{Radio Drama}}s based off Creator/IanFleming's books.
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237	[[folder:Gunbarrel Openings Trivia]]
238	There have been twelve variations on the iconic gunbarrel opening[[note]]not counting Brosnan's unreleased version[[/note]]. As shown by the compilation videos on Website/YouTube, every gunbarrel scene has a different soundtrack.
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240	* The first one, with StuntDouble Bob Simmons as the Bond. This one was used from ''Film/DrNo'' to ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}''. The "Bond" is actually a silhouette.
241	* When the aspect ratio changed, the sequence had to be re-done. This version used Sean Connery, and was the first version to "expand" onto the screen. This edition was seen in ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'', ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'' and ''Film/DiamondsAreForever''. It was filmed in black-and-white, and a sepia tint was added for two of those movies.
242	* Lazenby featured in the gunbarrel sequence only once. His Bond drops to one knee when firing and is wiped out by the blood.
243	* Roger Moore was the first Bond to shoot the sequence twice--again, necessitated by an aspect ratio change. His first version was used in ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'' and ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun'', and his second version was used in ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'' and onward. He's the first Bond to lose the hat, too. He's also the first Bond to don a tuxedo in the gunbarrel. Moore is also notable for being the only Bond that uses the Weaver stance when shooting--so he can be said to be the only Bond that employs proper firearm etiquette in the gunbarrel sequence.
244	* Timothy Dalton filmed it once.
245	* Pierce Brosnan filmed it twice, but the one he did when he was about to star in ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'' was never used, as he was prevented from starring in it at the last moment by his contracts on ''Series/RemingtonSteele''. His second version, introduced in ''Film/GoldenEye'' and used for all his subsequent films, had the first digitally-generated gunbarrel. ''Film/DieAnotherDay'' had a CGI bullet added in, as celebration of the 40th anniversary.
246	* Daniel Craig holds the unique distinction of having a completely different gunbarrel in every one of his films:
247	** To signify the reboot status in ''Film/{{Casino Royale\|2006}}'', Craig's gunbarrel was actually incorporated into the opening sequence, with the blood now being opaque. It's the second gunbarrel to segue directly into the opening.
248	** ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' featured a return of sorts to the "classic" form. It was now at the end of the movie, featured a different barrel and Craig became the first Bond to be shown walking away at the end.
249	** ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'''s gunbarrel was also featured at the end, in a different pose yet again.
250	** ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' puts the classic gunbarrel back at the start of the movie like it used to be before ''Casino Royale''. This time Craig doesn't conceal the gun while walking. It also holds steady and then fades to black before fading into the opening sequence, rather than the typical "gunbarrel shifts from left to right then widens to reveal opening scene".
251	** ''Film/NoTimeToDie'' again features it at the start of the movie. On the international versions, the Creator/{{Universal}} globe turns into a larger white dot which moves to the left, transitioning into the usual dots moving in to the right. The US release starts from black as usual instead. Instead of any blood falling, Bond fades to white as the camera moves through the gunbarrel and out into the opening scene.
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255	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: ''Quantum of Solace'', ''VideoGame/GoldeneyeWii'', ''VideoGame/BloodStone'' and ''VideoGame/DoubleOhSevenLegends'' were pulled from stores and legal digital distribution once Creator/{{Activision}}'s licence expired.
256	* SequelGap: ''VideoGame/DoubleOhSevenLegends'' (2012) was the last official ''James Bond'' video game for a long while. In November 2020, Creator/IOInteractive announced they were working on a new game, with "Project 007" as WorkingTitle.
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