History Trivia / Skyfall

* BannedInChina: It is actually censored for a scene where Bond himself kills a Chinese security guard and for the parts where Severine mentions of being a child prostitute in Macau.
* BillingDisplacement: Severine is plastered all over promotional materials for the film and is heavily implied to be the main romantic lead. However, her screentime in a two-hour movie is about fifteen minutes, and [[spoiler:she lasts just long enough to reveal her tragic abusive background, and is murdered by Silva in front of an indifferent Bond.]] Eve, meanwhile, is far more significant to the plot and stays around from beginning to end, but her face never appears on any posters, and she's only in the TV spots for about a split second. [[spoiler: This might be to hide the twist regarding her true identity.]]

* EasterEgg: If you pay close attention to the title sequence, [[spoiler:Silva's torture is in there too, right after the Chinese dragons. Notably, it's fire themed, as opposed to Bond's parts, which started with a water theme.]] It has [[spoiler: flashes of Silva's screaming face and a shot of him tied to a chair.]]

* IKnewIt: Fans called a number of reveals in the film before it came out, including:
** Creator/NaomieHarris' character Eve was actually [[spoiler:Moneypenny.]]
** Creator/RalphFiennes' character Gareth Mallory was [[spoiler:the new M]]

* FakeNationality:

* NamesTheSame: Fans of ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' will be amused to notice that Kincade did not miss a single shot.

* PlayingWithCharacterType: While he's at first portrayed in a way that leaves ambiguous the possibility of him being one of the bad guys as a RedHerring, Mallory ends up being a normally office-bound senior spy who can go out into the field to support his man when the chips are down (and in the next film takes down a treasonous mole and formally arrests Silva). Keep all of this in mind when you remember that he's portrayed by the same man who played ''[[Film/HarryPotter Lord Voldemort]]'' and ''[[Film/SchindlersList Amon Goethe]]''.

** A procession of hearses and producer Michael G. Wilson's cameo as a pall bearer at the funeral service for the MI-6 agents. Also, Shots of dead and wounded MI-6 agents following the explosion were cut.

* HeyItsThatPlace: ''Skyfall'' is one of many films to shoot its London Underground scenes at the disused Charing Cross Jubilee Line platforms.

* TheOtherDarrin: ''Skyfall'' is the first Bond film to feature Q and Moneypenny since ''Film/DieAnotherDay'' 10 years prior; unsurprisingly, they are now played by much younger actors and are more involved in the story

* SparedByTheCut: M's assistant Vanessa originally had a more prominent role. She was to be on duty at MI6 HQ while M went to see Mallory. Telling Tanner about the MI6 computer attack, she was also to be the person discovering M's computer hacked by Silva's images before being killed in the explosion.

* ThoseTwoActors: Rory Kinnear and Ben Winshaw reunite from their previous collaboration in ''Series/TheHollowCrown''. [[HilariousInHindsight They get along in this movie.]]
* TypeCasting: Jarringly inverted in Ralph Fiennes' case - while he's at first portrayed in a way that leaves ambiguous the possibility of him being one of the bad guys as a RedHerring, he ends up being a normally office-bound senior spy who can go out into the field to support his man when the chips are down (and in the next film takes down a treasonous mole and formally arrests the BigBad). Keep all of this in mind when you remember that he's portrayed by the same man who played ''Lord Voldemort'' and ''Amon Goethe''.

* RefittedForSequel: The chase through Istanbul was meant for ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'', but abandoned due to civil unrest in the city.