History Trivia / AViewToAKill

** Fiona "[[{{Anastasia}} Grand Duchess Anastasia]]" and "[[Literature/AliceInWonderland Alice (of Wonderland)]]" Fullerton.

* FakeNationality: The KGB agent Pola Ivanova is played by a Brit born in Nigeria, Fiona Fullerton.

* OldShame: The least favorite film from his tenure, RogerMoore regrets making this movie for many reasons. Besides realizing he was too old to be Bond, he was appalled with the scene where Zorin gleefully guns down his own men.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/PierceBrosnan would have taken up the 007 mantle ten years early if he hadn't decided to do ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' instead.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Bond teams up with [[Series/TheAvengers John Steed]].

** [[Film/TempleOfDoom Wu Han]] is CIA agent Chuck Lee.

** Also, DolphLundgren, who was dating Grace Jones at the time, appears as Gogol's KGB bodyguard.

** [[ThatSeventiesShow Midge Pinciotti]] was also a Bond girl. (Not to mention an [[Series/CharliesAngels Angel]].

** [[ThatSeventiesShow Midge Pinciotti]] was also a Bond girl.

** And they're fighting ChristopherWalken, in his best known role as... ChristopherWalken.

** Zorin's other assistants, Jenny Flex & Pan Ho are played by that blonde lady from ''Film/TheLastCrusade'' and the actual coiner of the phrase "Me Love You Long Time", respectively.
** ObstructiveBureaucrat W.G. Howe is played by, to quote [[SaturdayNightLive Darrell Hammond]] "the bald guy from Murder One."

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Pierce Brosnan would have taken up the 007 mantle ten years early if he hadn't decided to do ''RemingtonSteele'' instead.
** DavidBowie turned down the role of Zorin.

** The producers wanted to bring back Barbara Bach as Major Anya Amasova from ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe''. After Bach declined, the part was changed into Pola Ivanova.

* OldShame: Roger Moore regrets making this movie for many reasons. Besides realizing he was too old to be Bond, he was appalled with the scene where Zorin gleefully guns down his own men.
* RealitySubtext: Zorin's "Main Strike" is schedueled to happen on the 22nd, the same day as the Kennedy assassination; the Texan oil driller Conley is a reference to Texan Governor Connally, who was also shot but survived; and Sir Godfrey Tibbet is a reference to [=JD=] Tibbet, the policeman Lee Harvey Oswald was originally arrested for shooting.

** Zorin's other assistants, Jenny Flex & Pan Ho are played by that blonde lady from ''Film/TheLastCrusade'' and the actual coiner of the phrase MeLoveYouLongTime, respectively.

** Maud Adams makes a blink-and-you'll-miss-her cameo as an extra on a bus. This makes her the only actress to play three distinct characters in the Bond movies (following her roles in ''TheManWithTheGoldenGun'' and as the eponymous {{Octopussy}}, respectively). Apparently, she just happened to be visiting San Francisco while they were shooting there, and Moore decided to get her in it.

** Maryam D'Abo screen-tested as Pola Ivanova, but was rejected for being too young. She would star as Kara Milovy in the next Bond movie ''TheLivingDaylights''.

** And they're fighting ChristopherWalken, with his best known role, ChristopherWalken.

** Zorin's other assistants, Jenny Flex & Pan Ho are played by [[IndianaJones that blonde lady from the Last Crusade]] and the actual coiner of the phrase MeLoveYouLongTime, respectively.

** [[IndianaJones Wu Han]] is CIA agent Chuck Lee.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Fiona "[[{{Anastasia}} Grand Duchess Anastasia]]" and "[[Literature/AliceInWonderland Alice (of Wonderland)]]" Fullerton.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Fiona "[[{{Anastasia}} Grand Duchess Anastasia]]" and "[[AliceInWonderland Alice (of Wonderland)]]" Fullerton.

* RealitySubtext: Zorin's "Main Strike" is schedueled to happen on the 22nd, the same day as the Kennedy assassination; the Texan oil driller Conley is a reference to Texan Governor Connally, who was also shot but survived; and Sir Godfrey Tibbet is a reference to [=JD=] Tibbet, the policeman Lee Harvey Oswald was originally arrested for shooting.

* Zorin's "Main Strike" is schedueled to happen on the 22nd, the same day as the Kennedy assassination; the Texan oil driller Conley is a reference to Texan Governor Connally, who was also shot but survived; and Sir Godfrey Tibbet is a reference to [=JD=] Tibbet, the policeman Lee Harvey Oswald was originally arrested for shooting.

** [[IndianaJones Wu Han from Temple of Doom]] is CIA agent Chuck Lee.

** ObstructiveBureaucrat W.G. Howe is played by, to quote [[SaturdayNightLive Darrell Hammond]] "the bald guy from Murder One."

** DavidBowie turned down the role of Zorin, opting to make ''{{Labyrinth}}'' instead.

* CharacterAgedWithTheActor: Roger Moore admits he probably shouldn't have made this movie, remarking "[[SelfDeprecation I was about 400 years too old for the part.]]"

** And I didn't know [[ThatSeventiesShow Midge Pinciotti]] was also a Bond girl.

** Maud Adams makes a blink-and-you'll-miss-her cameo as an extra on a bus. This makes her the only actress to play three distinct characters in the Bond movies (following her roles in ''TheManWithTheGoldenGun'' and as the titular ''{{Octopussy}}'', respectively). Apparently, she just happened to be visiting San Francisco while they were shooting there, and Moore decided to get her in it.

* WhoShotJFK?: Zorin's "Main Strike" is schedueled to happen on the 22nd, the same day as the Kennedy assassination; the Texan oil driller Conley is a reference to Texan Governor Connally, who was also shot but survived; and Sir Godfrey Tibbet is a reference to [=JD=] Tibbet, the policeman Oswald was originally arrested for shooting.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Pierce Brosnan would have taken up the 007 mantle ten years early if he hadn't decided to do ''RemingtonSteele'' instead.

* GettingTooOldForThis: Roger Moore admits he probably shouldn't have made this movie, remarking "[[SelfDeprecation I was about 400 years too old for the part.]]"

** Maud Adams makes a blink-and-you'll-miss-her cameo as an extra on a bus.

** Maud Adams makes a blink-and-you'll-miss-her cameo as an extra on a bus.