History Trivia / DiamondsAreForever

* FatalMethodActing: [[spoiler:Closely averted by Lana Wood when the cement block she was tied to in the swimming pool slipped down the sloping floor of the pool and dragged her underneath. Fortunately crew members spotted and rescued her.]]

* OldShame: Defied, at least as far as Jill St. John is concerned. In the ''Bond Girls Are Forever'' TV special, she has a few fairly scornful things to say about actresses who view their Bond Girl roles this way.

** [[https://youtu.be/S4cU_20TgJ8 A cameo]] by Creator/SammyDavisJr.

** Screenwriter Richard Maibaum hated Creator/TomMankiewicz's changes to the script, more specifically the change of Goldfinger's twin brother for Blofeld and the whole climax, which would be an exciting pursuit through Lake Mead in Las Vegas, for an endless action scene on an oil rig.[[note]]In fairness to Mankiewicz, Maibaum's water pursuit idea involved things like Roman galleys and Chinese junks, under the assumption they were common in Las Vegas when in reality they weren't, which is part of the reason the setpiece got scrapped.[[/note]]

** Nikki van der Vyl dubbed Marie, the woman in the opening sequence.

** Screenwriter Richard Maibaum hated Creator/TomMankiewicz's changes to the script, more specifically the change of Goldfinger's twin brother for Blofeld and the whole climax, which would be an exciting maritime pursuit in Las Vegas, for an endless action scene on an oil rig.

** Plenty O'Toole having dinner with Bond, ending with Plenty inviting herself to Bond's apartment. Then, after the "pervert's convention" throws her out the window, Plenty returns to Bond's apartment soaking wet and wearing nothing but a white ModestyTowel to hide her shame in the hopes of retrieving her clothes and to see what has become of Bond. After seeing him having sex with Tiffany an angry Plenty almost leaves... but not before going through Tiffany's purse and finding her address, explaining how Wint and Kidd confused her with Tiffany.

* CaliforniaDoubling: The scene in South Africa was filmed in Nevada.

* RoleReprise: Creator/SeanConnery was offered a really hefty sum by the producers to come back in the role after the fiasco that was Creator/GeorgeLazenby's departure after only one film, ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService''. Then he left the series once and for all.
** He ended up reprising the role once again in 1983's ''Film/NeverSayNeverAgain'', but this is considered an unofficial/non-canon film.

* StarDerailingRole: The humongous £1.2 million salary Creator/SeanConnery received for this film proved to be a double-edged sword. While it helped him set up the Scottish International Education Trust, it also priced him out of the market as other productions thought he'd become unaffordable. He had to spend a couple of years working in smaller projects for low pay to show that he wasn't being driven by big paydays.

* MoneyDearBoy: Creator/SeanConnery received $1,250,000 to come back for the role, but used it to set up a charity to help poorer families in Scotland with their education costs.

* OneForTheMoneyOneForTheArt: Creator/SeanConnery agreed to do his last James Bond film for Creator/EonProductions for a fee of £1.2 million, which he used to found the Scottish International Education Trust, an arts funding company for Scottish artists.

** He ended up reprising the role once again in 1983's Film/NeverSayNeverAgain, but this is considered an unofficial/non-canon film.

* RoleReprise: Creator/SeanConnery was offered a really hefty sum by the producers to come back in the role after the fiasco that was Creator/GeorgeLazenby's departure after only one film, ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService''. Then he left the series once and for all (he reprised the role once again [[Film/NeverSayNeverAgain in 1983]], but not in the series).