History Trivia / DoubleOhSevenFromRussiaWithLove

* [[YouLookFamiliar You Sound Familiar]]: A weird case. Elizabeth Stark, the Bond Girl you rescue at the beginning of the game, is portrayed by British singer Natasha Bedingfield (of "Unwritten" fame). Bedingfield had previously contributed lead vocals for the opening song, "If You're Gonna Jump", from the previous ''Bond'' game, ''VideoGame/GoldenEyeRogueAgent''.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: EA had originally planned to release a 007 game in 2005, internally called ''[=Bond6=]'', that would've once again used the likeness of Pierce Brosnan. This was dropped after Brosnan stepped away from the role, and the game was instead retooled as an adaptation of ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'' while the new Bond film actor (who turned out to be Creator/DanielCraig) was being cast.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: EA had originally planned to release a 007 game in 2005, internally called ''[=Bond6=]'', that would've once again used the likeness of Pierce Brosnan. This was dropped after Brosnan stepped away from the role, and the game was instead retooled as an adaptation of ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove''.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: EA wasn't allowed to use the name SPECTRE for the antagonists due to a legal dispute over the film rights to ''Literature/{{Thunderball}}'' between MGM/UA/Creator/EonProductions and now-deceased screenwriter Kevin [=McClory=] (which wasn't settled until 2013 when Eon's producers bought the last remaining rights to [=McClory=]'s estate, ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' resulted from that). They had to replace them with the SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute OCTOPUS.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: EA had originally planned to release a 007 game in 2005, internally called ''[=Bond6=]'', that would've once again used the likeness of Pierce Brosnan. This was dropped after Brosnan announced stepped away from the role, and the game was instead retooled as an adaptation of ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove''.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: EA had originally planned to release a 007 game in 2005, internally called ''[=Bond6=]'', that would've once again used the likeness of Pierce Brosnan. This was dropped after Brosnan announced that he was stepping away from the role, and the game was instead retooled as an adaptation of From Russia with Love.

* TheOriginalDarrin: Creator/SeanConnery returned as Film/JamesBond while previous video games of the franchise at the TurnOfTheMillennium had then-current Bond actor Creator/PierceBrosnan voicing the main role.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: EA wasn't allowed to use the name SPECTRE for the antagonists due to a legal dispute over the film rights to ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'' between MGM/UA/Creator/EonProductions and now-deceased screenwriter Kevin [=McClory=] (which wasn't settled until the 2010's, where MGM/UA was allowed to make a Bond movie in 2015 titled ''Film/{{Spectre}}''). They had to replace them with the SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute OCTOPUS.

* TheOtherDarrin: Most of the movie characters had to be recast for various reasons, death of the actor due to the 40 year interval between film and game being a big one. For example, Bernard Lee (M) is replaced by Peter Renaday due to the former having died in 1981. However the game in part traded itself on getting Creator/SeanConnery to not only let them use his face for James Bond, but voice the character as well.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: EA had originally planned to release a 007 game in 2005, internally called ''[=Bond6=]'', that would've once again used the likeness of Pierce Brosnan. This was dropped after Brosnan announced that he was stepping away from the role, and the game was instead retooled as an adaptation of From Russia With Love.

* RoleReprise: The game traded itself in part on having gotten Sean Connery to voice Bond, who retired from physical acting two years prior. It is the last time he portrayed Bond in any media before his passing in October 2020.

* RoleReprise: The game traded itself in part on having gotten Creator/SeanConnery to voice Bond, who retired from physical acting two years prior. It is the last time he portrayed Bond in any media before his passing in October 2020.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: EA wasn't allowed to use the name SPECTRE for the antagonists due to a legal dispute over the film rights to ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'' between MGM/UA and now-deceased screenwriter Kevin [=McClory=] (which wasn't settled until the 2010's, where MGM/UA was allowed to make a Bond movie in 2015 titled ''Film/{{Spectre}}''). They had to replace them with the SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute OCTOPUS.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: EA wasn't allowed to use the name SPECTRE for the antagonists due to a legal dispute over the film rights to ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'' between MGM/UA and now-deceased screenwriter Kevin [=McClory=]. They had to replace them with the SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute OCTOPUS.

* RoleReprise: The game traded itself in part on having gotten Sean Connery to voice Bond, who retired from physical acting two years prior. It is the last time he portrayed Bond in any media before his passing (which happened 15 years later).

* TheOtherDarrin: Most of the movie characters had to be recast for various reasons, death of the actor due to the 40 year interval between film and game being a big one. For example, Bernard Lee (M) is replaced by Peter Renaday due to the former having died in 1981. However the game in part traded itself on getting Creator/SeanConnery to not only let them use his face for Bond, but voice the character as well.
* RoleReprise: The game traded itself in part on having gotten Creator/SeanConnery to voice Bond, despite the fact he had officially retired from acting.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: EA wasn't allowed to use the name SPECTRE for the antagonists due to a legal dispute over the film rights to ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'' between MGM/UA and now-deceased screenwriter Kevin [=McClory=]. They had to replace them with the SerialNumbersFiledOff OCTOPUS.

* RoleReprisal: The game traded itself in part on having gotten Creator/SeanConnery to voice Bond, despite the fact he had officially retired from acting.

* RoleReprisal: The game traded itself in part on having gotten Creator/SeanConnery to voice Bond.

* RoleReprisal: The game traded itself in part on having gotten Sean Connery to voice Bond.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: EA wasn't allowed to use the name SPECTRE for the antagonists due to a legal dispute over the film rights to ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'' between MGM/UA and now-deceased screenwriter Creator/KevinMcClory. They had to replace them with the SerialNumbersFiledOff OCTOPUS.

* TheOtherDarrin: Most of the movie characters had to be recast for various reasons, death of the actor due to the 40 year interval between film and movie being a big one. For example, Bernard Lee (M) is replaced by Peter Renaday due to the former having died in 1981. However the game in part traded itself on getting Creator/SeanConnery to not only let them use his face for Bond, but voice the character as well.