History Trivia / FromRussiaWithLove

** Tatiana Romanava: A Russian played by an Italian.

* TroubledProduction: Pedro Armendariz (playing Kerim Bey) was critically ill and had to shoot all his scenes within two weeks [[note]] Some documentaries even mention that he had to be literally propped up by two set hands because he couldn't stand still anymore.[[/note]] The script was constantly being rewritten all the way through. Major special effects (such as the wall of fire in the boat scene) failed putting the production desperately behind schedule. Director Terence Young and art director Michael White were nearly in a helicopter accident that could've killed them both. SeanConnery himself was almost killed while filming the scene where Bond is chased by the SPECTRE thugs in the helicopter when the inexperienced helicopter pilot flew in too close and almost took his head off. It's a tribute to the professionalism of the cast and some extremely clever filming by editor Peter Hunt (a lot of Rosa Klebb's dialogue was rewritten and refilmed simply by having Lotte Lenya perform against a back projection) that the film survived and became so successful.

* HeyItsThatGuy: A very young Robert Shaw (Quint from ''Film/{{Jaws}}'', Lonnegan from ''Film/TheSting'', etc.) plays Red Grant.

** Walter Gotell, who plays the SPECTRE henchthug, will return to play the Russian General Gogol in six Bond films starting with ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe''.

** Tanya Romanova was played by an Italian actress.

** Red Grant has inspired a long list of Aryan-looking near-undefeatable henchmen (whom Bond always manages to defeat). He's been imitated with [[Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice Hans]], [[Film/TheLivingDaylights Necros]], [[Film/TomorrowNeverDies Mister Stamper]], and other Aryan-looking villains. It's arguable that ''RockyIV'''s Ivan Drago is also meant to evoke Red Grant.

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** A very young Robert Shaw (Quint from ''{{Film/Jaws}}'', Lonnegan from ''Film/TheSting'', etc.) plays Red Grant.

** A tragic variant: like it says on the main page, ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'' was chosen as the next film after UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy said it was his favorite Bond book. The advance print arrived at the White House on November 21, 1963. Advisers thought that Kennedy would enjoy the film, after he returned from [[WhoShotJFK his trip to Texas]]....
*** Most sources say he did get to see it; he'd had a private screening the night before departing for Texas.

** A tragic variant: like it says on the main page, ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'' was chosen as the next film after JohnFKennedy said it was his favorite Bond book. The advance print arrived at the White House on November 21, 1963. Advisers thought that Kennedy would enjoy the film, after he returned from [[WhoShotJFK his trip to Texas]]....

* TroubledProduction: Pedro Armendariz (playing Kerim Bey) was critically ill and had to shoot all his scenes within two weeks [[note]] Some documentaries even mention that he had to be literally propped up by two set hands as he couldn't stand still anymore due to his illness.[[/note]] The script was constantly being rewritten all the way through. Major special effects (such as the wall of fire in the boat scene) failed putting the production desperately behind schedule. Director Terence Young and art director Michael White were nearly in a helicopter accident that could've killed them both. SeanConnery himself was almost killed while filming the scene where Bond is chased by the SPECTRE thugs in the helicopter when the inexperienced helicopter pilot flew in too close and almost took his head off. It's a tribute to the professionalism of the cast and some extremely clever filming by editor Peter Hunt (a lot of Rosa Klebb's dialogue was rewritten and refilmed simply by having Lotte Lenya perform against a back projection) that the film survived and became so successful.

* TroubledProduction: Pedro Armendariz (playing Kerim Bey) was critically ill and had to shoot all his scenes within two weeks. The script was constantly being rewritten all the way through. Major special effects (such as the wall of fire in the boat scene) failed putting the production desperately behind schedule. Director Terence Young and art director Michael White were nearly in a helicopter accident that could've killed them both. SeanConnery himself was almost killed while filming the scene where Bond is chased by the SPECTRE thugs in the helicopter when the inexperienced helicopter pilot flew in too close and almost took his head off. It's a tribute to the professionalism of the cast and some extremely clever filming by editor Peter Hunt (a lot of Rosa Klebb's dialogue was rewritten and refilmed simply by having Lotte Lenya perform against a back projection) that the film survived and became so successful.

* TroubledProduction: Pedro Armendariz (playing Kerim Bey) was critically ill and had to shoot all his scenes within two weeks. The script was constantly being rewritten all the way through. Major special effects (such as the wall of fire in the boat scene) failed putting the production desperately behind schedule. Director Terence Young and art director Michael White were nearly in a helicopter accident that could've killed them both. SeanConnery himself was almost killed while filming the scene where Bond is chased by the SPECTER thugs in the helicopter when the inexperienced helicopter pilot flew in too close and almost took his head off. It's a tribute to the professionalism of the cast and some extremely clever filming by editor Peter Hunt (a lot of Rosa Klebb's dialogue was rewritten and refilmed simply by having Lotte Lenya perform against a back projection) that the film survived and became so successful.

** A very young Robert Shaw plays Red Grant.

* TroubledProduction: Pedro Armendariz (playing Kerim Bey) was critically ill and had to shoot all his scenes within two weeks. The script was constantly being rewritten all the way through. Major special effects (such as the wall of fire in the boat scene) failed putting the production desperately behind schedule. Director Terence Young and art director Michael White were nearly in a helicopter accident that could've killed them both. It's a tribute to the professionalism of the cast and some extremely clever filming by editor Peter Hunt (a lot of Rosa Klebb's dialogue was rewritten and refilmed simply by having Lotte Lenya perform against a back projection) that the film survived and became so successful.

* FakeRussian
* FountainOfExpies: As mentioned above, Red Grant has inspired a long list of Aryan-looking near-undefeatable henchmen (whom Bond always manages to defeat).

* HilariousInHindsight: Sean Connery would later go on to appear in the 1974 film adaptation of ''[[MurderOnTheOrientExpress Murder on the Orient Express]]''.

** Rosa Klebb is played by singer Lotte Lenya. For the rest of her life, new people tended to look at her shoes.

!!The movie:

!!The video game:
* 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.
* 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.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Rosa Klebb is played by singer Lotte Lenya. For the rest of her life, new people tended to look at her shoes.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Reportedly, Creator/AlfredHitchcock was at one point interested in directing.
** A tragic variant: like it says on the main page, Film/FromRussiaWithLove was chosen as the next film after JohnFKennedy said it was his favorite Bond book. The advance print arrived at the White House on November 21, 1963. Advisers thought that Kennedy would enjoy the film, after he returned from [[WhoShotJFK his trip to Texas]]....
*** Most sources say he did get to see it; he'd had a private screening the night before departing for Texas.

* TroubledProduction: Pedro Armendariz (playing Kerim Bey) was critically ill and had to shoot all his scenes within two weeks. The script was constantly being rewritten all the way through. Major special effects (such as the wall of fire in the boat scene) failed putting the production desperately behind schedule. Director Terence Young and art director Michael White were nearly in a helicopter that could've killed them both. It's a tribute to the professionalism of the cast and some extremely clever filming by editor Peter Hunt (a lot of Rosa Klebb's dialogue was rewritten and refilmed simply by having Lotte Lenya perform against a back projection) that the film survived and became so successful.

** A tragic variant: like it says on the main page, Film/FromRussiaWithLove was chosen as the next film after JohnFKennedy said it was his favorite Bond book. The advance print arrived at the White House on November 21, 1963. Advisers thought that Kennedy would enjoy the film, after he returned from [[WhoShotJFK his trip to Texas]]....

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Reportedly, AlfredHitchcock was at one point interested in directing.

** A tragic variant: like it says on the main page, FromRussiaWithLove was chosen as the next film after JohnFKennedy said it was his favorite Bond book. The advance print arrived at the White House on November 21, 1963. Advisers thought that Kennedy would enjoy the film, after he returned from [[WhoShotJFK his trip to Texas]]....

** A tragic variant: like it says on the main page, FromRussiaWithLove was chosen as the next film after {{John F. Kennedy}} said it was his favorite Bond book. The advance print arrived at the White House on November 21, 1963. Advisers thought that Kennedy would enjoy the film, after he returned from his trip to Texas....

* TroubledProduction: Pedro Armendariz (playing Kerim Bey) was critically ill and had to shoot all his scenes within two weeks. The script was constantly being rewritten all the way through. Major special effects (such as the wall of fire in the boat scene) failed putting the production desperately behind schedule. Director Terence Young and art director Michael White were nearly in a helicopter that could've killed them both. It's a tribute to the professionalism of the cast and some extremely clever filming by editor Peter Hunt (a lot of Rosa Klebbs dialogue was rewritten and refilmed simply by having Lotte Lenya perform against a back projection) that the film survived and became so successful.

* TroubledProduction: Pedro Armendariz (playing Kerim Bey) was critically ill and had to shoot all his scenes within two weeks. The script was constantly being rewritten all the way through. Major special effects (such as the wall of fire in the boat scene) failed putting the production desperately behind schedule. Director Terence Young's helicopter nearly crashed killing him and art director Michael White. It's a tribute to the professionalism of the cast and some extremely clever filming by editor Peter Hunt (a lot of Rosa Klebbs dialogue was rewritten and refilmed simply by having Lotte Lenya perform against a back projection) that the film survived and became so successful.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Reportedly, AlfredHitchcock was at one point interested in directing.