History Trivia / GoldenEye

* TheOtherDarrin: Samantha Bond replaced Caroline Bliss as Moneypenny and Creator/JudiDench replaced Robert Brown as M, becoming the first woman in the role. Dench was the only actress from the Brosnan films to go on to Daniel Craig's.
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: One of the theatrical trailers for the film spoiled [[spoiler:Alec Trevelyan being revealed as the villain]].

* TruthInTelevision: According to some sources in the military the Pentagon and White House actually do watch CNN and 24 hour news networks for breaking stories and updates.
* {{Tuckerization}}: Jack Wade is named after uncredited screenwriter Kevin Wade.

* BackedByThePentagon: The French ''[[UsefulNotes/GaulsWithGrenades Armee de l'Air]]'' provided a prototype Eurocopter Tiger and its testing ship, the FS ''La Fayette'', for its Monte Carlo scenes.

** ''Operation GoldenEye'' (Greece)
** ''007 Against GoldenEye'' (Brazil)
** ''007 and the GoldenEye'' (Finland)

** ''James Bond 007 - GoldenEye'' (Germany)

** ''Agent 007 GoldenEye'' (Italy).
** ''GoldenEye: The Return of Agent 007'' (Latin America).

* DevelopmentHell[=/=]SavedFromDevelopmentHell: Not nearly as bad as most examples, but it took 6 years for ''Film/LicenceToKill'' to get a follow-up due to legal problems, the longest tenure between two ''Bond'' films to date. In 1994, Timothy Dalton opted to leave the role behind despite Goldeneye partially being written with him in mind, and Creator/PierceBrosnan got the job he could have gotten if he'd been released from his ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' contract in 1987.
* FakeNationality: There's a ''lot'' of {{Fake Russian}}s.

** And of course, the very British James Bond is played by Irishman Creator/PierceBrosnan.

* RecycledSoundtrack: The end credits song "The Experience of Love" was originally written by score composer Music/EricSerra for ''Film/TheProfessional''.
* RomanceOnTheSet: It's been reported (and both director Martin Campbell and producer Michael G Wilson allude to it on the [=DVD=] and Bluray commentary track, suggesting that there were a lot of 'secret desires' between the pair) that Creator/PierceBrosnan and Famke Janssen were extremely attracted to each other during production. Nothing ever "happened" as far as anyone knows, bur it sure explains their strong on-screen chemistry. Naturally, however, the British tabloids took this and ran with it, despite Brosnan being in a long-term relationship with Keely Shaye Smith and Janssen actively being married at the time.

** This is where Famke Janssen's filmography started to snowball, with her next major appearance being in Bryan Singer's ''X-Men''. She had however stated a desire to avoid being typecast following Goldeneye, and reportedly received dozens of 'evil villainess' roles following her turn as Xenia; to avoid this, she used her turn in Goldeneye to gain numerous indie roles, including a spot on a Woody Allen film.

* TheOtherDarrin: Samantha Bond replaced Caroline Bliss as Moneypenny and Creator/JudiDench replaced Robert Brown as M, becoming the first woman in the role. Dench was the only actress from the Brosnan films to go on to Craig's.
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: One of the theatrical trailers for the film spoiled [[spoiler:Alec Treveylen being revealed as the villain]].

** Even after a six-year hiatus between this film and ''Film/LicenceToKill'', Creator/TimothyDalton was initially interested in reprising the role of James Bond for just Goldeneye and not for any further films. Despite their great working relationship and friendship, producer Albert "Cubby" Broccoli wanted Dalton to commit to a four to five-film contract, which Dalton was unwilling to do. Not wanting to be contractually obligated to stick around for longer than he was willing to, Dalton announced his resignation from the role in April 1994.

** A different introduction to Valentin Zuckovsky.

* DevelopmentHell[=/=]SavedFromDevelopmentHell: Not nearly as bad as most examples, but it took 6 years for ''Film/LicenceToKill'' to get a follow-up due to legal problems, the longest tenure between two ''Bond'' films. In 1994, Timothy Dalton opted to leave the role behind despite Goldeneye partially being written with him in mind, and Creator/PierceBrosnan got the job he could have gotten if he'd been released from his ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' contract in 1987.

** The Russian Zukovsky played by the British Robbie Coltrane.
** The Russian Natalya is played by the Polish-born-raised-in-Sweden Izabela Scorupco.

* ProductionNickname: Alec Trevelyan's dark coloured locomotive in the movie was nicknamed on the set as "Darth Train".

* RomanceOnTheSet: It's been reported (and both director Martin Campbell and producer Michael G Wilson allude to it on the [=DVD=] and Bluray commentary track, suggesting that there were a lot of 'secret desires' between the pair) that Creator/PierceBrosnan and Famke Janssen were extremely attracted to each other during production. Nothing ever "happened" as far as anyone knows, bur it sure explains their strong on-screen chemistry. Naturally, however, the British tabloids took this and ran with it, despite Brosnan being in a long-term relationship and Janssen actively being married at the time.

** ''GoldenEye: The Return of Agent 007'' (Italy).

* InMemoriam: The AttractMode of [[Pinball/GoldenEye the pinball game]] includes the message "Dedicated to the Memory of Jack Bushell."

* ProductPlacement: The Eurocopter (now Airbus Helicopters) [=EC665=] Tiger, as well as the latest Aston Martin [=DB5=], and IBM computers. Interestingly enough, the Tiger wouldn't become operationally ready for another 13 years, so at the time it really was a prototype. The BMW Z3 - although not a favourite of Bond fans - was also only a prototype but actively spurred sales of the vehicle despite appearing in two short sequences on film. Perrier also got in on the act with a truck being prominently obliterated during the tank chase.

* DeletedScene: Several:

** John Rhys-Davies was set to reprise his role as General Pushkin from ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'' when Dalton was still on, but the character was replaced with Defense Minister Mishkin.

* {{Tuckerization}}: Jack Wade is named after uncredited screenwriter Kevin Wade.

** Prior to the bungee jump, Bond severs the communication lines.

* AllThereInTheScript: In the script, M's real name is Barbara Mawdsley.

* DevelopmentHell[=/=]SavedFromDevelopmentHell: Not nearly as bad as most examples, but it took 6 years for ''Film/LicenceToKill'' to get a follow-up due to legal problems, the longest tenure between two ''Bond'' films. In 1994, Timothy Dalton opted to leave the role behind despite Goldeneye partially being written with him in mind, and Pierce Brosnan got the job he could have gotten if he'd been released from his ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' contract in 1987.

** Subverted with Izabella Scorupco, who turned down high profile lead roles in ''Film/TheMaskOfZorro'' and ''LAConfidential'' after the success of this film. Her acting career petered out, and she's only been in a few supporting roles since.

* BackedByThePentagon: The French ''[[GaulsWithGrenades Armee de l'Air]]'' provided a prototype Eurocopter Tiger and its testing ship, the FS ''La Fayette'', for its Monte Carlo scenes.

** The second one for Creator/PierceBrosnan. He was already famous when ''[=GoldenEye=]'' was made, but after ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' (which put him on the map), he lapsed into mediocrity. Bond revitalised his career greatly, to the point that he's the only Bond actor besides Creator/SeanConnery who continues to get decent roles after being let go from the 007 franchise.

** The producers originally asked '''JohnWoo''' to direct. Woo declined, though said he felt honored by the offer.
** Reportedly, the part of Trevelyan was originally written to be an older character, a mentor to Bond who went to the dark side. Apparently the producers wanted to cast either Creator/AnthonyHopkins or Creator/AlanRickman in the part. An older character would make sense, given the timeline for the execution of the Lienz Cossacks in the wake of the Second World War. (When the part was re-written for a younger actor, the script skirted the issue by suggesting that Alec’s family survived the massacre, with his father committing suicide years later. “But my father couldn’t let himself or my mother live with the shame of it.”) There was also talk of the older ''Augustus'' Trevelyan as having been a previous M, rather than an equal 00 agent.

* RecycledSoundtrack: The end credits song "The Experience of Love" was originally written by score composer Music/EricSerra for ''Film/Léon''.
* RomanceOnTheSet: It's been reported (and both director Martin Campbell and producer Michael G Wilson allude to it on the [=DVD=] and Bluray commentary track, suggesting that there were a lot of 'secret desires' between the pair) that Pierce Brosnan and Famke Janssen were extremely attracted to each other during production. Nothing ever "happened" as far as anyone knows, bur it sure explains their strong on-screen chemistry. Naturally, however, the British tabloids took this and ran with it, despite Brosnan being in a long-term relationship and Janssen actively being married at the time.

* RecyledSoundtrack: The end credits song "The Experience of Love" was originally written by score composer Music/EricSerra for ''Film/Léon.

** A subversion from a previous example. Pierce Brosnan was originally chosen to replace Roger Moore as James Bond but wasn't able to get out of his ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' contract leading to Timothy Dalton getting the part.

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** "James Bond just killed {{Sharpe}}!" And amusingly, in an episode of ''Sharpe'', the latter's sidekick killed a character played by Creator/DanielCraig, the next Bond. Nowadays, he's known as [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Boromir of Gondor]]. As well as [[Series/GameOfThrones Ned Stark, Lord of Winterfell]].
** Xenia and Boris are [[Film/{{X-Men}} Jean Grey and Nightcrawler]].
*** These days, Boris works in [[Series/TheGoodWife Chicago]]. When he's not [[Series/TinMan wandering around the O.Z.]] or introducing ''[[Series/{{Masterpiece}} Masterpiece Mystery]]''.
*** Xenia's now the [[Film/{{Taken}} ex-wife of an ex-spy]].
** And Robbie Coltrane as Valentin Dmitriyev Zhukovsky, ie, [[Film/HarryPotter Rubeus Hagrid]]. [[{{Series/Cracker}} Or Eddie Fitzgerald for British TV Fans]].
** Blink and you'll miss Minnie Driver (or, if you prefer, [[Film/ThePhantomOfTheOpera2004 Carlotta]][=/=][[Disney/{{Tarzan}} Jane]]) as Valentin's tone-deaf mistress.
** [[ComicBook/{{Asterix}} Julius Caesar]] is Ourumov!
** Joe Don Baker (who was villain Brad Whitaker in ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'') is Jack Wade!
*** [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MITCHELL!]]
** The unfortunate Admiral who suffers Xenia's thighs early in the film previously appeared in the "unofficial ''Bond''" ''Film/NeverSayNeverAgain''. Presumbly his murder was punishment for starring in the ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'' knockoff.
*** [[Film/TopSecret Nick Rivers' defense attorney can't catch a break, can he?]]

* TheOtherDarrin: Samantha Bond replaced Caroline Bliss as Moneypenny.

** Even after a six-year hiatus between this film and "Film/LicenceToKill", Creator/TimothyDalton was initially interested in reprising the role of James Bond for just Goldeneye and not for any further films. Despite their great working relationship and friendship, producer Albert "Cubby" Broccoli wanted Dalton to commit to a four to five-film contract, which Dalton was unwilling to do. Not wanting to be contractually obligated to stick around for longer than he was willing to, Dalton announced his resignation from the role in April 1994.

** This is where Famke Janssen's filmography started to snowball, with her next major appearance being in Bryan Singer's X-Men. She had however stated a desire to avoid being typecast following Goldeneye, and reportedly received dozens of 'evil villainess' roles following her turn as Xenia; to avoid this, she used her turn in Goldeneye to gain numerous indie roles, including a spot on a Woody Allen film.

** Blink and you'll miss Minnie Driver (or, if you prefer, [[Film/ThePhantomOfTheOpera2004 Carlotta]]) as Valentin's tone-deaf mistress.

** The producers originally asked JohnWoo to direct. Woo declined, though said he felt honored by the offer.

* BackedByThePentagon: The French ''[[GaulsWithGrenades Armee l'Air]]'' provided a prototype Eurocopter Tiger and its testing ship, the FS ''La Fayette'', for its Monte Carlo scenes.

** It took a while to get going, but this is where Famke Janssen's filmography started to snowball.

** Subverted with Izabella Scorupco, who turned down high profile lead roles in ''TheMaskOfZorro'' and ''LAConfidential'' after the success of this film. Her acting career petered out, and she's only been in a few supporting roles since.

** The Russian Natalya is played by the Polish-born-raised-in-Sweden Izabela Scorupco

** Creator/SeanBean was actually considered for the part of Bond proper. This has the effect of making Alec Trevelyan more creepy because he's essentially portraying Trevelyan as an evil Bond.

** Creator/AlanRickman turned down the role of Alec Trevelyan. There was also talk of Anthony Hopkins playing the role, with the older ''Augustus'' Trevelyan originally intended as having been a previous M and mentor/father figure to Bond rather than an equal 00 agent.