History Trivia / LiveAndLetDie

** Bond's quip to Tee Hee "Butterhook?" was ad libbed by More on the set when Julius Harris fumbled with his watch.

** Dr. Kananga went on to be one of [[Film/{{Alien}} Ripley's]] crewmates, and he also bashed [[Film/FreddysDeadTheFinalNightmare Freddy Krueger]] with a baseball bat once.

** And Baron Samedi sold 7-UP with the CatchPhrase "Crisp and clean, and no caffeine. Never had it, never will."

* ExecutiveMeddling: The writers originally wanted to cast a black actress to play Solitaire, even considering DianaRoss for the role. It would have made more sense since ''all'' of the BigBad's henchmen are black except her, but the executives felt racial tensions at the time meant that TheWorldIsNotReady for a black Bond Girl (at least one that isn't TheMole). Indeed, it wasn't until 2002's ''Film/DieAnotherDay'', that Bond was given a black romantic lead.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Quarrel, Jr. is none other than...[[Series/DoctorWho Toberman!]]
** And doesn't Baron Samedi sell Dr. Peppe-- DID BOND JUST SHAG DR. QUINN MEDICINE WOMAN?!?!
*** Nope, he sold 7-UP with the CatchPhrase "Crisp and clean, and no caffeine. Never had it, never will."
** Dr. Kananga
*** is one of [[Film/{{Alien}} Ripley's]] crewmates.
*** He also bashed [[Film/FreddysDeadTheFinalNightmare Freddy Krueger]] with a baseball bat once.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Perhaps to stave off UnfortunateImplications, the production crew originally wanted Solitaire to be black and the CIA contact/[[spoiler:traitor]] to be white.

* ExecutiveMeddling: The writers originally wanted to cast a black actress to play Solitaire, even considering DianaRoss for the role. It would have made more sense since ''all'' of the BigBad's henchmen are black except her, but the executives felt racial tensions at the time meant that TheWorldIsNotReady for a black Bond Girl (at least one that isn't TheMole). Indeed, it wasn't until 2002's ''Film/DieAnotherDay'', the ''last movie in the original canon'', that Bond was given a black romantic lead.

** Creator/RogerMoore replaces Creator/SeanConnery.

* BreakawayPopHit: The titular song by Paul [=McCartney=] and Wings is almost inarguably the most famous Bond theme of them all, as it continues to get heavy airplay on classic rock stations to this day. Could be safe to assume that there are younger fans of the genre and song who aren't even aware that it's from a Bond film.

** And Dr. Kananga is one of [[Film/{{Alien}} Ripley's]] crewmates.

* TheOtherDarrin: Creator/RogerMoore replaces Creator/SeanConnery.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Would you have guessed that Roger Moore was ''45'' (and three years ''older'' than SeanConnery) when he first played Bond here?
* TheOtherDarrin: Roger Moore replaces SeanConnery.

* ExecutiveMeddling: The writers originally wanted to cast a black actress to play Solitaire, even considering DianaRoss for the role. It would have made more sense since ''all'' of the BigBad's henchmen were black, but the executives felt racial tensions at the time meant that TheWorldIsNotReady for a black Bond Girl (at least one that isn't TheMole). Indeed, it wasn't until 2002's ''Film/DieAnotherDay'', the ''last movie in the original canon'', that we got a black romantic lead.

* ExecutiveMeddling: The writers originally wanted to cast a black actress to play Solitaire, even considering DianaRoss for the role. It would have made more sense since ''all'' of the BigBad's henchmen were black, but the executives felt racial tensions at the time meant that TheWorldIsNotReady for a black Bond Girl (at least one that isn't TheMole). Indeed, it wasn't until 2003's ''Film/DieAnotherDay'', the ''last movie in the original canon'', that we got a black romantic lead.

* {{Tuckerization}}: Dr. Kananga was named after the guy who owned the crocodile farm seen in the film. [[spoiler: The feet you see running on top of the crocodiles when Bond escapes said farm? Those were Kananga's, and those were real crocodiles.]]

* ExecutiveMeddling: The writers originally wanted to cast a black actress to play Solitaire, even considering DianaRoss for the role. It would have made more sense since ''all'' of the BigBad's henchmen were black, but the executives felt racial tensions at the time meant that TheWorldIsNotReady for a black Bond Girl (at least one that isn't TheMole). Indeed, it wasn't until 2003's ''Film/DieAnotherDay'', the ''last movie in the original canon'', that we got a black leading Bond Girl.

*** He also bashed [[FreddysDeadTheFinalNightmare Freddy Krueger]] with a baseball bat once.

*** He also bashed [[ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]] with a baseball bat once.

* ExecutiveMeddling: The writers originally wanted to cast a black actress to play Solitaire, even considering DianaRoss for the role. It would have made more sense since ''all'' of the BigBad's henchmen were black, but the executives felt racial tensions at the time meant that TheWorldIsNotReady for a black Bond Girl (at least one that isn't TheMole). Indeed, it wasn't until 2003's ''DieAnotherDay'', the ''last movie in the original canon'', that we got a black leading Bond Girl.

** David Hedison also becomes the ''fifth'' actor to play Felix Leiter (he became the first one to [[LicenceToKill reprise it]]).

* {{Tuckerization}}: Dr. Kananga was named after the guy who owned the crocodile farm seen in the film. [[spoiler: The feet you see running on top of the crocodiles when Bond escapes said farm? Those were Kananga's.]]

* {{Tuckerization}}: Dr. Kananga was named after the guy who owned the crocodile farm seen in the film. [[Spoiler: The feet you see running on top of the crocodiles when Bond escapes said farm? Those were Kananga's.]]

* {{Tuckerization}}: Dr. Kananga was named after the guy who owned the crocodile farm seen in the film.

* ExecutiveMeddling: The writers originally wanted to cast a black actress to play Solitaire, even considering DianaRoss for the role, but the executives felt that racial tensions at the time meant that TheWorldIsNotReady for a black Bond Girl (at least one that isn't TheMole). Indeed, it wasn't until 2003's ''DieAnotherDay'' that we got a black leading Bond Girl.