History Trivia / LiveAndLetDie

** Diana Ross was considered for Solitaire (see above), as was Creator/CatherineDeneuve, Creator/GoldieHawn and Creator/HelenMirren.

* WriteWhatYouKnow: Much of the novel draws from Fleming's personal experiences: the opening of the book, with Bond's arrival at New York's Idlewild Airport was inspired by Fleming's own journeys in 1941 and 1953, and the warehouse at which Leiter is attacked by a shark was based on a similar building Fleming and his wife had visited in St. Petersburg, Florida on their recent journey. He also used his experiences on his two journeys on the Silver Meteor as background for the route taken by Bond and Solitaire.

** Creator/JulianGlover was considered for the role of Bond.

* TheOtherDarrin

** Diana Ross was considered for Solitaire (see above), as was Creator/CatherineDeneuve.

*** A scene in which Kananga threatens to cut off Tee Hee's arms and feed it to the crocodiles when he harms Solitaire was also removed.

* BreakawayPopHit: The titular song by Music/PaulMcCartney and Music/{{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, as does its cover by Music/GunsNRoses. 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.

* RecycledScript: The film has a lot in common with ''Film/DrNo'' - a British agent is killed by seemingly innocuous passersby, we Bond in his flat, Bond is menaced in his hotel room by a creepy crawly, there's a bogus taxi driver working for the villain, Bond and Quarrel sail out to the villain's domain under cover of night and the villain keeps islanders at bay by resurrecting mythological terrors with the aid of modern technology. Both were filmed in Jamaica and both introduced an actor as Bond.

* SameLanguageDub: Regular Bond voice artist Nikki Van der Zyl dubbed much of Creator/JaneSeymourActress's dialogue.

* SameLanguageDub: Regular Bond voice artist Nikki Van der Zyl dubbed much of Jane Seymour's dialogue.

** Music/DianaRoss was considered for Solitaire (see above), as was Creator/CatherineDeneuve.

* {{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.]]

* AbsenteeActor: Q is absent from the film. Desmond Llewelyn was then appearing in the show ''Follyfoot'', but was written out of three episodes to appear in the film. The producers decided not to include the character, feeling that "too much was being made of the films' gadgets", and decided to downplay this aspect of the series, much to Llewelyn's annoyance.

* RecycledScript:

* SameLanguageDub: Regular Bond voice artist Nikki Van der Zyl dubbed much of Jane Seymour's dialogue.

* CastingTheExpert: Geoffrey Holder was not only an imposing (he stood at 6'6) yet jovial presence that was perfect for Baron Samedi, but he also choreographed the voodoo cult scenes, as he was a professional choreographer in addition to an actor.

* TheCastShowOff: Geoffrey Holder choreographed his own dance sequences.

* BreakawayPopHit: The titular song by Music/PaulMcCartney and Music/{[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, as does its cover by Music/GunsNRoses. 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.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Would you have guessed that Creator/RogerMoore was ''45'' (and three years ''older'' than Creator/SeanConnery) when he first played Bond here?

* AllThereInTheManual: Solitaire's real name in the book is Simone Latrelle. Her nickname comes from her apparent exclusion of men from her life.
* 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, as does its cover by Music/GunsNRoses. 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.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The production crew originally wanted Solitaire to be black and the CIA contact/[[spoiler:traitor]] to be white.

*** The most noticeable loss was of an opening scene in which James Bond was to have met an old man in a garden at night. The man was to have handed over a pair of special contact lenses. They are disturbed by the approach of enemy agents and Bond tries to help the man escape by assisting him over a high wall that surrounds the garden. But too late, Bond discovers that the garden is in fact on the top of a very high building and his contact falls to his death. Michael Sheard was cast as the man, but the scene was never filmed.

* AbsenteeActor: Q is absent from the film. Desmond Llewelyn was then appearing in ''Series/Follyfoot'', but was written out of three episodes to appear in the film. The producers decided not to include the character, feeling that "too much was being made of the films' gadgets", and decided to downplay this aspect of the series, much to Llewelyn's annoyance.

%%* FountainOfExpies: Baron Samedi.

** Bond's quip to Tee Hee "Butterhook?" was ad libbed by Moore on the set when Julius Harris fumbled with his watch. It subsequently became Harris's nickname throughout the production.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen:The production crew originally wanted Solitaire to be black and the CIA contact/[[spoiler:traitor]] to be white.

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Quarrel, Jr. is none other than... [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E1TheTombOfTheCybermen Toberman!]]
** And Baron Samedi sold 7-UP with the CatchPhrase "Crisp and clean, and no caffeine. Never had it, never will." He's also the inspiration for [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid Sebastian The Crab]], and even performed the aquatic composer's songs at the Academy Awards!
** Wait, ''did Bond just shag Series/DrQuinnMedicineWoman?!?!?!''
** Dr. Kananga went on to be one of [[Film/{{Alien}} Ripley's]] crewmates. He also bashed [[Film/FreddysDeadTheFinalNightmare Freddy Krueger]] with a baseball bat once, and helped Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger escape [[Series/FamilyFeud Richard Dawson's]] [[Film/TheRunningMan deadliest game show ever created.]]

** Dr. Kananga went on to be one of [[Film/{{Alien}} Ripley's]] crewmates. He also bashed [[Film/FreddysDeadTheFinalNightmare Freddy Krueger]] with a baseball bat once, and helped Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger escape [[FamilyFeud Richard Dawson's]] [[Film/TheRunningMan deadliest game show ever created.]]

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

* ThrowItIn: A speedboat crashing into a police car and utterly wrecking it was an accident, but no one was hurt and it looked great on camera, so they kept it in.

** Dr. Kananga went on to be one of [[Film/{{Alien}} Ripley's]] crewmates. He also bashed [[Film/FreddysDeadTheFinalNightmare Freddy Krueger]] with a baseball bat once, and helped Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger escape [[FamilyFeud Richard Dawson's]] [[TheRunningMan deadliest game show ever created.]]