Die Another Day - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

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[charlie]

Icarus was originally called "Solaris", but was changed when the producers found out that Solaris (2002) was in production.

[francisco]

Deborah Moore: The daughter of Sir Roger Moore makes a brief appearance as a flight attendant on the British Airways flight.

[aaron]

During the theatrical run of Spectre (2015), a special event was organized titled "The Black Women of Bond". It starred Miss Moneypenny actress Naomie Harris from Skyfall (2012) and Spectre (2015), who is the first black British actress in the franchise, as well as Halle Berry (Jinx from this movie), Gloria Hendry (Rosie Carver from Live and Let Die (1973)) who was Bond's first African-American love-interest, and Trina Parks (Thumper from Diamonds Are Forever (1971)) who was the first major black Bond Girl. The event was hosted by the African-American Film Critics Association at the California African-American Museum, as a tribute to the Black Women of Bond. Not present at the event were Nicaise Jean-Louis (One of Drax's Girls from Moonraker (1979)), Grace Jones (May Day from A View to a Kill (1985)), and Sylvana Henriques (The Jamaican Girl from On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)), the first Black Bond Girl.

[michele]

One of the few James Bond movies to openly use alternate source music, in this case, The Clash's "London Calling". The previous movie to do this was A View to a Kill (1985), which utilized The Beach Boys' "California Girls".

[sylvia]

Only the second James Bond movie to feature James Bond's office. It was last seen in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969).

[nina]

Zao is not a Korean name. However, it is a Chinese name, and North Korea and China have been friends for many years. So, it's possible that someone emigrated from China to North Korea, married, had a son, and named him "Zao".

[nina]

The Jaguar driven by Zao is not a production car, but only a prototype, supposedly showcasing the next generation XKR. The design was changed, however, so the car in this movie will never see production.

[edgar]

Some location filming took place at "The Eden Project" near St. Austell, Cornwall, England, in the first week of March 2002.

[kenzi]

The last James Bond movie until Casino Royale (2006).

[bernard]

According to the book "The Bond Legacy", it was decided to delay production of this movie in order to have a 2002 release date, to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the first James Bond movie (Dr. No (1962)) and the 50th anniversary of the writing of the first Bond novel (Casino Royale).

[duane]

The Ice Palace was inspired by the real-life Ice Hotel in Jukkasjärvi, Kiruna, Sweden. Producer Barbara Broccoli first saw a photo of it in a magazine while travelling on a plane, and thought it would make a good set piece for a Bond movie. The location is two hundred kilometers (one hundred twenty-four miles) north of the Arctic Circle in Sweden. Ice hotels, or similar structures like an Ice Palace, Ice Museum, Snow Castle, or Ice Castle have existed in Norway, Finland, Canada, Romania, and Russia, but such a building has never existed in Iceland, where some of the ice palace footage was shot.

[addison]

Another reason why this movie didn't go down well with South Koreans was a lovemaking scene set close to a statue of Buddha.

[marc]

Sir Roger Moore actively voiced his displeasure with this movie, citing the invisible car and the weak CGI as being a low for the franchise.

[charlie]

Along with Skyfall (2012), this is the only James Bond movie to feature four Oscar-winning or Oscar-nominated actor and actresses: with winners Dame Judi Dench and Halle Berry, and nominated John Cleese and Rosamund Pike.

[ronnie]

In the middle of the sword fight, Gustav Graves (Toby Stephens) fetches two broadswords. As he walks back towards James Bond (Pierce Brosnan), Bond kicks his épée away towards camera. This move was never planned, and just happened on the day.

[ivan]

The final showdown between James Bond and Gustav Graves originally took place in an indoor beach resort in Japan. Director Lee Tamahori changed it to a plane.

[melinda]

Pierce Brosnan used a Walther P99 with a fake suppressor and custom-made leather holster. Ten of these models were supplied by Bapty U.K., all in the same serial number range. Serial #B8041837, B8041841, B8041852, B8041854, B8041861, and B8041868.

[cassandra]

One of the problems the crew encountered when shooting the North Korean segments in England was that there were only two fully qualified stuntmen of Asian descent in the U.K. To get around that, they tapped local martial arts clubs for more talent.

[kristen]

The movie's title song "Die Another Day", sung by Madonna, debuted in the U.S. charts on October 19, 2002, and peaked at the number eight spot. The song was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, and a Golden Raspberry Award (Razzie) for Worst Original Song. Pop legend Sir Elton John called it the "worst Bond tune ever".