Val Kilmer was considered for the role of Buck.
GoldenEye - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Wayne Michaels: The stuntman as a Tiger helicopter pilot.
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The title song did not chart in the U.S., but in the U.K., it went to the number seven spot on the charts. The song was written by Bono and The Edge of U2, and performed by Tina Turner. All three were neighbors to each other, living in the south of France. One day, the U2 members went over to Turner's place, whereupon The Edge played the song on Turner's piano. Bono's inspiration for writing the song, was his honeymoon stay with his wife at Ian Fleming's Jamaican beach house "Goldeneye", which is also the name of this movie.
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In 2018, Timothy Dalton admitted that after thinking of not doing a third James Bond movie, he finally decided that he wanted to do a final one until Albert R. Broccoli told him that after the five year gap, it would not be possible to do just one. Dalton then quit, since he had no intentions to do Bond "for the rest of his life."
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Minnie Driver: As Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky's (Robbie Coltrane's) mistress, Irina. She sings "Stand By Your Man" by Tammy Wynette in the nightclub.
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The "Darth train" sequence was filmed on Nene Valley Railway near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, along the same part of railway where the music video for British rock band Queen, "Breakthru" was also filmed.
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The actual MI6 Headquarters was used for external views of M's (Dame Judi Dench's) office.
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The archives breakout scene took approximately two weeks to shoot, five hundred blanks were fired during that time, and much of the cast and crew wore ear plugs or headphones, due to the sound it created when shooting indoors, since all of the weapons were real.
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Sir Roger Moore paid a visit to the set to see his son, Christian Moore, who was working as a third assistant director. He quipped that early tests of Pierce Brosnan hadn't worked out, so he was brought back.
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The end credits song "The Experience of Love" was originally written by score composer Éric Serra for his previous movie, Léon: The Professional (1994).
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The pre-title sequence takes place 9 years before the main part of the film. This would make it 1986. Ironically, that was the year Pierce Brosnan was first offered the part of James Bond, but had to give it up when his the producers of Remington Steele (1982) decided to renew his contract.
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Forbes Collins made a cameo as guard, but his scene was deleted.
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Xenia's (Famke Janssen's) hand when James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) arrives in the casino is two face cards and a seven, or 007. Bond's final hand, when he plays with Xenia, is two face cards and a six, or 006.
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Pierce Brosnan and George Lazenby are the only 007 actors born outside the United Kingdom. Lazenby was born in Australia, Brosnan in Ireland. Unlike Lazenby, Brosnan moved to the U.K. when fairly young.
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Michael G. Wilson: The producer appeared as a member of the Russian Security Council.
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John Woo turned down the chance to direct. He said he was honored by the offer.
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Kate Gayson: One of the extras in the casino scene is Kate Gayson, daughter of Eunice Gayson, who played Sylvia Trench in Dr. No (1962) and From Russia with Love (1963).
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Dame Judi Dench's glass of bourbon is really apple juice with two lumps of light glass passing for ice cubes. Pierce Brosnan drank iced water instead of the famous vodka martini.
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Producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson had not considered making Natayla Simonova a recurring Bond Girl which she would use her skills as a computer programmer to aid Bond on some of his missions.
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Computer graphics were used to create the famous "gun barrel" opening, making this movie the first In the James Bond film franchise to use CGI.
GoldenEye - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
GoldenEye - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
GoldenEye - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
GoldenEye - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
GoldenEye - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
GoldenEye - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
GoldenEye - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
GoldenEye - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
GoldenEye - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
GoldenEye - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
GoldenEye - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
GoldenEye - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
GoldenEye - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
GoldenEye - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
GoldenEye - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
GoldenEye - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
GoldenEye - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
GoldenEye - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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