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This article is from the Movie Trivia,
by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions
by others.
594 GoldenEye (1995)
- First James Bond movie where Bond's car is not English.
- 'Pierce Brosnan' (qv)'s first appearance as James Bond. Other actors
considered include 'Liam Neeson' (qv), 'Mel Gibson' (qv), 'Sam Neill' (qv),
and 'Hugh Grant' (qv). Brosnan was the prefered choice for Bond in
"The Living Daylights (1989)" (qv), but was ruled out because of his
contractual obligations to ""Remington Steele" (1982)" (qv).
- Brosnan's contract to play James Bond specifies that while contracted as
Bond he is not permitted to appear in any other film wearing a tuxedo.
- Actresses considered as Bond girls were 'Elizabeth Hurley' (qv) and
'Elle MacPherson' (qv). 'Paulina Porizkova' (qv) was offered the role as
Bond's leading lady, but turned it down.
- 'The Rolling Stones' (qv) were offered the chance to sing the title song,
but declined.
- United Artists tried to get 'Anthony Hopkins' (qv) to play the villian.
- 'Joe Don Baker' (qv) (Jack Wade) played an extremely similar character
(Darius Jedburgh) in ""Edge of Darkness" (1986)" (qv). Baker appeared in
a previous Bond movie ("The Living Daylights (1987)" (qv)) as Brad Whitaker.
- ``Goldeneye'' is the nickname of Bond creator 'Ian Fleming' (qv)'s beachfront
house in Jamaica where (between 1952 and 1964) he wrote the Bond novels and
short stories.
- Long-standing visual effects supervisor 'Derek Meddings' (qv) died of
natural causes during the production of the film, hence the dedication
of the film to him.
- Near the end of the film a computer displays ``Pevsner Communications GmBH'',
a reference to executive producer 'Tom Pevsner' (qv).
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