Pierce Brosnan's first appearance as James Bond. He was offered the role in The Living Daylights (1987), but lost it due to his contractual obligations to "Remington Steele" (1982). Before Pierce Brosnan was cast as James Bond, Liam Neeson, Mel Gibson, Sam Neill, Hugh Grant and Lambert Wilson were all rumoured to be in the running for the role. Actresses considered as Bond girls were Elizabeth Hurley and Elle Macpherson. Paulina Porizkova and Eva Herzigova were offered the role of Natalya but turned it down. Several changes had to be made to the script during production because the plot was virtually identical to ......

Lana Wood's voice was dubbed. At the time that she was filming the scene in Bond's hotel room, Lana Wood was unaware that her derrière would be visible through her pink panties. During the filming of Plenty O'Toole's fall in the swimming pool, Lana Wood actually had her feet tied (albeit loosely) to a cement block on the bottom. Film crew members held a rope across the pool for her, with which she could lift her face out of the water to breathe between takes. Unfortunately, like most pools, this one had a sloping bottom, and the block was slipping into deeper ......