Interesting facts about James Bond Movies

In Goldfinger (1964), the five pilots in Pussy Galore’s Flying Circus were actually men wearing blonde wigs.


 More than 15 BMW 750s were destroyed during the filming of the Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997).

Sophie Marceau became the first female villain in the Bond series with her role as Elektra King in The World is Not Enough (1999).


Q’s original name, Major Boothroyd, is only stated in Dr. No (1962), From Russia With Love (1963), and The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).

With product placement and tie-ins deal worth US $120 million, Die Another Day (2002) made a new record for merchandising.

The car barrel-roll stunt by the Aston Martin DBS in Casino Royale (2006) surpassed the world record for the most barrel rolls assisted by a cannon, completing seven full rolls.

200,000 rounds of ammunition were used during the weapons training while filming Skyfall (2012).

Le Chiffre played by Mads Mikkelsen in Casino Royale (2006) is the first villain in the Bond series who gets killed by his own people.

While driving Bond’s Aston Martin to the set of Quantum of Solace (2008), the stuntman lost control and ended up in the Lago di Garda, Italy, damaging the car completely.


The only James Bond movie in which Bond does not drive a car is You Only Live Twice (1967).


In the 1969 Bond film, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, George Lazenby became the youngest actor to play Bond's role at the age of 30.

For the promotion of the film Moonraker (1979), Roger Moore supposedly conducted around 390 interviews.

Daniel Craig became the first actor to portray the role of Bond who is younger than the whole series.

 
The character of Vesper Lynd in the film Casino Royale (2006) was based on Christine Granville, Britain’s first female special agent, whom Ian Fleming met in real-life. 

For the opening sequence of Skyfall, 85 versions of Bond’s Tom Ford suits were made available to Daniel Craig, his double and stunt-double.