Goldeneye/Trivia


 * Development Hell / Saved From Development Hell: Not nearly as bad as most examples, but it took 6 years for Licence to Kill to get a follow-up due to legal problems, the longest tenure between two Bond films. During that, Timothy Dalton's contract expired and Pierce Brosnan got his job.
 * Fake Nationality:
 * The Russian Xenia is played by the Dutch Famke Janssen.
 * The Russian Boris played by the Scottish Alan Cumming.
 * The Russian General Ourumov is played by the German Gottfried John.
 * The British James Bond played by the Irish Pierce Brosnan.
 * The Russian Zukovsky played by the British Robbie Coltrane.
 * Hey, It's That Guy!:
 * "James Bond just killed Sharpe!" And amusingly, in an episode of Sharpe, the latter's sidekick killed a character played by Daniel Craig. Nowadays, he's known as Boromir of Gondor. As well as Ned Stark, Lord of Winterfell.
 * Xenia and Boris are Jean Grey and Nightcrawler.
 * These days, Boris works in Chicago. When he's not wandering around the O.Z. or introducing Masterpiece Mystery.
 * And Robbie Coltrane as Valentin Dmitriyev Zhukovsky, ie, Rubeus Hagrid. Or Eddie Fitzgerald for British TV Fans.
 * Blink and you'll miss Minnie Driver as Valentin's tone-deaf mistress.
 * Julius Caesar is Ourumov!
 * Joe Don Baker (who was villain Brad Whitaker in The Living Daylights) is Jack Wade!
 * MITCHELL!
 * Tuckerization: Jack Wade is named after uncredited screenwriter Kevin Wade.
 * What Could Have Been: Alan Rickman turned down the role of Alec Trevalyen.
 * A subversion from a previous example. Pierce Brosnan was originally chosen to replace Roger Moore as James Bond but wasn't able to get out of his Remington Steele contract leading to Timothy Dalton getting the part.