385 Never Say Never Again (1983)
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This article is from the Movie Trivia, by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions by others.
385 Never Say Never Again (1983)
- The film's title was originally ``Warhead'' but was changed and become an in
joke on 'Sean Connery' (qv)'s refusal to play 007 ever again. He was
eventually paid $5 million, which made him the highest paid British actor to
date.
- 'Orson Welles' (qv) was originally going to play Blofeld, and
'Trevor Howard' (qv) was to appear as ``M''.
- Author 'Kevin McClory' (qv) (co-writer of "Thunderball (1965)" (qv)) had
won the legal right to make his own 007 film as long as production started
after 1975 and the story was based on "Thunderball (1965)" (qv).
- McClory enlisted the help of 'Len Deighton' (qv) and Connery when writing the
script, prior to Connery agreeing to return as Bond.
- An early plot had SPECTRE attacking Wall Street from the sewers of New York
in giant mechanical sharks.
- There is a rumor that 'Timothy Dalton' (qv) is visible in the casino. Dalton
would later play James Bond.
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