The Living Daylights
The new James Bond...living on the edge.
Country
Production
Budget
$30 000 000
Box office
$51 185 897
Director
Actors
Timothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo, Joe Don Baker, Art Malik, John Rhys-Davies, Jeroen Krabbé, Andreas Wisniewski, Thomas Wheatley, Desmond Llewelyn, Robert Brown
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Albert R. Broccoli, Tom Pevsner, Michael G. Wilson
Camera operator
Alec Mills
Composer
Artist
Audition
Debbie McWilliams
Editing
John Grover, Peter Davies
Whole Team (27)
Whole Team (27)
Short description
After a defecting Russian general reveals a plot to assassinate foreign spies, James Bond is assigned a secret mission to dispatch the new head of the KGB to prevent an escalation of tensions between the Soviet Union and the West.
What's left behind the scenes
- Following the Falklands War between the United Kingdom and Argentina in 1982, three American-made UH-1 helicopters came into British hands. One of these three helicopters appears in the film as a medevac. Its registration number is G-HUEY, and it participated in airshows.
- Sean Bean, Sam Neill, and Mel Gibson auditioned for the role of James Bond.
- Timothy Dalton was initially considered for the role of James Bond in the late 1960s, when Sean Connery (1930-2020) left the franchise after filming Lewis Gilbert’s (1920-2018) 'You Only Live Twice' (1967). Albert R. Broccoli (1909-1996) tested Dalton for the role of Bond in Peter R. Hunt’s (1925-2002) 'On Her Majesty’s Secret Service' (1969), but the actor declined, feeling he was too young for the part. He was also offered the role in Guy Hamilton’s (1922-2016) 'Diamonds Are Forever' (1971), but Dalton refused for the same reason. While it was still uncertain whether Roger Moore (1927-2017) would play agent 007 in 'For Your Eyes Only' (John Glen, 1981), Dalton was again a frontrunner, but the script wasn’t even ready at that point, and Dalton turned down the offer. Dalton was then offered the role of James Bond in John Glen’s 1983 film 'Octopussy' and 1985 film 'A View to a Kill', but the actor was committed to other projects.
- Initially, it was planned for a stuntman to play the Russian assassin on Gibraltar in the opening film, but John Glen decided an actor would be better suited for the role. Carl Rigg was chosen. Rigg was unemployed at the time and caring for a newborn baby while his wife was away on business. He received a phone call, entrusted the baby to the care of neighbors, left a note for his wife, and boarded the first plane to Gibraltar.
- Frederick Warder and Glynn Baker were deliberately cast as agents 004 and 002 due to their resemblance to George Lazenby and Roger Moore, respectively. The scriptwriters wanted to mislead the audience and make them guess which of the 00 agents was actually Bond.
- Timothy Dalton was initially considered for the role of James Bond in the late 1960s, when Sean Connery (1930–2020) left the franchise after filming Lewis Gilbert's (1920–2018) 'You Only Live Twice' (1967). Albert R. Broccoli (1909–1996) screen-tested Dalton for the role of Bond in Peter R. Hunt's (1925–2002) 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' (1969), but the actor declined, feeling he was too young for the part. He was offered the role again for Guy Hamilton's (1922–2016) 'Diamonds Are Forever' (1971), but Dalton refused for the same reason. While it was still uncertain whether Roger Moore (1927–2017) would play Agent 007 in 'For Your Eyes Only' (John Glen, 1981), Dalton was again tipped for the role; however, the script was not yet ready, and Dalton turned down the offer. Later, Dalton was offered the role of James Bond in John Glen's 1983 film 'Octopussy' and the 1985 film 'A View to a Kill', but the actor was busy with other projects.
- It was initially intended that the Russian assassin in Gibraltar in the opening scene would be played by a stuntman, but John Glen decided that an actor would be better suited for the role. Karl Riggg was chosen. At the time, Rigg was unemployed and looking after his newborn baby while his wife was away on business. When Rigg received the call, he left the baby in the care of his neighbors, left a note for his wife, and took the first available flight to Gibraltar.
- Frederick Warder and Glynn Baker were intentionally cast as agents 004 and 002 due to their physical resemblance to George Lazenby and Roger Moore, respectively. The screenwriters wanted to confuse the audience and make them wonder which of the 00 agents was actually Bond.
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