10 Awesome Movie Jobs You Had No Idea Existed

10. A "Cocktail Consultant" For The James Bond Franchise

Any James Bond movie is an absolutely colossal production that employs hundreds of artists and tradespersons to bring 007's latest adventure to the big screen in fittingly epic fashion.

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No Bond movie would be complete without the spy sucking down a cocktail or two, and while you might assume these drinks are just carelessly thrown together by a set dresser given how briefly they appear on screen, that's not the case at all.

Meet Erik Lorincz, the former head bartender of The Savoy's swanky American Bar, who has also worked as the "cocktail consultant" on Daniel Craig's last three Bond films.

After serving Bond producer Barbara Broccoli at the bar roughly a decade ago, she invited him to join the production of Skyfall to ensure that "when Bond's ordered a martini that it comes out perfectly."

Ever since, Lorincz has taught the actors playing the film's bartenders to create cocktails with the expertise of a veteran, at which point you have to consider why Lorincz didn't just play the parts himself and save everyone some time.

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