10 Insane Movie Facts Nobody Believes

10. Pierce Brosnan's James Bond Contract Prevented Him From Wearing A Tuxedo In Other Movies

Here's something that sounds like it's pure Internet urban legend, and yet, it's absolutely true.

When Pierce Brosnan signed on to play James Bond in GoldenEye and beyond, the contract included a stipulation which dictated that he couldn't wear a tuxedo in other films while still starring as 007, presumably for fear of diluting the Bond branding.

The situation became tricky for Brosnan when he signed up to appear in the 1999 remake of The Thomas Crown Affair, where a sequence required his titular billionaire to wear a tuxedo to a fancy black tie dinner.

Yet as director John McTiernan explained on the film's DVD commentary, they were able to circumvent the issue by unbuttoning his shirt and leaving his bow tie untied around his neck.

This rule is rumoured to have originated from Roger Moore's decision to appear in The Cannonball Run mid-way through his Bond tenure as a suited-up, hilariously unsubtle parody of 007, much to the chagrin of Bond producer Albert R. Broccoli.