10 Movie Scenes You Remember Totally Wrong

7. Dolly DOESN'T Have Braces - Moonraker

Bond film Moonraker rather amusingly introduced a love interest for villain Jaws (Richard Kiel) - a petite, glasses-wearing, pigtail-haired woman credited simply as Dolly (Blanche Ravalec).

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Ask the average Bond fan what Dolly looks like, and in addition to mentioning the above characteristics, there's a fair chance they'll mention that she has braces on her teeth.

And let's be honest, you probably thought it too, didn't you?

But no, Dolly doesn't have braces at all - her pearly whites are plainly visible without any metal dental-work getting in the way.

As for why there's a collective delusion about this? For one, Jaws himself has metal grills, and it's not a huge leap to believe that the woman of his dreams might also have a contraption in her mouth.

And secondly, don't braces just seem like they suit this cute, mousy woman so perfectly? And so, people's brains just made a logical connection even if it isn't in fact featured in the film itself.

Hilariously, a VFX artist went to the bother of digitally superimposing braces on Dolly's teeth - quite brilliantly, even - just to give a full impression of what people are imagining.

Oddly, the YouTube comments are largely filled with people insisting Dolly absolutely had braces in earlier versions of the film. Hmmm.

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