20 Things You Didn't Know About The World Is Not Enough (1999)

20. New Blood

Screenwriters, Neal Purvis and Robert Wade joined the James Bond franchise on The World Is Not Enough, crafting a more mature plot surrounding Elektra King, her kidnapping, and how she transformed the meaning of Stockholm Syndrome.

Although they had originally envisioned that Elektra would survive the events of the film and be committed to psychiatric care, this idea was discarded as she, rather than Renard, was the true villain of the plot.

Rewrites were held to polish their script, with the director, Michael Apted’s then-wife, Dana Stevens developing the female characters, before experienced Bond screenwriter, Bruce Feirstein came aboard to write a final draft. Stevens was the last female screenwriter to work on a Bond script until Phoebe Waller-Bridge came aboard to work on the 2020 film, No Time to Die; however, Stevens did not receive credit for her work on The World Is Not Enough.

Purvis and Wade have worked on every James Bond film since, up to and including No Time to Die.