20 Things You Didn’t Know About For Your Eyes Only (1981)
1. Bond-Like, But Not Roger Moore Bond-Like
Roger Moore was very uncomfortable with the scene in which Double-0 Seven kicks Emile Leopold Locque’s Mercedes Benz 450 SEL over the edge of a cliff. He claimed that, whilst it was very befitting of Ian Fleming’s James Bond and of Sean Connery’s, it did not fit his own style.
Efforts had been made since Roger Moore became James Bond to try and tailor his Double-0 Seven to his own personality, but this was a key moment in restoring a Fleming-sense of grittiness to the character of Bond after Moonraker.
One suggestion to protect Moore's lighter-hearted image was that Bond could throw the dove stickpin that is Locque's calling card into the Mercedes, causing it to topple over the edge of the cliff, but it was considered too unbelievable that the pin would significantly alter the balance of the car.
Ultimately, everyone - including Roger Moore - agreed to film the scene as written. It is still considered to be one of Double-0 Seven’s most cold-blooded moments.
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