20 Things You Didn’t Know About Octopussy (1983)

12. “Actions Speak Louder Than Words.” “You’re So Right!”

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Maud Adams's fellow Swede, Kristina Wayborn performed many of her own stunts as Octopussy’s chief lieutenant, Magda.

A prime example of this is her exit from James Bond’s hotel room. Wayborn started her descent, using her sari as a support, on an elevated soundstage at Pinewood Studios and ended it outside the Shiv Niwas Palace in Udaipur without the aid of a stunt double.

However, her adventurous nature did not come without a price. She broke several toes kicking a real bazooka out of a stuntman’s hands during the final battle at The Monsoon Palace on the 007 Stage because he had forgotten to replace it with a plastic dummy version.

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