20 Things You Didn't Know About Die Another Day
14. “Magnificent View!”
The scenes of James Bond and his South Korean colleagues surfboarding into North Korea were shot off the coast of Pe’ahi in Kaui, Hawaii in December 2001 to capture the “Jaws” wave (named after Steven Spielberg’s 1975 film rather than Richard Kiel’s fan-favourite Bond henchman of the same name). The scene was performed by American big-wave surfers, Laird Hamilton, Dave Kalama, and Darrick Doerner.
However, the shots of Double-0 Seven and his allies coming ashore were captured in two other locations that were far closer to home.
They emerged from the surf during location filming in Cádiz, Spain before the colour was drained out of the scenes in post-production to make North Korea seem bleak and inhospitable.
Bond and his colleagues then dashed across the beach at Holywell Bay near Newquay in Cornwall, which was shot over several days in February and March 2002. A local surf hut was transformed into a military pillbox, whilst trees were planted at the land-end of the beach to give the illusion of a forest where Double-0 Seven and his comrades ready their equipment.