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

The action scenes in the James Bond franchise are quite legendary, entertaining audiences whilst keeping the tension high and, in the most part, doing things for real where possible.

Sadly, not every idea can be included in each film, but those that are not used are often saved up for a future film.

Stuntman, B.J. Worth told producer, Michael G. Wilson of the existence of helicopters with suspended buzzsaws used for trimming back tree branches during the filming of Moonraker (1979) and Wilson had hoped to use the idea in a Bond film for years.

In GoldenEye, it had originally been planned that Double-0 Seven and Natalya Simonova (Izabella Scorupco) would be trapped on top of Janus’s armoured train as it travelled across a bridge spanning a deep ravine.

Whilst they desperately tried to escape, the villain would have called in two helicopters carrying buzzsaws to demolish the two ends of the bridge, placing Bond and his leading lady in a very tricky situation. The excellent idea could not be accommodated for time and budgetary reasons, leading to Bond and Natalya being trapped onboard a derailed train with bombs onboard instead.

However, the idea was resurrected for the 19th Bond film and transformed into the attack by Elektra King’s buzzsaw-wielding helicopters on Zukovsky’s caviar factory.