20 Things You Somehow Missed In Never Say Never Again
12. The Underwater Sequences
The original Thunderball film was filled with underwater sequences, which helped to show how ahead-of-its-time it was. Although they were a key feature of that movie's success, both critics and fans alike have noted that those scenes could have been trimmed significantly without negatively affecting the plot.
Nevertheless, perhaps knowing that they could not truly compete with the original film, the filmmakers spent considerably less time underwater in Never Say Never Again and the scenes are not as memorable, which is surprising given a lot of the key plot and action sequences still take place underwater.
They did, however, turn to Thunderball's underwater director, second unit director, and stunt co-ordinator, Ricou Browning to perform the same duties on this film. Browning is also the original Gill-Man from the first three of Universal's Creature from the Black Lagoon films.