Never Say Never Again (1983)

One of the last Sean Connery James Bond films

Summary

-James Bond is off on his next mission, which involves two American nuclear warheads, stolen by an agent of S.P.E.C.T.R.E., with plans of detonating them

Cast

-Sean Connery: James Bond

-Klaus Maria Brandauer: Maximilian Largo

-Max Von Sydow: Blofeld

-Barbara Carrera: Fatima

-Kim Basinger: Domino Petachi

-Bernie Casey: Leiter

-Alec McCowen: Q

-Edward Fox: M

-Pamela Salem: Miss Moneypenny

-Rowan Atkinson: Small-Fawcett

-Pat Roach: Lippe

Did You Know?

-The martial arts instructor was a young Steven Seagal. He broke Sean Connery's wrist one day during training by mistake. Connery just ignored it for years, thinking it was a minor pain

-This is actor Rowan Atkinson's film debut. He would later parody Bond in the film Johnny English

-Barbara Carrera had preferred to work with Sean Connery so she turned down 1983's Octopussy

-At the time of filming, Sean Connery was 52. The writers decided to make James Bond a retired agent. He was three years younger than Roger Moore when he played James Bond in 1983's Octopussy

-Sean Connery was allowed to have creative input on this movie. One thing he did was focus on casting and to remedy that, prominent acting talent was brought in. This includes Kim Basinger, Max Von Sydow, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Edward Fox, Barbara Carrera, Alec McCowen

-Barbara Carrera declined the offer of a body double for the love scenes with Sean Connery. In various interviews, she stated the nudity and sex scenes didn't bother her

-Prior to accepting the role of Domino Petachi, Kim Basinger had never seen any of the James Bond films

-The tiger-print swimsuit Domino wears is an actual swimsuit owned by Kim Basinger. It was given to her in 1981 by the Playboy organization

-This is the only James Bond film to be directed by an American, Irvin Kershner

-Pamela Salem was the first actress to play Miss Moneypenny in the James Bond films other than Lois Maxwell.

-Kim Basinger and director Irvin Kershner didn't get along at all. She stated this was the worst experience she ever had until 1991's The Marrying Man

-Sean Connery has tattoos on his arm, which was usually covered up in the other movies. This movie makes no attempt to cover them up. These tattoos read "Scotland Forever" and "Mum and Dad"

-Edward Fox, who plays M, is seven years younger than Sean Connery. This is the only James Bond film where the actor playing M is younger than the actor playing James Bond