Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

Another James Bond movie starring Pierce Brosnan

Summary

-James Bond goes up against a media giant bent on inducing war between the UK and China to get massive media coverage

Cast

-Pierce Brosnan: James Bond

-Michelle Yeoh: Wai Lin

-Jonathan Pryce: Elliott Carver

-Teri Hatcher: Paris Carver

-Ricky Jay: Henry Gupta

-Gotz Otto: Stamper

-Vincent Schiavelli: Dr. Kaufman

-Judi Dench: M

-Desmond Llewelyn: Q

-Samantha Bond: Miss Moneypenny

-Julian Fellowes: Minister of Defence

Did You Know?

-In the bicycle shop fight scene, producers called in Jackie Chan's stunt team because stunt men didn't want to do the scene with Michelle Yeoh. It's because she has experience in full contact fighting, which has been perfected with her appearing in Hong Kong films

-Sir Anthony Hopkins was cast as Elliott Carver, but walked out after three days due to chaos on the set. He chose to appear in the 1998 film The Mask of Zorro

-Ricky Jay, who plays Henry Gupta, is an acclaimed magician when he's not acting. He also holds a record for fastest throwing of playing cards. He was also employed by the CIA to show their agents sleight of hand, such as pickpocketing, passing items unobserved and more

-Pierce Brosnan and Teri Hatcher had a brief fight on set because she arrived late one day. The issue was resolved and he apologized when he realized she was pregnant and was late because of that

-Michelle Yeoh wanted to do all her own stunts, but director Roger Spottiswoode denied it, claiming it was too dangerous and insurance restricting it

-This is the first movie, since 1971's Diamonds Are Forever, to have a running time under two hours

-Four cast members appeared on the TV program Downton Abbey. Hugh Bonneville, Samantha Bond (Miss Moneypenny) and Brendan Coyle. Julian Fellowes (the Prime Minister) also created Downton Abbey in 2010

-Gotz Otto dyed his hair blonde to play Stamper

-The character Henry Gupta was originally written for a young man from India