Over the Edge: The Making of Moonraker’s Amazon Boat Chase
John Richardson hangs beneath a helicopter over Iguaçu Falls when he hears the stitching in his harness begin to go. Ping. Ping. Ping. Ping. Below…
The Bondola: Slapstick Takes the Wheel in Moonraker’s Venice Gondola Chase
A Venetian Gondola that transforms into a speed boat then a hovercraft — nicknamed ‘the Bondola’ — earned its title as Bond’s most ridiculed gadget…
Liam Neeson, Not Sean Bean, Was Pierce Brosnan’s Biggest Rival for James Bond
Sean Bean almost became James Bond. Or at least, that’s the story that has followed the actor for decades after GoldenEye reinvented 007 for the…
Dead Reckoning’s Motorbike Jump: How 13,000 Jumps, 500 Skydives, Computer Simulation, and an Engineered Ramp Created Cinema’s “Biggest Stunt”
The motorbike BASE jump executed by Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning was promoted by both Paramount and the media as “the biggest…
Did Heath Ledger Base His Joker on Tom Waits? The Truth Behind the Rumor
It’s one of those internet theories that just won’t go away: Heath Ledger modeled his Joker in The Dark Knight on Tom Waits, the eccentric,…
Why Eva Green Turned Down Vesper Lynd And How Bond Producer Barbara Broccoli Convinced Her to Play The Part
Casino Royale is the first hard reboot in the Bond franchise and set a high benchmark for the series. While an adaption and also an update…
Skyfall Originally Partnered Up James Bond and Villain Raoul Silva to Fight a Bigger Threat
Daniel Craig’s third Bond film went through various story changes and rewrites before settling on Skyfall. One of those scriptments we;ve talked about before, Once Upon A Spy, in…
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‘Casino Royale’: How To Reveal Character Through Action Just Like 007
After 24 films, the James Bond franchise knows how to devise exciting new ways to introduce a new actor in the leading role. While the…
How Harrison Ford Became Indiana Jones–And Why Tom Selleck Missed Out
Forty years ago, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg introduced audiences to the intrepid archaeologist, Indiana Jones. He was not exactly a new type of hero….
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Joker Origins: The Two Characters in ‘The Man Who Laughs’ Who Influenced The Clown Prince of Crime
Court jesters, carnival sideshow freaks, circus clowns — the creepy, malevolent, clown has an uncomfortable history associated with entertainment and cruelty. Stephen King’s Pennywise recently…
