Bardem is only the second ever main Bond villain to have blond hair after Christopher Walken as Max Zorin in Dangereusement vôtre (1985). Bardem is the third if one counts Gert Fröbe as the red-blond haired Auric Goldfinger (1964) or the fourth if one counts Klaus Maria Brandauer as Maximillian Largo in the unofficial Jamais plus jamais (1983). Bardem's blond hair in the film was not peroxided but was a wig. 'Skyfall''s 2012 release also marks 25 Years since there has been a leading blond Bond Girl who was Kara Milovy (Maryam d'Abo) in Tuer n'est pas jouer (1987). Since then, the only significant Blonde Bond Girl was the supporting role of Professor Inga Bergstrom (Cecilie Thomsen) in Demain ne meurt jamais (1997).
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-The word Sévérine (the name of the Bond Girl played by Bérénice Marlohe) is a French name of Latin origin from the French language and translates into English as meaning "stern". It is a French feminine variation of the Latin male name "Severus" which is a Saint's name. Sévérine is made up of eight letters, has three syllables and is pronounced "Sey-Vah-RIY-N". Sévérine is variant of the name "Severina" used in the Italian, German, Portugese, Romanian and Slavic languages. Other variant forms of the name are Severino, Severinus, Severo, Sevrin and Seweryn.
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-Ola Rapace plays henchman Patrice who, despite being onscreen for more than 15 minutes in the pre-titles chase and Shanghai scenes, doesn't speak a single word of dialogue in the film. Ola is the ex-husband of Noomi Rapace who starred in the original Millénium (2009). James Bond actor Daniel Craig starred in its American remake Millénium: Les hommes qui n'aimaient pas les femmes (2011). Swede Rapace is the third Scandinavian actor to play a James Bond villain in three Bond films. Danish actors Mads Mikkelsen played the villain Le Chiffre in Casino Royale (2006) whilst Jesper Christensen played the villain Mr. White in that film as well as Quantum of Solace (2008).
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-During the martini scene at the bar, the famous Bond drink catchphrase "Shaken, not stirred" isn't actually spoken, but the martini is explicitly concocted on screen and the bartender is shown shaking the martini before pouring it. Moreover, the bottle of alcohol that Silva offers Bond on his island says "1962" on its label, referencing the franchise's 50th anniversary. 'Skyfall' is also the first James Bond film in the official series where James Bond is seen drinking beer (although in GoldenEye (1995) Pierce Brosnan's Bond remarks to 006 'Buy me a pint'). The ale is Heineken who contributed a rather large amount of money for the product placements. The Bill Tanner character is also seen drinking the beverage in 'Skyfall'.
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-Weaponry and guns in the film include an Anderson Wheeler double-barreled chambered 500 NE (Nitro Express) hunting rifle belonging to James Bond's father; Silva's reproduction Percussion Cap Ardesa 1871 Duelling Pistol; Kincade's Colt Model 1878 shotgun; two Steyr M9-A1 pistols; various Heckler & Koch HK416 assault rifles belonging to Silva's men; Heckler & Koch G36C rifles with G36V carry handles used by the Metropolitan Police Service's CO19 officers; M4-style carbine assault rifles used by Mi6 security officers; Eve's Olympic Arms K23B rifle; various standard Glock 17 pistols; a 100 round drum mag semi-automatic Glock 18 machine pistol-class pistol used by Patrice who also has a sniper rifle and a hand recognition Walther PPK/S 9mm short firearm with a palm-sensitive hammer coded to James Bond's palm prints. For the weapons training, the cast went through 200,000 rounds of ammunition.
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-This film and the previous two Bond films have villains with names based on colors. They are Raoul Silva (silver) in 'Skyfall', Dominic Greene (green) in Quantum of Solace (2008), and Mr. White in both Casino Royale (2006) and of Quantum of Solace (2008).
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-When James uses his father Andrew Bond's rifle, an "AB" can be seen engraved on it. These are also the initials of classical Bond Producer Albert R. Broccoli but this is purely a coincidence.
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-Actress Bérénice Marlohe has said that she has based her inspiration on her Sévérine character on "The Chimera" which is from the Greek Mythology. Also known as "The Chimaera" or "The Chimæra", Wikipedia defines The Chimera as a "she-goat... a monstrous fire-breathing female creature of Lycia in Asia Minor, composed of the parts of three animals: a lion, a serpent and a goat. Usually depicted as a lion, with the head of a goat arising from its back, and a tail that ended in a snake's head, the Chimera was one of the offspring of Typhon and Echidna and a sibling of such monsters as Cerberus and the Lernaean Hydra. The term chimera has also come to describe any mythical or fictional animal with parts taken from various animals." Marlohe has said "I wanted to have that dangerousness spreading through her, but at the same time I wanted to create a real human being with a range of emotions and the inner struggles we go through as human beings." Moreover, the name of the boat that Bond and Sévérine journey on in the film is called "The Chimera".
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-First James Bond film in 23 years where a "traditional" series M's office is seen, the last time was in Permis de tuer (1989). It's also the first time in the series that the old "traditional" and new "modern" types of M offices have been seen in the same Bond movie. In fact, there are actually three M's offices in 'Skyfall', the old "traditional' type, the new "modern" MI6 type as seen in the series ever since GoldenEye (1995) and M's temporary office in the underground bunker.
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-Vehicles featured in the film include a Range Rover Vogue SE; a 3.0 L V6 Diesel Jaguar XJ L; a Range Rover Evoque; black 2007 Audi A5 B8 cars; a Mercedes; a Stornoway metallic grey Land Rover Defender 110 wheelbase double cab ute; a 320D L Cat Hydraulic Excavator; 1998 Volkswagen Typ 1C New VW Beetles; an Agusta Westland Merlin AW101 helicopter; various Honda CRF 250R motor-bikes and the classic James bond car, the silver birch Aston Martin DB5.
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-The villain's helicopter was an AgustaWestland AW101. Even though this was one of the most newest and advanced helicopters in the sky when the film was made, the sound effects editor did the common practice of dubbing in the sound of a two-bladed Bell Huey Vietnam-era helicopter developed in the late 1950s.
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-During the opening titles a number of daggers plunge into a graveyard. One of the daggers is a Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife, issued to British special forces from WWII until the present day as of 2013.
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-In early drafts of the script, when M enters her house to find James Bond waiting for her, the line "007 reporting for duty" was followed by, "You're supposed to be dead." Bond's response was "I came back" and M said, "You only live twice, Mr. Bond" This would have been a reference to the 5th film of the series, On ne vit que deux fois (1967) starring Sean Connery.
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Michael G. Wilson:  Producer Wilson has been doing regular cameos in the official James Bond series since L'espion qui m'aimait (1977), with his first being in Goldfinger (1964). Wilson's cameo in this film mostly got cut out of the picture but there is one shot of him still in the movie thereby keeping intact the series tradition of the Wilson cameo. The sequence that got cut was a funeral procession of hearses, Wilson's cameo was as a pall bearer.
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-Wolf Blitzer:  The real-life CNN newscaster as a CNN News Anchor reporting on the Mi6 agency.
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-Huw Edwards:  The real-life BBC news-reader as a BBC News Anchor reading the BBC news.
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-Nicky Hayden:  Uncredited, the professional motorcycle racer as a motor-bike rider during the film's opening chase sequence.
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The porcelain bulldog on M's desk (which she later gives to Bond) is draped in the Union Jack. These bulldog figurines were created by Royal Doulton during World War II to represent Patriotism.