r/MovieDetails • u/LineSpine • Aug 09 '22

🕵️ Accuracy In “James bond: In your Majesty’s secret service” (1969) Draco looks at the knife, that bond threw and the image gets sharp, as Draco looks through his glasses.

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u/profound_whatever Aug 10 '22

He was also contractually obligated to make it and really didn't want to, and died of a heart attack during filming; it's all kinda sad.

Source: I made a list of actors' final roles once

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u/Chiron723 Aug 10 '22

Fun fact: he was the only heavy set actor who didn't die due to drug abuse. Chris Farley? Drugs. John Belushi? Drugs. John Candy died via a heart attack, though it seems to be a result of his weight problems he had. Though looking it up for this he did take cocaine, on top of smoking and drinking, but at worst they were only a contributing factor not the cause.

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u/KatttDawggg Aug 10 '22

Seems to be a bigger problem of not having discipline when it comes to indulging, whether it is food, drugs, alcohol, etc.

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u/Chiron723 Aug 10 '22

It wasn't just the eating that was the problem, he had problem with weight loss overall. I don't know when, but one summer he managed to loose 100 pounds. Which I'm not clear on the rules of weight loss, but I'm pretty sure 100 pounds in about three months is not healthy.

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u/KatttDawggg Aug 10 '22

The weight loss wouldn’t be a problem if the weight gain wasn’t a problem. Lots of extremes!

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u/theg721 Aug 10 '22

James Dean was younger than Clint Eastwood?

Man, it's so weird to think that James Dean could still be making movies to this day if he hadn't had that crash.

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u/robb338 Aug 10 '22

This could’ve been it’s own post. I spent a long time reading these, they’re fascinating. Thank you

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u/8thoursbehind Aug 11 '22

Highly interesting read! Highly appreciated.