UBarbara Broccoli, umvelisi we-James Bond, akahlawulanga nto kwaye akukho nto ingaphantsi kwe-19.000 pounds sterling (malunga ne-23000 €) ngokufumana ukwanga kunye ne-protagonist yangoku yochungechunge, Daniel Craig.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, UBarbara Broccoli, ekusenokwenzeka ukuba wayefuna ukwangiwa ngakumbi, naye wahlawula kwaloo mali ukuze afumane ukwangiwa UHugh Grant y URobbie Coltrane. Ingakholeleki? Hayi, yonke into inengcaciso yayo, kwaye ngeli xesha inkcazo inokushwankathelwa ngamagama amabini: Ifandesi yesisa. Ifandesi eyaboniswa kuthungelwano lukamabonakude weBBC neyakwazi ukunyusa malunga ne-492.000 yee-euro.
Phakathi kwabanye abaninzi, umlawuli URichard Attenborough, kunye nabadlali UChristopher Lee, URowan Atkinson, Imbeko Blackman y URichard Curtis.