'Spectre' trivia and fun facts

In 'Spectre' the snow and the skiing action return to be protagonists, something that has not happened since the film 'Die Another Day', but it's the first time that Daniel Craig has to play Bond in a snowy landscape.

Christopher Nolan was about to direct 'Spectre' before Sam Mendes decided to repeat as director of the saga.

Before the Italian Monica Bellucci was cast to be the leading Bond girl in 'Spectre' , it was rumored that the spanish actress Penelope Cruz could be the lucky one. Also sounded names like Helen Flanagan and Kate Upton.

The villain of 'Spectre', played by Christoph Waltz, is the third Oscar winner who plays a villain after Christopher Walken in 'A View to a Kill' and Javier Bardem in 'Skyfall'.

Bond's car in 'Spectre' , an Aston Martin made ??especially for the film, won't go on sale until after its release. The brand aims to prevent competitors from copying details they want to reserve for future designs.

According to 'The Ultimate James Bond Fansite ' in the criminal organization SPECTRE the numbers assigned to each agent are randomized and rotatable so that they can't be associated with a particular villain. However in the film they are static and organized hierarchically.

Bond girls of 'Spectre', Léa Seydoux and Monica Bellucci, are respectively French and Italian. This is the third time that happens, after Claudine Auger and Luciana Paluzzi in 'Thunderball', and Eva Green and Caterina Murino in 'Casino Royale '.

'Spectre', with a budget of between 300 and 350 million dollars, will be the most expensive film of the saga. Until now the most expensive one was Quantum of Solace, which cost between 200 and 250 million.

Monica Bellucci becomes the oldest actress to play a leading Bond girl in 'Spectre'. The actress was born in 1964, the same year that premiered 'Goldfinger', film in which up to now appeared the oldest Bond girl, Honor Blackman.

In the Ian Fleming novels SPECTRE stands for Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion.