qualified Belgian balloonist hidden in the  basket with him. Guinness was undeterred in his refusal to perform  the stunt so the scene in the finished film is not him but the  Belgian balloonist wearing Agathas dress and wig. Guinness had the  last laugh, however, when a high wind pulled the balloon off course.  The Belgian balloonist was found 50 miles away, having had to pitch  into a river.