 As always with the James Bond series, several rumors anticipated the  making of this movie. Some said that former American president  Bill Clinton (I) (qv) would play the part of an American  politician, and that all the movie would be shot in Ireland, as a  kind of tribute to Pierce Brosnan (qv)s homeland. In these  rumors, the plot would be about the kidnapping of the British Prime  Minister in Dublin, and the villain would be an American played by  Kevin Spacey (qv). Of course, none of this gossip were proved  true. Published reports in 2001 indicated that  Whitney Houston (qv) was being considered for the role of Jinx in  this film. At the pre