 Carole Bouquet (qv) had previously visited the set of  _Moonraker (1979)_ (qv) as the actress is French and interiors and  some exteriors of that movie were filmed in Paris, France. She was  remembered when it came to casting this movie. Two actors in the  movie had previously appeared in the James Bond spoof  _Casino Royale (1967)_ (qv). John Hollis (I) (qv) (Bald Man in  wheelchair aka unofficially Ernst Stavro Blofeld) played a monk  whilst John Wells (I) (qv) (Dennis Thatcher) was Qs assistant  Fordise.