Sophie Marceau was born in Paris on this day in 1966. She played Elektra King in The World Is Not Enough.

Sophie Marceau, who played Elektra King in The World Is Not Enough was born in Paris on 17th November 1966.

Photo: Sophie Marceau by Georges Biard. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.

John Cleese, who played R in The World Is Not Enough and then Q in Die Another Day, was born in Somerset on 27th October 1939.

John Cleese, who played R in The World Is Not Enough and then Q in Die Another Day, was born in Somerset on 27th October 1939.

007 screenwriter Robert Wade was born on this day in 1962.

Robert Wade, who with writing partner Neal Purvis has worked on each Bond film since The World Is Not Enough (1999, with Bruce Feirstein), was born in South Wales on 16th September 1961.

Following their work on Skyfall it was announced that the screen writing duo were retiring from the Bond films. However, they were hired to work on problems with John Logan’s script for SPECTRE in 2014.  On SPECTRE Purvis and Wade received credits for the story, along with John Logan, and screenplay, alongside both Logan and Jez Butterworth.

Many happy returns to Neal Purvis! The screenwriter was born on this day in 1961. Together with Robert Wade he has worked on the 007 series since The World Is Not Enough.

Neal Purvis, who with writing partner Robert Wade has worked on each Bond film since The World Is Not Enough (1999, with Bruce Feirstein), was born in the United Kingdom on 9th September 1961.

Following their work on Skyfall it was announced that the screen writing duo were retiring from the Bond films. However, they were hired to work on problems with John Logan’s script for SPECTRE in 2014.  On SPECTRE Purvis and Wade received credits for the story, along with John Logan, and screenplay, alongside both Logan and Jez Butterworth.

Pierce Brosnan was announced as the new James Bond on this day in 1994. He was the fifth actor to play 007 in the long running series produced by Eon Productions.

On 8th June 1994 Pierce Brosnan was announced as the fifth actor to play James Bond in the long running series produced by Eon Productions.

Following the release of Goldeneye (1995), Brosnan reprised the character three more times; in Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), The World Is Not Enough (1999) and Die Another Day (2002). Although he was widely expected to return for a fifth film, Eon ultimately decided to move the series in a very different direction for which they needed a fresh face.