The Sunspel That Almost Wasn't

I'm looking at the great Thunderballs.org website, and am I interpreting this incorrectly, or did they reshoot the "Bahamas Return" scene, having shot it once here using the Miami/Armani outfit?

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You can see Craig in the makeup chair in the grey t-shirt, but also a body double or stand-in wearing the whole outfit in the background?

Imagine how much we'd have all saved on polos over the years! :))

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  • Bond_AmbitionsBond_Ambitions Melbourne, AustraliaPosts: 473MI6 Agent
    I think you may be right about it being the Miami airport outfit. That could easily be the brown Armani lambskin jacket hanging over the arm of Craig's chair.
  • ichaiceichaice LondonPosts: 604MI6 Agent
    edited June 2020
    Could be. I’ve never seen that photo before. The Sunspel t-shirt was a night scene and no helicopter in sight. Maybe it was just a rehearsal for the night scene with jacket and t-shirt.
    Yes. Considerably!
  • JTMJTM Posts: 3,027MI6 Agent
    ichaice wrote:
    Could be. I’ve never seen that photo before. The Sunspel t-shirt was a night scene and no helicopter in sight. Maybe it was just a rehearsal for the night scene with jacket and t-shirt.

    I don’t think it would be for a rehearsal for the night scene as that is Miami and the photo is Bahamas.

    Very cool find with the photo! It’s great that these things can be rediscovered so many years after the film.
  • ichaiceichaice LondonPosts: 604MI6 Agent
    JTM wrote:
    ichaice wrote:
    Could be. I’ve never seen that photo before. The Sunspel t-shirt was a night scene and no helicopter in sight. Maybe it was just a rehearsal for the night scene with jacket and t-shirt.

    I don’t think it would be for a rehearsal for the night scene as that is Miami and the photo is Bahamas.

    Very cool find with the photo! It’s great that these things can be rediscovered so many years after the film.

    Maybe there was originally a quick glimpse of Bond in the Miami outfit as he left the Bahamas which was cut from the film. Saying that with the helicopter in the background it kind of points to him returning in the same outfit.
    Yes. Considerably!
  • Bond_AmbitionsBond_Ambitions Melbourne, AustraliaPosts: 473MI6 Agent
    I think most likely it was just an alternate costume option for that 'bahamas return' scene. makes sense chronologically.
  • UNCLE27UNCLE27 EnglandPosts: 1,144MI6 Agent
    Very interesting.
    The Miami scenes were shot in the UK too, so no reason to have this outfit on set in the Bahamas.
  • HalfMonk HalfHitmanHalfMonk HalfHitman USAPosts: 2,357MI6 Agent
    A BTS shot from the eventual scene:

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