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The film is adapted from the novel "There Are No Spies" (There Are No Spies) published by Bill Granger in 1987. It is the seventh in the "November Killer" series of novels.
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In the original book, the story takes place in Berlin, Germany. But Pierce Brosnan, one of the starring actors and producers, thought it was too expensive to shoot there, and moved the background of the story to Belgrade, Serbia.
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The film shows that Peter Devereaux's date of birth is May 16, 1953, which is exactly the date of birth of Brosnan himself.
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Daniel Wroughton Craig was originally scheduled to star in the male protagonist, but withdrew due to a schedule conflict.
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The director hopes to invite a " James Bond " to play the retired agent in the film. After Craig withdrew, he found Thomas Sean Connery again , but the latter was no longer physically capable. After learning about it, Brosnan took the initiative to recommend himself, and in order to deduce a sense of decadence, he restarted drinking after many years of abstinence.
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The role of David Mason was originally scheduled to be played by Bradley Cooper .
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Olga Kurylenko personally played the piano piece in the film, from Satie's "Gnossienne No. 3", she had studied piano for 7 years when she was young.
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The scene in Lausanne, Switzerland in the film was actually shot in the famous ancient town of Perast in Montenegro. The reason is naturally to save costs.
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"FSB" in the film is the abbreviation of Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation ( Федеральная служба безопасности ).
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The heroine played by Olga Kurylenko is born in Bucharest, Bulgaria. In fact, she is from Bulgaria’s neighboring Ukraine .
The November Man behind the scenes gags
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Bell 2022-04-21 09:02:50
Peter used to be a CIA agent, known as the "November Killer". However, Peter was tired of fighting and fighting all day long to hide in Tibet. He spent a lot of time and finally washed his hands with gold. spend the rest of your life. However, as expected, a woman named Alice appeared in Peter's life. Alice has some evidence in her hands, pointing to a conspiracy ten years ago. At this time, her life was threatened by the CIA, and the former conspiracy was inextricably linked to Peter. In order to protect Alice, Peter became the opponent of the old club, and the CIA did not show weakness, and sent Peter's former apprentice David to snipe the two.
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Brain 2022-03-25 09:01:13
The action scenes are good, the style is realistic, and the rest is popcorn.
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Hanley: Know what we used to call you Peter? The November Man. Cause after you passed through, nothing lived. You were one bleak motherfucker my friend.
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Devereaux: A bullet travels at over 4000 feet per second. Four times faster than the speed of sound.
Devereaux: The effect of that velocity is absolute. You just cease to exist.