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* PresumedFlop: ''Licence to Kill'' is the lowest-grossing film in the series, which combined with the subsequent legal troubles that prematurely ended Timothy Dalton's run as the character and led to a six-year hiatus for the film series, has given it a reputation in some circles for being a flop. Regardless, the film still made back five times its budget during an infamously crowded 1989 summer blockbuster season.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Talisa Soto and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa would be reunited in ''Film/MortalKombatTheMovie'' six years later as Kitana and Shang Tsung.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: UsefulNotes/{{Mexico}} largely served as set for the fictional BananaRepublic of Isthmus. It would be twenty-six years till the country would be used as itself in the series, in ''Film/{{Spectre}}''.
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* TroubledProduction: The film was hit by a writer's strike, tax issues meaning it was unaffordable to film in the UK and severe heat while filming in Mexico.
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** The film was hit by a writer's strike, tax issues meaning it was unaffordable to film in the UK and severe heat while filming inMexico.Mexico.
** The supernatural impression the filming crew had of the highway was confirmed, at least in John Glen's mind, when he saw a set photo of the explosion that kills Sanchez featuring [[https://www.universalexports.net/the-flaming-hand-of-license-to-kill/ an eerie flaming hand]].
** The film was hit by a writer's strike, tax issues meaning it was unaffordable to film in the UK and severe heat while filming in
** The supernatural impression the filming crew had of the highway was confirmed, at least in John Glen's mind, when he saw a set photo of the explosion that kills Sanchez featuring [[https://www.universalexports.net/the-flaming-hand-of-license-to-kill/ an eerie flaming hand]].
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* RealitySubtext: Kind of inverted when Sanchez's actor, Creator/RobertDavi was taken by a number of thugs while on vacation in South America to an actual drug lord after the film was made. [[MisaimedFandom The man enjoyed his portrayal of a drug lord.]] Davi later revealed in 2016 interviews that said drug lord was none other than Pablo Escobar, who had provided some inspiration for the role of Franz Sanchez.
* RoleReprise: Creator/DavidHedison played Felix Leiter in ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'' in 1973, and reprised the role for ''Licence to Kill'' sixteen years later. Apparently, it happened because producer Albert R. Broccoli thought a familiar face was needed for Leiter given his prominence in the plot.
* RoleReprise: Creator/DavidHedison played Felix Leiter in ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'' in 1973, and reprised the role for ''Licence to Kill'' sixteen years later. Apparently, it happened because producer Albert R. Broccoli thought a familiar face was needed for Leiter given his prominence in the plot.
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* RealitySubtext: Kind of inverted when Sanchez's actor, Creator/RobertDavi was taken by a number of thugs while on vacation in South America to an actual drug lord after the film was made. [[MisaimedFandom The man enjoyed his portrayal of a drug lord.]] Davi later revealed in 2016 interviews that said drug lord was none other than Pablo Escobar, who had provided some inspiration for the role of Franz Sanchez.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Talisa Soto and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa would be reunited in ''Film/MortalKombatTheMovie'' six years later as Kitana and Shang Tsung.
* RoleReprise: Creator/DavidHedison played Felix Leiter in ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'' in 1973, and reprised the role for ''Licence to Kill'' sixteen yearslater.later even though Leiter had just appeared in ''The Living Daylights'' played by John Terry. Apparently, it happened because producer Albert R. Broccoli thought a familiar face was needed for Leiter given his prominence in the plot.
* RetroactiveRecognition: Talisa Soto and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa would be reunited in ''Film/MortalKombatTheMovie'' six years later as Kitana and Shang Tsung.
* RoleReprise: Creator/DavidHedison played Felix Leiter in ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'' in 1973, and reprised the role for ''Licence to Kill'' sixteen years
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* CreatorChosenCasting: Creator/RobertDavi was cast as Franz Sanchez following a suggestion by Creator/AlbertRBroccoli's daughter Tina, who had seen him in the MadeForTVMovie ''Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami''.
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* PresumedFlop: ''Licence to Kill'' is the lowest-grossing film in the series, which combined with the subsequent legal troubles that prematurely ended Timothy Dalton's run as the character and led to a six-year hiatus for the film series, has given it a reputation in some circles for being a flop. Regardless, the film still made back five times its budget during an infamously crowded 1989 summer blockbuster season.
