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[scaramanga]

Just found [url="http://"http://www.cia.gov//spy_fi/item20.html"]this[/url]. I knew that they used a glass sheet for the scene and that Bob Simmons stood in for Connery, but I had no idea that there was a fake used.

[JimmyBond]

I hope you read it carefully, since it said a real one was used for the actual filming of the scene. That fake one was used for rehearsals and other such business.

[scaramanga]

Originally posted by JimmyBond
I hope you read it carefully, since it said a real one was used for the actual filming of the scene. That fake one was used for rehearsals and other such business.

Yeah, of course they used a real one for the scene, thats pretty obvious isn't it? What I was saying is that I had never heard of their being a 'prop' tarantula.

[JimmyBond]

Yeah, niether have I, surely they could have used it in the shots where we see Bond's face, using some kind of whatever to pull it.

[Double-Oh-Zero]

That's pretty funny. I think I do recall some scenes where the spider does look a little...questionable. It would be neat to have that, though.

[Honey Rider]

Yeah...I've also heard about this. Connery who was so afraid
of spiders that they have to use the stuntman (Simmons)
At least in the Swedish version of Dr No- one can
see the glass that separates Simmons from the spider...

[Spectre001]

I wonder if the tarantula has a stunt double when Connery does him in with his shoe?