<P> Broccoli's original choice for the role of Domino Derval was Julie Christie following her performance in Billy Liar in 1963 . Upon meeting her personally, however, he was disappointed and turned his attentions towards Raquel Welch after seeing her on the cover of the October 1964 issue of Life . Welch, however, was hired by Richard Zanuck of 20th Century Fox to appear in the film Fantastic Voyage the same year, instead . Faye Dunaway was also considered for the role and came close to signing for the part . Saltzman and Broccoli auditioned an extensive list of relatively unknown European actresses and models, including former Miss Italy Maria Grazia Buccella, Yvonne Monlaur of the Hammer horror films, and Gloria Paul . Eventually, former Miss France Claudine Auger was cast, and the script was rewritten to make her character French rather than Italian, although her lines were redubbed for the final cut . Nevertheless, director Young cast her once again in his next film, Triple Cross (1966). One of the actresses who tried for Domino, Luciana Paluzzi, later accepted the role as the redheaded femme fatale assassin Fiona Kelly, who originally was intended by Maibaum to be Irish . The surname was changed to Volpe in co-ordination with Paluzzi's nationality . </P> <P> Guy Hamilton was invited to direct, but considered himself worn out and "creatively drained" after the production of Goldfinger . Terence Young, director of the first two Bond films, returned to the series . Coincidentally, when Saltzman invited him to direct Dr. No, Young expressed interest in directing adaptations of Dr. No, From Russia with Love and Thunderball . Years later, Young said Thunderball was filmed "at the right time", considering that if it was the first film in the series, the low budget (Dr. No cost only $1 million) would not have yielded good results . Thunderball was the final James Bond film directed by Young . </P> <P> Filming commenced on 16 February 1965, with principal photography of the opening scene in Paris . Filming then moved to the Château d'Anet, near Dreux, France, for the fight in precredit sequence . Much of the film was shot in the Bahamas; Thunderball is widely known for its extensive underwater action scenes which are played out through much of the latter half of the film . The rest of the film was shot at Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire, Silverstone racing circuit for the chase involving Count Lippe, Fiona Volpe's RPG - armed BSA Lightning motorcycle and James Bond's Aston Martin DB5 before moving to Nassau, and Paradise Island in the Bahamas (where most of the footage was shot), and Miami . Huntington Hartford gave permission to shoot footage on his Paradise Island and is thanked at the end of the film . </P> <P> On arriving in Nassau, McClory searched for locations to shoot many of the key sequences of the film and used the home of a local millionaire couple, the Sullivans, for Largo's estate, Palmyra . Part of the SPECTRE underwater assault was also shot on the coastal grounds of another millionaire's home on the island . The most difficult sequences to film were the underwater action scenes; the first to be shot underwater was at a depth of 50 feet to shoot the scene where SPECTRE divers remove the atomic bombs from the sunken Vulcan bomber . Peter Lamont had previously visited a Royal Air Force bomber station carrying a concealed camera which he used to get close - up shots of secret missiles (those appearing in the film were not actually present). Most of the underwater scenes had to be done at lower tides due to the sharks on the Bahamian coast . </P>

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