<P> Madeline Smith, who played Miss Caruso, sharing Bond's bed in the film's opening, was recommended for the part by Roger Moore after he had appeared with her on TV . Smith said that Moore was extremely polite to work with, but she felt very uncomfortable being clad in only blue bikini panties while Moore's wife was on set overseeing the scene . </P> <P> Live and Let Die was the only Bond film until Casino Royale (2006) not to feature' Q', played at this stage by Desmond Llewelyn . He was then appearing in the TV series Follyfoot, but was written out of three episodes to appear in the film . By then, Saltzman and Broccoli decided not to include the character, feeling that "too much was being made of the films' gadgets", and decided to downplay this aspect of the series, much to Llewelyn's annoyance . </P> <P> Principal photography began in October 1972, in Louisiana . For a while only the second unit was shot after Moore was diagnosed with kidney stones . In November production moved to Jamaica, which doubled for the fictional San Monique . In December, production was divided between interiors in Pinewood Studios and location shooting in Harlem . The producers were reportedly required to pay protection money to a local Harlem gang to ensure the crew's safety . When the cash ran out, they were "encouraged" to leave . Some exteriors were in fact shot in Manhattan's Upper East Side as a result of the difficulties of using real Harlem locations . </P> <P> Yaphet Kotto later stated "There were so many problems with that script...I was too afraid of coming off like Mantan Moreland...I had to dig deep in my soul and brain and come up with a level of reality that would offset the sea of stereotype crap that Tom Mankiewicz wrote that had nothing to do with the Black experience or culture ." Kotto said he did this by drawing "on a real life situation I was going through and that saved me...But the way Kananga dies was a joke...The entire experience was not as rewarding as I wanted it to be ." </P>

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