<P> Early publicity for the film in 1984 included an announcement that David Bowie would play Zorin . He later decided to turn down the role, saying, "I didn't want to spend five months watching my stunt double fall off cliffs ." The role was offered to Sting and finally to Christopher Walken . </P> <P> Dolph Lundgren has a brief appearance as one of General Gogol's KGB agents . Lundgren, who was dating Grace Jones at the time, was visiting her on set when one day an extra was missing so the director John Glen then asked him if he wanted to get a shot at it . Lundgren appears during the confrontation between Gogol and Zorin at the racetrack, standing several steps below Gogol . </P> <P> The film was shot at Pinewood Studios in London, Iceland, Switzerland, France and the United States . Several French landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower, its Jules Verne Restaurant and the Château de Chantilly were filmed . The rest of the major filming was done at Fisherman's Wharf, Dunsmuir House, San Francisco City Hall and the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco . The Lefty O'Doul Bridge was featured in the fire engine chase scene . The horse racing scenes were shot at Ascot Racecourse . </P> <P> Production of the film began on 23 June 1984 in Iceland, where the second unit filmed the pre-title sequence . On 27 June 1984, several leftover canisters of petrol used during filming of Ridley Scott's Legend caused Pinewood Studios' "007 Stage" to burn to the ground . The stage was rebuilt, and reopened in January 1985 (renamed as "Albert R. Broccoli's 007 Stage") for filming of A View to a Kill . Work had continued on other stages at Pinewood when Roger Moore rejoined the main unit there on 1 August 1984 . The crew then departed for shooting the horse - racing scenes at Royal Ascot Racecourse . The scene in which Bond and Sutton enter the mineshaft was then filmed in a waterlogged quarry near Staines and the Amberley Chalk Pits Museum in West Sussex . </P>

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