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It would be unfair to say the film bottled Evil Octopussy, because I doubt the thought ever occurred to anyone. And Good Octopussy has a solid case for being the best Moore girl – it’s probably a coin toss between her and Anya, and Maud Adams out-acts Barbara Bach. But the film in which Octopussy is bad would be more interesting than the existing version.

The Fabergé egg in the film is based on a real one, made in 1897 and which was called the Coronation Egg. The egg in the film is listed in the auction catalogue as being " The Property of a Lady", which is the name of one of Ian Fleming's short stories released in more recent editions of the collection Octopussy and The Living Daylights.

McLusky, John; Gammidge, Henry; Hern, Anthony; Fleming, Ian; Horak, Yaroslav (2011). The James Bond Omnibus Vol.2. London: Titan Books. ISBN 978-1-84856-432-9. Movie critics were beginning to comment on Roger Moore's age, as he was 54 years old at the time of filming, and many felt he was too old to play James Bond. He originally announced that he would retire, but returned one final time in 1985's A View to a Kill.

Octopussy was made amid some behind-the-scenes turbulence. United Artists, Bond’s long-time distributor, took a major hit after Michael Cimino’s mega-flop, Heaven’s Gate, and was sold to MGM. Glen remembers “terrific pressure” from MGM to economise Octopussy. Following For Your Eyes Only, Roger Moore had expressed a desire to retire from the role of James Bond. His original contract had been for three films ( Live and Let Die in 1973, The Man with the Golden Gun in 1974 and The Spy Who Loved Me in 1977) which was fulfilled. Moore's following two films ( Moonraker in 1979 and For Your Eyes Only in 1981) were negotiated on a film-by-film basis. Given his reluctance to return for Octopussy, the producers engaged in a semi-public quest for the next Bond, with Timothy Dalton and Lewis Collins [5] being suggested as a replacement and screen tests carried out with Michael Billington, Oliver Tobias, and American actor James Brolin. [6] However, when rival Bond production Never Say Never Again was announced, the producers persuaded Moore to continue in the role as it was thought the established actor would fare better against former Bond Sean Connery. [9] It has been reported that Brolin had actually been hired and was on the point of moving to London to begin work on Octopussy, while Broccoli refused to dispute Tobias's public statements that he was about to be cast as Bond. [10] [6] Showing his age and literally running away with the circus, Roger Moore stars in this pedestrian Bond adventure where the title proves the most thrilling component. Seeing 007 dressed up as a clown pretty much sums up how silly, diluted, and unexciting this series had become when compared to the intoxicating high bar set during the swinging '60s. Octopussy: Review on Reelviews". James Berardinelli. Archived from the original on 21 February 2020 . Retrieved 13 August 2007.a b Barnes, Alan; Hearn, Marcus (2001). Kiss Kiss Bang! Bang!: the Unofficial James Bond Film Companion. Batsford Books. p.149. ISBN 978-0-7134-8182-2. more top secret Bond locations around Britain". The Telegraph. 29 October 2015. Archived from the original on 10 May 2018 . Retrieved 19 July 2023. Moore, Roger (2012). Bond on Bond: The Ultimate Book on 50 Years of Bond Movies. Lyons Press. p.278. ISBN 978-1843178859.