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'Die Another Day' glass breaking world record... broken

JamesPageJamesPage Administrator, Moderator, Director
edited September 2011 in News Posts: 1,380
Rocky Taylor broke a Guinness World Record by jumping a spinning BMW at speed through a 19ft 69in by 13ft 12in sheet of breakaway glass, the largest ever smashed by a car, reports the <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8761341/James-Bond-record-smashed.html"; target="_blank">Telegraph (click to watch video)</a>.

The previous record for the stunt was set during the filming of Die Another Day, on which Mr Taylor also worked.

It featured actor Pierce Brosnan driving Bond's Aston Martin through a 8ft 3.5in by 5ft 4.5in glass panel in the Ice Palace scene.

The stunt was recreated at the O2 Area in Greenwich south London to help promote Remember A Charity In Your Will.

Mr Taylor, who lives in Cobham, Surrey, is the only stuntman to double for two Bonds in same year: he played Roger Moore in Octopussy and Sean Connery in Never Say Never Again.

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  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
    Posts: 7,969
    Erm, well, good he did it for charity, but that's the most useless record ever. I guess they put those cars behind the glass just to make it a bit more of a ' stunt' ?
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