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Johnny English (2003) More at IMDbPro »

• The Johnny English character is based on a cowardly, incompetent spy played by Rowan Atkinson. The character, with his assistant Bough (then played by Henry Naylor), first appeared in a series of television commercials for Barclaycard.
  
  
• The "poison dart pen" sequence while English is waiting outside Pegasus' office was first used in the Barclaycard averts that spawned the character. In the advert, Atkinson's character shot himself in the leg with the pen.
  
  
• Two of the writers of the screenplay (Neal Purvis and Robert Wade) previously worked on three James Bond films - Die Another Day (2002) - The World Is Not Enough (1999) - Casino Royale (2006)
  
  
• The band playing in the background at Sauvage's party are called Bond.
  
  
• The news broadcast at the end of the film claims that high treason still carries the death penalty. In fact, since the coming into force of the Human Rights Act 1998 in 2000, the United Kingdom abolished capital punishment completely.
  
  
• Director Cameo: [Peter Howitt] the man that Bough threatens to play the DVD at the crowning ceremony.
  
  
• The car that Johnny English uses is an Aston Martin DB7 Vantage
  
  
• The Aston Martin DB7 Vantage used in the film is actually Rowan Atkinson's own car.
  
  
• At one point, English mentions a singing technique to find his way through a darkness, which he states has to be in E-flat. Although the first note he sings is a B-flat, he is actually singing in the key of E-flat.
  
  
• The song that Johnny dances to in the DVD which he accidentally plays in front of the whole world is "Does Your Mother Know" by Abba.
  
  
• The parachute drop was filmed at Canary Wharf, London.
  
  
• The Chinese title of this film literally translates into "Mr. Bean (or 'silly bean' as he's called in Chinese) Becomes a Secret Agent".
  
  

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