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: The reclusive billionaire character Willard Whyte was inspired by a dream producer Albert R. Broccoli had about his friend, the real-life Howard Hughes.

: To lure Sean Connery back, United Artists paid him a then-record $1.25 million salary (roughly £2 million), which he donated entirely to the Scottish International Education Trust. Diamonds Are Forever

: The antagonists are the Spangled Mob , led by the unglamorous brothers Jack and Seraffimo Spang. : The reclusive billionaire character Willard Whyte was