The producers’ first choice for the role of James Bond was Cary Grant. However, Grant turned down the role
Ian Fleming was unhappy with the casting of Sean Connery as Bond because he didn’t suit the character’s description.
Stanley Kubrick was so impressed with the sets in Dr. No that he hired the production designer, Ken Adam, to work on what was then his next movie, Dr. Strangelove.
In the novel Dr. No, Honey Ryder is naked in her first appearance. The filmmakers wanted to stay true to this, but censorship prevented them from depicting nudity.
Bond wasn’t supposed to say, “Bond, James Bond,” in the script for Dr. No. The line was written as “I am James Bond,”
After the release of Dr. No, bikini sales skyrocketed. This was attributed to the iconic scene in which Ursula Andress emerges from the ocean in a white bikini.
During production, Andress engaged in an affair with Sean Connery. The affair was called off when Connery’s wife became pregnant.