Apparently it was real Carlsberg that they were using in that shot, and it took them a good half a dozen takes to get it right...
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barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!,
Fri 9 Jul 2010, 14:20,
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"In the bar scene in Alexandria, John Mills was drinking real beer because ginger ale and other substitutes didn't look real enough on film. In the final cut (the 14th take) he actually was quite drunk."
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Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇,
Fri 9 Jul 2010, 14:29,
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I heard that he kept messing it up on purposegiven that he was at that time a secret alcoholic
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Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something.,
Fri 9 Jul 2010, 14:35,
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well, you would wouldn't you
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Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration,
Fri 9 Jul 2010, 14:32,
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