Live and Let Die (film) woman, and after thinking of Catherine Deneuve, Jane Seymour, who was in the TV series "The Onedin Line", was cast for the role. Yaphet Kotto was cast while doing another movie for United Artists, "Across 110th Street". Kotto reported one of the things he liked in the role was Kananga's interest in the occult, "feeling like he can control past, present and future". Mankiewicz created Sheriff J.W. Pepper to add a comic relief character. Portrayed by Clifton James, Pepper appeared again in "The Man with the Golden Gun". "Live and Let Die" is also the first of two films featuring
Live and Let Die (song) a laser light show. McCartney has continued to play the song on his solo tours, often using pyrotechnics. "Live and Let Die" is the only song to appear on all of McCartney's live albums (except for the acoustic-based "Unplugged.") Following the 9/11 attacks, the song was placed on Clear Channels list of inappropriate song titles. The song was included in the movie "Shrek The Third" (2007) and on its soundtrack. The song was featured in American Hustle, directed by David O. Russell. In 1984, McCartney asked "Weird Al" Yankovic when he was going to parody one of his songs. In