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 (album) in the Ice-T "Cop Killer" controversy. Due to "Live and Let Die's" cover art and song content, both labels were reluctant to give the album a release, as they didn't want to get themselves into any more legal troubles. While the project was on hold, Kool G Rap spent almost one year re-writing and recording until the LP was finally released in late 1992. The recording and writing process began in 1991 in Los Angeles California, and continued into 1992. The album is considered by many to be the East coast "AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted", being that it takes the same