A producer on the newest James Bond film Spectre has denied that the script was changed to show Mexico in a positive light.

Emails obtained by Tax Analysts during the Sony hack previously suggested that changes were requested in order to receive incentives of up to $20 million from an unknown Mexican authority.

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In particular, the correspondence implied that the production was already earning incentives by casting a Mexican actress as Estrella (Stephanie Sigman was recently announced), not casting a Mexican in the role of Sciarra (Monica Bellucci) and replacing a cage match with a chase scene through the Day of the Dead celebration.

However, Michael G Wilson dismissed the speculation at a news conference, according to The AP.

"We always had a Mexican actress playing this part," he said regarding the character of Estrella.

"There is nothing in the script that we hadn't had before. The villain was always an Italian. We already shot that in Rome."

Discussing the shoot in Mexico, Wilson explained that the writers chose the Day of the Dead celebration for creative reasons.

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"The writers thought the day of the death would be an excellent background in the opening sequence - very colourful, very mysterious," he said. "You can only do that in Mexico. There is no other place that offers that but Mexico."

Wilson continued: "Everywhere we go, we have incentives.

"Sometimes, they're taxes. Sometimes, they're other kinds of incentives. You can get co-operation. You can get things you would usually pay for for free and all that."

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