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The film features a CGI software reversed age archival photograph of the characters played by Hugh Jackman and Christopher Walken . Similarly, a CGI software aged reversed archival photo of Daniel Craig and Christoph Waltz appeared in James Bond 007: Spectre (2015). Both Waltz and Walken have played arch-villains in Bond Movies, Waltz in Spectre (2015), and Walken in James Bond 007 - Im Angesicht des Todes (1985), a Bond movie which featured a snow sequence at the start of the film. Craig has played James Bond in four movies at the time of the theatrical release of Eddie the Eagle, while Jackman was considered for the Bond role, which ultimately went to Craig. Also, similar CGI software was used in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) to make Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen appear twenty years younger. Hugh Jackman appeared in that movie in his iconic role as Wolverine. See more