Butterworth considered that his changes involved adding what he would like to see as a teenager, and limited the scenes with Bond talking to men, as "Bond shoots other men—he doesn't sit around chatting to them.
Butterworth omtalte sine ændringer som tilføjelser af hvad han gerne ville have set som teenager og begrænsning af scener, hvor Bond taler med mænd, fordi "Bond skyder andre mænd - han sidder og ikke hyggesnakker med dem."