Revealing mistake: Bond's stunt double is incredibly visible running up the stairs at the antenna, while being shot at by 006. The double is visible again when Bond jumps down the stairs and rolls. (01:58:10)
Revealing mistake: When Bond kicks Trevelyan off the antenna ledge, the side-on shot reveals both stuntmen instead of Pierce Brosnan and Sean Bean. (02:02:41)
Revealing mistake: When Xenia dies and the helicopter is about to explode, the pilot is replaced with a very obvious stiff dummy which falls forward without control.
Revealing mistake: In a close-up of Xenia rapelling down from the helicopter, you can see that Xenia is not Famke Janssen but a stunt double.
Answer: The plan was not to capture 007, it was to stage 006's death. Trevelyan's long-term goal was to steal money from the Bank of England and cover it up using the GoldenEye satellite - he presumably did not have time to run the Janus Syndicate and implement this very elaborate plan whilst serving as a full-time MI6 officer. In fact, it was probably the intention that Bond should escape and tell the British government that 006 had died a hero's death.
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