The producer of the new James Bond thriller Spectre denies that the script was changed to get incentives in Mexico . Earlier , it was reported that leaked emails indicated that Mexico made suggestions on the nationality of an actress and the villain , the villain 's intended victim and some film shots . Implicitly , Mexico 's incentives for the film were at stake , it said . Producer Michael G. Wilson said Wednesday : 'There is nothing in the script that we had n't had before . The villain was always an Italian ... we already shot that in Rome . ' Scroll down for video . Producer Michael G. Wilson and Bond girl Stephanie Sigman arrive for a photo call ahead of a press conference to discuss Sigman 's role in the upcoming 007 film Spectre in Mexico City . Asked about Mexico 's purported insistence on a Mexican actress in a role known as Estrella , Wilson said , 'We always had a Mexican actress playing this part . ' The film has cast Mexican actress Stephanie Sigman in the role . Officials in Mexico City have declined to comment on possible incentives offered on the movie , which is scheduled to begin its Mexico filming Thursday . Relying on emails leaked as part of the recent hacking of Sony Pictures Entertainment , website Tax Analysts said that the target of the villain Sciarra should be an international leader rather than Mexico City 's mayor and that a 'special police force ' should appear in the film instead of Mexican police . The film has cast Mexican actress Stephanie Sigman as a character called Estrella . Actor Daniel Craig as 007 filming an action scene in Solden , Austria , for new bond film Spectre . Wilson confirmed there are incentives . 'Everywhere we go we have incentives , ' he said at a news conference . 'Sometimes they 're taxes ; sometimes they 're other kind of incentives . You can get cooperation , you can get things you would usually pay for for free and all that . ' But it was n't just incentives . Wilson confirmed that Mexico 's 'Day of the Dead ' traditions will be seen in the film , or at least a Bond version - 'where everything is sort of magnified . ' Mexicans remember departed relatives and friends on the Day of the Dead at the beginning of November with orange flowers , candy skulls and other death-related decorations . 'The writers thought the day of the death would be an excellent background in the opening sequence , very colorful , very mysterious , ' Wilson said . 'You can only do that in Mexico . There is no other place that offers that but Mexico . ' Spectre sees Daniel Craig as 007 going up against a sinister organisation . The film is due out in October this year . Car chase scenes being filmed on the set of Spectre by the Tiber River in Rome .
Leaked emails reportedly indicated pressure from Mexico about Spectre . It 's said officials made suggestions on nationality of actress and the villain . Producer Michael G Wilson denied that the script was changed as a result . Filming in Mexico for the Daniel Craig flick is due to begin on Thursday .