In an early draft of the script for Tomorrow Never Dies, Bond mentioned to Wade that Natalya married a hockey player, a reference to Izabella Scorupco's real life marriage to Polish hockey player Mariusz Czerkawski.
Mariusz Pudzianowski | Máriusz Révész | Mariusz Zaruski | Mariusz Czerkawski | Mariusz Adamski | Mariusz Liberda | Mariusz Kotowski |
Poland has managed to produce some NHL calibre talent including Mariusz Czerkawski with the New York Islanders, Peter Sidorkiewicz for both the Hartford Whalers and the Ottawa Senators, and Krzysztof Oliwa for the New Jersey Devils where he won a Stanley Cup in 1999–2000.