Bond 25 - Actor who would make a good main villain?

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  • edited September 2018 Posts: 17,241
    https://www.mi6community.com/discussion/1630/which-actor-would-make-a-good-bond-villain#latest

    For suggestions not linked directly to the main villain role in Bond 25.

    Damnit! Didn't notice the "Bond 25" bit there! I guess if Kenneth Branagh can pass for a Russian in Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, Winstone could in Bond 25.
    bondjames wrote: »
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    What about Winstone?
    He can be good, but he's played buffoons too many times as well, which has impacted my opinion of him. I think the next villain has to be a serious type who can do menacing.

    I've always been partial to Jeremy Irons. He might be a bit old now, but a few years back he would have been great, even as Blofeld.

    He would be the "obvious" villain of course, but that doesn't need to be a bad thing. Everyone knew who Christoph Waltz would be in SP long before the trailers came – although that performance wasn't his most memorable.
  • M_BaljeM_Balje Amsterdam, Netherlands
    edited September 2018 Posts: 4,415
    bondjames wrote: »
    Wasn't Herzog in Jack Reacher?

    Yes, he was.

    How about Matthias Schoenaerts?

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    I endorse this recommendation. I've only seen him in Red Sparrow, where he was excellent.

    Thanks you two like to see him too. I sugest him for the part of Hildebrand (and possible option to be Vesper Boy friend ).

    He said no to Ben Afleck Batman, because to young (i think he shoud have more experience too.).

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    There whant Belgium actor Jan Decleir for Gubta in Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), but he said no.
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
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    https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/lea-seydoux-wants-return-madeleine-swann-bond-25-thomas-vinterberg-wants-direct-exclusive-133914206.html 6

    Madeleine Swann might not be returning, so I guess we can count her out as a villain.
  • M_Balje wrote: »
    bondjames wrote: »
    Wasn't Herzog in Jack Reacher?

    Yes, he was.

    How about Matthias Schoenaerts?

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    I endorse this recommendation. I've only seen him in Red Sparrow, where he was excellent.

    Thanks you two like to see him too. I sugest him for the part of Hildebrand (and possible option to be Vesper Boy friend )

    He’s great. He played a slippery Russian official excellently in that film. He’s a very handsome man, so the fact that they made him look quite so dreary and anonymous was rather impressive. I also think the filmmakers deliberately made him look like Putin…

    But he was very charming and empathic in The Danish Girl.

    I think Willem Dafoe should play a villain. He already played a Russian baddie in Everything or Nothing, so just upgrade him into the film series. Plus he’s winning raves for his performance as Vincent Van Gogh.


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    Chris O'Donnell would be brilliant. Just kidding. The worst actor I've ever seen apart from Steven Seagal.
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    LeChiffre wrote: »
    Chris O'Donnell would be brilliant. Just kidding. The worst actor I've ever seen apart from Steven Seagal.

    Thought he was quite good in The Company.
  • WalecsWalecs On Her Majesty's Secret Service
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    MaxCasino wrote: »
    https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/lea-seydoux-wants-return-madeleine-swann-bond-25-thomas-vinterberg-wants-direct-exclusive-133914206.html 6

    Madeleine Swann might not be returning, so I guess we can count her out as a villain.

    " it means the production dates will be pushed back to accommodate for a new writer-director to come on board."

    I love the fact they take the delay for granted even though they themselves admit they it is but an assumption
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    I hope Maddy and Hinx don’t come back. I don’t hate their characters in SP, but another direct sequel would really tick off most Bond fans - including me.
  • edited September 2018 Posts: 17,241
    FoxRox wrote: »
    I hope Maddy and Hinx don’t come back. I don’t hate their characters in SP, but another direct sequel would really tick off most Bond fans - including me.

    Agree. Hope they keep the references to SP at a minimum, or none at all.
  • TreefingersTreefingers Isthmus City, Republic of Isthmus
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    FoxRox wrote: »
    I hope Maddy and Hinx don’t come back. I don’t hate their characters in SP, but another direct sequel would really tick off most Bond fans - including me.

    Agree. Hope they keep the references to SP at a minimum, or none at all.


    Indeed, Craig is enough of a reference himself.
  • ShardlakeShardlake Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
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    No to Winstone, he's now a caricature of himself.
  • edited September 2018 Posts: 9,730
    If ... now this is I grant you a big If Bond 25 is on schedule I have a feeling the Wonder Woman actor is indeed the villain of Bond 25
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    FoxRox wrote: »
    I hope Maddy and Hinx don’t come back. I don’t hate their characters in SP, but another direct sequel would really tick off most Bond fans - including me.

    Agree. Hope they keep the references to SP at a minimum, or none at all.


    Indeed, Craig is enough of a reference himself.
    This is quite true.
    Risico007 wrote: »
    If ... now this is I grant you a big If Bond 25 is on schedule I have a feeling the Wonder Woman actor is indeed the villain of Bond 25
    That would be a bit anticlimactic after his recent revelation imho. He brought that up all on his own if I'm not mistaken, because I don't think anyone would have guessed he would have initially been on the list, after the rumours of a Russian villain etc.
  • SatoriousSatorious Brushing up on a little Danish
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    Have to say I rather like the Willem Dafoe idea, but only if he gets to be super-creepy... Loved him in Grand Budapest Hotel.
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    Will Ferrell
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    LeChiffre wrote: »
    Will Ferrell

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    He's played villains before!
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    Good shout Torgeirtrap. Actually he'd be a more effective henchman than Elvis in QOS. My least favourite minor Bond character of all time. Except for the French detective in AVTAK
  • LeChiffre wrote: »
    Good shout Torgeirtrap. Actually he'd be a more effective henchman than Elvis in QOS. My least favourite minor Bond character of all time. Except for the French detective in AVTAK

    "How much longer?" awkwardly looks at Felix.
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    LeChiffre wrote: »
    Good shout Torgeirtrap. Actually he'd be a more effective henchman than Elvis in QOS. My least favourite minor Bond character of all time. Except for the French detective in AVTAK

    Very true, haha!
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    LeChiffre wrote: »
    Good shout Torgeirtrap. Actually he'd be a more effective henchman than Elvis in QOS. My least favourite minor Bond character of all time. Except for the French detective in AVTAK

    Auchille Aubergine is a fun parody.

    "But I, Auchille Aubergine..."
  • DoctorKaufmannDoctorKaufmann Can shoot you from Stuttgart and still make it look like suicide.
    edited September 2018 Posts: 1,261
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  • edited September 2018 Posts: 17,241
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    Not too familiar with Iain Glen, but Mikael Persbrandt and Peter Haber are both great actors (both have played the Swedish spy Hamilton, also). Casting any of these two would compare to the casting of Mads Mikkelsen, IMO.

    Edit: Persbrandt is also a bit taller than Craig, so he would be a more physical treat too, if cast as a villain.
  • edited September 2018 Posts: 6,682
    LeChiffre wrote: »
    Good shout Torgeirtrap. Actually he'd be a more effective henchman than Elvis in QOS. My least favourite minor Bond character of all time. Except for the French detective in AVTAK

    Auchille Aubergine is a fun parody.

    "But I, Auchille Aubergine..."

    "Security is... Formidable..."
  • ggl007ggl007 www.archivo007.com Spain, España
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  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    ggl007 wrote: »

    He doesn t know what he is talking about.These are serious journalists.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    ggl007 wrote: »
    Interesting. So a Scottish newspaper and an Abu Dhabi one directly attribute quotes to him which he now denies about 4 to 5 days later to a Moroccan outlet?

    Oh well, no loss here as far as I'm concerned. He could have been decent but a part of me is glad he won't be the guy.
  • echoecho 007 in New York
    edited September 2018 Posts: 5,921
    Helen Mirren is always an excellent choice so far as I am concerned. Hey, and she's of Russian descent!
  • DoctorKaufmannDoctorKaufmann Can shoot you from Stuttgart and still make it look like suicide.
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    This guy. But he is too old now...

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    bondjames wrote: »
    ggl007 wrote: »
    Interesting. So a Scottish newspaper and an Abu Dhabi one directly attribute quotes to him which he now denies about 4 to 5 days later to a Moroccan outlet?

    Oh well, no loss here as far as I'm concerned. He could have been decent but a part of me is glad he won't be the guy.

    I seriously doubt they'll go for an Arabic and/or Muslim villain. Or even a Muslim actor playing a non. Muslim villain.
  • DoctorKaufmannDoctorKaufmann Can shoot you from Stuttgart and still make it look like suicide.
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    How about Mads' elder bro?
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