Javier Bardem for Bond 23 villain

[Starkers]

And Rachael Weisz is apprently now quite close to Daniel Craig and friends with Mendes to boot!

I love the title Quantum of Solace, I just didn't like Quantum as the name of the organisation.

 

[Rush Limborg]

I liked "Quantum", too.

I think the reason they gave the orginization that name was to tie into the film's title. Remember...the original story was Bond hearing a tragic love story from a friend of his--a governor, I believe. The "quantum of solace" referred to the "amount of comfort" the couple in the tale had given to each other. Obviously, that was NOT movie material.

 

[Rush Limborg]

It'd be a nice touch is the pre title sequence of Bond 23 saw 007 mopping up Quantum however!

Hmm...shades of Diamonds Are Forever's pre-title sequence.

 

[Starkers]

Or it could be Bond just putting a dent in their operation.

I don't think they needed to wedge quantum in like that. A line with M asking 007 if finding Vesper's boyfriend gabe him solace. "A bit, a tiny quantum...of soalce!" Actually as I write that it sounds trite so forget I said it

 

[Rush Limborg]

^From The Living Daylights:

"It scared the living daylights out of her."

 

[Starkers]

"So you live to Die Another Day..."

 

[Admiral_Young]

It seems things have entered contract stage now.

http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2011/02/01/james-bond-javier-bardem-in-talks-to-be-007s-next-foe/

 

[Skywalker]

^ Nice. I really hope this movie lives up to its pedigree.

^From The Living Daylights:

"It scared the living daylights out of her."

"So you live to Die Another Day..."

"I could have given you the world."
"The world is not enough!"
"Foolish sentiment."
"Family motto."

 

[Mr. Adventure]

He need sto have a gold plated bolt gun for this movie.

 

[Captaindemotion]

Seems he's keen all right:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/awards/2011/02/the-new-bond-villain-javier-bardem-is-intrigued.html

“I’m a huge fan of the James Bond saga,” Bardem says. “When I was little, I went watching Mr. Connery doing James Bond with my father. Who in the world would think I’d be in one of those movies?”
The deal breaker for him, if there is one, will be, as always, if the material doesn't hold up. But Bardem says he was intrigued by what Mendes told him at their meeting.
“They’re changing the whole thing, the whole dynamic,” Bardem says. “I’d be playing Bond’s nemesis, yes, but it’s not that obvious. Everything is more nuanced. It’s very intriguing.”
And the escapism of the Bond franchise would seem a solid fit for an actor newly determined to leave his work behind when he goes home at night.
“But who knows? Maybe I will go back home saying, ‘I have the world in my hands,’” Bardem laughs. “Evil can be very seductive.”

 

[Admiral_Young]

Yeah seems like he was sold on the pitch. I saw an article from cinemablend yesterday saying he hadn't read the script yet. I guess he's doing that now.

 

[Rush Limborg]

Seems he's keen all right:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/awards/2011/02/the-new-bond-villain-javier-bardem-is-intrigued.html

“I’m a huge fan of the James Bond saga,” Bardem says. “When I was little, I went watching Mr. Connery doing James Bond with my father. Who in the world would think I’d be in one of those movies?”
The deal breaker for him, if there is one, will be, as always, if the material doesn't hold up. But Bardem says he was intrigued by what Mendes told him at their meeting.
“They’re changing the whole thing, the whole dynamic,” Bardem says. “I’d be playing Bond’s nemesis, yes, but it’s not that obvious. Everything is more nuanced. It’s very intriguing.”
And the escapism of the Bond franchise would seem a solid fit for an actor newly determined to leave his work behind when he goes home at night.
“But who knows? Maybe I will go back home saying, ‘I have the world in my hands,’” Bardem laughs. “Evil can be very seductive.”

Hmm...did he just give away a plot turn in the story?

 

[Samurai8472]

Seems he's keen all right:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/awards/2011/02/the-new-bond-villain-javier-bardem-is-intrigued.html

“I’m a huge fan of the James Bond saga,” Bardem says. “When I was little, I went watching Mr. Connery doing James Bond with my father. Who in the world would think I’d be in one of those movies?”
The deal breaker for him, if there is one, will be, as always, if the material doesn't hold up. But Bardem says he was intrigued by what Mendes told him at their meeting.
“They’re changing the whole thing, the whole dynamic,” Bardem says. “I’d be playing Bond’s nemesis, yes, but it’s not that obvious. Everything is more nuanced. It’s very intriguing.”
And the escapism of the Bond franchise would seem a solid fit for an actor newly determined to leave his work behind when he goes home at night.
“But who knows? Maybe I will go back home saying, ‘I have the world in my hands,’” Bardem laughs. “Evil can be very seductive.”

Hmm...did he just give away a plot turn in the story?

"We have people everywhere"

It would be interesting if Bond's contact turned out to be the head of Quantum

 

[JarodRussell]

Bond himself is a member of Quantum!

 

[Rush Limborg]

Well, I mean--isn't he kinda saying, "I'll turn out to be the villain, but not at first"?

 

[Admiral_Young]

Could Ralph Finnes be far behind? This seems like a rumor.

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Ralph-Fiennes-Rumored-For-James-Bond-23-22991.html

 

[JacksonArcher]

Could Ralph Finnes be far behind? This seems like a rumor.

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Ralph-Fiennes-Rumored-For-James-Bond-23-22991.html

If he plays a villain, he should follow in the Bond tradition of villains with physical deformities and not have a nose.

 

[Starkers]

Ooh this film gets more interesting by the day!

 

[Captaindemotion]

Fiennes was supposedly offered the role of 007 when Dalton exited but he saw the character as a cold-blooded assassin. Eon wanted a more cuddly Bond, after the lukewarm reception to Licence to Kill, so that was that.

I can definitely see him as a Bond villain but I believe this story originated in The Daily Mail, which makes it suspect. It's hard to believe that a Bond movie would have space for two such heavyweight thesps as him & Bardem.

 

[Admiral_Young]

Yep the Daily Mail is notorious for making things up and reporting false stories. They're even worse than Comic Book Movies.