Knight has completed first draft. Saying nowt about casting this time, however!
He does, by default, confirm Bond has been cast though.
We’re all reading this with Jackson Lamb’s voice in our heads, right?
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Rewatching some scenes from The Living Daylights this evening. Necros is easily the most interesting villain in the whole movie, and he's only #3 in the bad guy pecking order.
I'd agree, he's a top tier henchman. And the fact he only fights Bond once means his threat level isn't undercut the way that Mr Wint and Mr Kidd are (they're utterly lethal except when it comes to Bond).
Koskov is more three dimensional and it's a nice sleazy performance from Krabbe, also a rare example of a villain who technically survives the film. Maybe he's executed but I like to hope he winds up in the Siberian camp he promised Kara.
Whitaker is better once you realise he's not the main villain, not sure anyone is the main villain.
At the risk of derailing things whilst I've long held that Trump is Goldfinger (the love of gold, the golf, the arrogance, friendly with Koreans) in many ways he's also Whittaker (a pompous blowhard who thinks he's far smarter than he is, tells lies about his achievements and portrays himself as a great military leader when he never actually served)
Goldfinger is an intelligent man with good humor who thinks out his actions. He has a slight visual appeal.
Trump is pure 1984 Kenneth McMillan*. No offense, Kenny.
Whitaker, to me, is essentially a two-scene cameo with deceptively high-billing. I thought he came back way too soon in the Brosnan films.
Nekros is formidable, but so was one of the M16 non-Bond agents he fought.
I'm glad Koskov survived. It's just one of 28 reasons why I love LIVING DAYLIGHTS. Most of the previous survivors tended to be Roger Moore-opponent sidekicks.
(*With an emotional mind-transfer from BATMAN' King Tut.)
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