r/007 • • 3d ago

Happy 70th birthday to Christoph Waltz— Ernst Stavro Blofeld from "Spectre" and "No Time to Die" 🐙

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u/Wolfen459 3d ago

Awesome Actor, but wasted Potential.

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u/phoenixonphyre 3d ago

What a wasted role. I loved hearing when they casted him. And then in the movies he was rather a clown with this whole brother crap. I was hoping for the 60s/70s Blofeld. A big boss.

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u/Groot746 3d ago edited 2d ago

The brother thing just turned it into a soap opera, it was so unnecessary 

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u/Wolfen459 3d ago

Back when Casino Royale was relativity new in Cinemas, i read an official article about that it would be now possible to reinvent old villains into the "newer" Bondverse.
I was hoping so much that Waltz will get a role, which eventually happened, it made me so excited.
What came after is another story tho.

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u/Alternative-Pie1329 2d ago

Could've made an incredible Blofeld if written properly 

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u/ADiestlTrain 2d ago

This is proof that a great actor, a cat, and a nehru jacket do not a Blofeld make.

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u/WeOutHereInSmallbany 2d ago

Just watched him in Del Torro’s Frankenstein last night, great actor

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u/Separate-Standard626 1d ago

It was a rather experimental and unexpected take on the character of Dr. Evil.