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It would be interesting and shine a new light on thier relationship during SP. The whole thing as a game.
In fact, with that plot idea in mind, take a look at the final scene here and freeze at 1.11. Bond is smirking/confident but makes no eye contact. He knows what she knows.....
Lovely I always wanted her to be villianous and also just like Blofeld was Oberhouser may be Irma bunt was using a cover name as Swann . A bit ridiculous but could be done with proper storytelling.
Blofeld did not expect to get shot down but did expect Bond to fall for Swann and she would twist Bond this way and that way and she would report back to him.
The scene at the Spectre HQ where Swann is shown the suicide video is also a bluff to stir Bond's sympathy for Swann and Blofeld can see clearly how much Bond cares for Swann.
It's getting rather complicated.
To the Scooby Mobile!!
Unless Swann herself is conflicted and has feelings for Bond which she's hiding from Blofeld. So she 'turned' in that HQ room.
I still think they can make something out of the "One day a man came to our house" thing from the train. We don't know everything about that story. Recall that Blofeld mentions something about that when he meets Swann at HQ and she coyly replys that she doesn't remember. An act?
also, at the end, we never see Blofeld actually capture Swann in order to tie her up in the building. She was in on it.
The escape scene in the Land Rovers needs explaining as she uses the syringe on the bad guy...perhaps it doesnt hang together after all.
Really?
These ideas are bad. Also, it’s entertaining fan fiction, but audiences won’t remember about individual scenes from SP. If you kept at your theory, you would have to justify why Mr White even bothered telling Bond to protect Madeleine after Spectre had poisoned him….
It’s simple – Bond rode off into the sunset with Madeleine beside him.
You have numerous options available when it comes to reintroducing her:
✦ Madeleine is the lead and the central love interest of the film;
✦ Madeleine is a supporting character who is killed off at some point which provides the narrative engine of the film;
✦ Madeleine is a supporting character and we see her break-up with Bond or he has to turn to her for advice at some point; and
✦ Madeleine is dead before the film starts and appears in flashbacks or dream sequences.
It’ll be one of the above, or a combination of two.
I don't envy Fukunaga and poor P&W. May the force be with them.
I am confident that the reason for her return is far simpler than anything written above.
there is zero emotion and zero chemistry. So, I dont think the audiance will care either way. There was something a little creepy about her and their relationaship was weird. If they can use that in a way that creates drama, then thats a direction to do go IMHO
Cue the Garden of Death.
Look, I fully believe Mendes intended to show Madeleine as Bond's latest "true love," despite the lack of any chemistry between Craig and Seydoux (aside from briefly at L'Americain). Seriously, she could have played Bond's sister.
I'm almost certain that Swann is headed for an OHMSS-style death, or alternately a FRWL-inspired breakup (which might be too low-key for cinematic Bond).
Still, there's no reason why they couldn't retrofit B25 much better than they did SP. And the easiest way is if Swann turned bad. She does have that icy blonde Hitchcock vibe going on...
Unfortunately, these options seem just as, if not even more uninspired.
But she had no idea who he was, didn't she? It's been a while since I've watched The Blacklist.
James Spader could be a good casting as a villain, I think. He's more or less playing one in that show.
I love that there are so many possibilities for how they could bring Swann's character back in, and that we'll undoubtedly be surprised by how they do.
The chances of it being a straightforward Tracy-type situation, which is really remaking QOS or The Bourne Supremacy more than it would be remaking YOLT, just seem so slim to me. I feel like there's simply no way, with a director like Fukunaga on board and a film with this much creative trouble in its production ramp-up, that they're going for something so straightforward.
I love not knowing. I love that we have a chance to speculate. And that all of these ideas -- however crazy -- are on the table.
I wish it could be as simple as people feeling "Oh, that's unexpected" and waiting with curious anticipation for how it might work. I find myself genuinely surprised how quickly we've seemingly jumped to "Well, this is going to suck!" based on one piece of casting news.
The last time that happened, I'm fairly certain that actor did turn out to be a rather excellent James Bond.
And the film he starred in wasn’t all that bad either! Thanks for posting! And full agreement with you.
I feel like Spader being a Bond villain wouldn't work. Maybe it's just too on the nose.
I hope so! I want to know if Christoph Waltz and Jeffery Wright are back, as they are two of my favorite actors.
Maybe. He might have been a better candidate if he didn't play in The Blacklist.
I think we may hear crickets until after the holidays.
After my initial shock at Swann returning, I would bet Waltz will not be seen within several thousands of miles from this film set.
I have to agree, Peter. However, I’d be rather shocked if they don’t bring Waltz back considering how they finally have the rights to the character of Blofeld back in their possession.