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Could it be -and now a spoiler comes- that her role of
Anyway, I checked on her page on IMDB and SPECTRE is not even in her filmography. Are we even sure she is in it?
Mark Strong would be perfect for it! Might be we only find out about Blofeld after Spectre, in Bond25 or even later.
Not really. The shaved head is the only thing he has and that's not even essential to Blofeld!
What Waltz is doing is called marketing.
He keeps this topic alive. That's it.
In the end he will be Blofeld for sure, no matter how often he denies it.
Many thanks for the spoiler tag as I haven't seen Interstellar yet so I'm glad you used it! I trust it's worth seeing coming from the genius that is Chris Nolan.
I really don't get this point of view. It's like Glastonbury booking the Stones and then saying, 'Surprise! Yeah we got the Stones, but McFly are the real headliners!'
And I'm sure EON are more than familiar with the 'Mandarin' fiasco of Iron Man 3. I don't want to spoil it for anyone who has seen IM3 (lucky you!) but if the idea actor for a part is set up as a particular character in all the marketing and then the rug gets pulled from under the audience, the main feeling you come away with is disappointment.
IF it is not Waltz, then it is someone with the same stature as Waltz. Not some British actor typecast as villain.
Might be Blofeld simply isn't cast yet? Introducing SPECTRE as an organisation and immediately revealing its chief might be a bit too much. In the 60's he was actually introduced in YOLT. Dr.No didn't even have a cameo of him and his cat. Could be EON even saves his revelation until somewhere in the series of the next Bond actor and using this opportunity to set up the "Bond universe" with merely the introduction of the organisation.
Still, this probably would cause some degree of a "Mandarin fiasco" for some folks, I guess.
It is also possible that Blofeld has not been cast yet. If he has to be cast in Bond 25, it is likely that he will be, like all of the Bond villains of the Craig era, a veteran actor not from the UK or the English speaking world.
That said I think the most plausible theory is a Jekyll and Hyde twist: Oberhauser is Blofeld and thus played by Waltz.
Not having Waltz as Blofeld will elicit neither surprise, nor excitement, merely disappointment. This will be about the journey as much, if not more, than the reveal, I feel. For me all roads lead to Waltz as ESB.
In the end, all Strong has going for him is his friendship with Craig and his bald head. Neither are canonical or essential to Blofeld. And like many said he does not have the same stature.
..and movie audiences have just seen him in Kingsman so can't see EON casting a guy connected to another spy franchise
Plus, if you'll excuse my language, who would give a flying fuck if Strong is Blofeld? Don't get me wrong, Blofeld is a known entity, but he's no Darth Vader. The idea of an audience reacting to a Strong/Blofeld reveal is just a non-starter. Waltz will be a great villain as 'Oberhauser' period, who just so happens to be Blofeld. I think the real question is 'how' is Oberhauser, Blofeld. Not 'who' is Blofeld.
Precisely.