The What if Gary Oldman had portrayed Blofeld in SP and NTTD? credit to @maxcasino

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• CrabKey

  October 24 Posts: 1,955

  Waltz could have been a charming Blofeld or a fearful, villainous Blofeld. He chose neither. The script was not the problem.
• echo 007 in New York

  October 24 Posts: 6,261

  I think Waltz himself is quoted as saying he didn't get a handle on the character.
  
  Which is interesting. Without good direction, an actor can sometimes make a s*** script work. The example I always give is Ewan McGregor in the Star Wars prequels. The counter-example is Natalie Portman in the Star Wars prequels.
• M_Balje Amsterdam, Netherlands

  October 24 edited October 24 Posts: 4,504

  Waltz was cast also cast because of Austria / German background. Gary Oldman can't have played Blofeld because (hidden) story / Symbol is set up. Example both QOS and Spectre playing in Austria.
  
  Gary Oldman mabey only shared playing expression in his face / voice with Waltz, i not really liked him as Serius Black in the Harry Potter franchise. I switched role of Serius with Remus Lupos or earlier see him playing ''The Rat''. Back then when 3th novel was released we did not know David Thewlis chacter Remus going to date younger girl.
• 007HallY

  October 24 edited October 24 Posts: 4,054

  I genuinely don’t know what that could have looked like. Oldman tends to go big with some of his villains, and I think Waltz’s Blofeld was missing a bit of much needed madness in the performance. Then again he can also be really understated when he needs to be.
  
  Still would have involved the subplot about him and Bond knowing each other as kids, so not sure how much better it would have been in practice for a lot of us.
• Ludovico

  October 24 edited October 24 Posts: 15,080

  Really difficult one for me to imagine. I love Gary Oldman, but overall found him uneven as a villain. He's great when he plays thuggish/maniac badguys, like in Leon. But I found him utterly unconvincing as Dracula (mostly due to the poor writing, however). Blofeld is a foreign Eastern European villain, or at least continental. I think Oldman plays better English or Americans. I guess we might have had a very British Blofeld: his accent, his demeanor, etc.
• echo 007 in New York

  October 25 Posts: 6,261

  I think someone from the continent would have been better. I have no idea who. Savalas was the closest they've gotten in overall look, despite his accent. The others are all rather pathetic.
• George_Kaplan Being chauffeured by Tibbett

  1:34am edited 1:35am Posts: 665

  It would be revealed that Blofeld is Bond's godfather (instead of his half-brother).
• MaxCasino United States

  1:40am Posts: 4,573

  George_Kaplan wrote: »

  It would be revealed that Blofeld is Bond's godfather (instead of his half-brother).

  
  Now that you say godfather, I’m picturing Gary Oldman doing either a Vito or Michael Corleone impression. Which to a degree should be how Blofeld acts, business wise.