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But then I remember he did play Le Chiffre opposite Peter Sellers in Casino Royale... :-S
a sort of 'Dentist's Chair' torture for Bond with the right Bond and at the right time, would of been something to see. Pity now that he never got the opportunity to appear in a release, or maybe wasn't interested, but still a pity. Great actor..
He could have been a great Blofeld.
Yes!!! I've been saying for a while, if they ever wanted to bring back Blofeld, Eccleston would be the guy. Or he could make a great new villian. I heard something about him almost playing Renard in TWINE.
Al Paccino could've been a great villian. Jean Claude Van Damme could have been a brilliant Red Grant type physical villian.
I wouldnt Mind Dafoe actually. He kinda looks like "jaws" facially. They could reboot that character with him. He wouldnt have the metal teeth, but he would kill girls in bed by biting them. It would be perfect for these new movies he could be sort of like De niro's "max cady" in The Cape Fear remake.
He'd have been the definitive Blofeld! :)
It is on my list. ;)
Of the names mentioned Ecclestone is an interesting one as is Oldman. Would be interested to see Garys take on a villain now hes less manic. I doubt we would get the ham of Leon or Air Force One but something calmer which could be even more menacing. I have see him play a villain for a while now. I tend to think hes a bit wasted in the Batman films to be honest where hes just playing a sidekick.
Daniel Day Lewis would be spectacular but I cant see him ever doing it. I dont envisage him considering it a sufficient challenge and I dont think he takes roles just for the money. Pacino and De Niro the same.
Ben Kingsley another interesting one and I think if you waved a big enough cheque in front of him he would do it. Can certainly see him as Tamil Rahani in an adaptation of Gardners Nobody Lives Forever.
A couple of names I havent seen are:
Gerard Depardieu - Have you seen him in Mesrine? A proper bastard. He is just how I imagine the literary Le Chiffre to look.
Jean Reno - Enough said.
Karl Markovics - Check out the excellent German film The Counterfeiters. A really creepy looking guy.
Mark Gatiss - In a few years and maybe not as the main villain but he does an excellent line in sneering superiority. Actually all of the guys from the League of Gentlemen are very good actors - Pemberton could do a job as well. Shearsmith looks a bit boyish to pull it off for my liking.
And those who wouldve been good if the grim reaper had not caught up with them:
Ian Richardson - Sadly no longer with us but Francis Urquart is one of the all time great screen villains.
Yves Montand - around the time of Jean de Florette.
Orson Welles - properly I mean.
Main villains
Alan Rickman
Jeremy Irons
Cate Blanchett
Hugh Laurie
Tim Roth
Anthony Stewart Head
Richard Roxburgh
Liam Neeson
Robert Downey Jr
Alec Baldwin
Jimmy Smits
Villain associates
Bob Hoskins
Heads of organizations
John Hurt
Ian McKellen
Ben Kingsley
John Malkovich
Geoffrey Rush
Bill Duke (Predator/Commando)
Henchmen/women
Tom Hardy
Cillian Murphy
Thandie Newton
Patricia Velásquez (Mummy 1/2)
Ken Lueng (Lost/Rush Hour)
Dominic Purcell (Prison Break)
That's all I can think of for now.
I've often thought of Kinski in a Bond film, he would have made a chilling Blofeld.
I think it's funny how you put the two Gruber brothers next to eachother on the list.
My refined list.
Hell yes to Neeson for an Irish villain (that's been unexplored, right?) and Downey Jr. for an American villain (the first in a while).
Probably mentioned before, but names we could include would be Gary Oldman, Ray Liotta, Dougray Scott, Meat Loaf Aday, Jeremy Irons and even Gene Hackman is worth a mention. As for female villian, former WWE wrestler Chyna would of been ideal in that capacity, she's doing 'other' things now, but maybe for the Brosnan tenure, would of been a delight to have seen. She could of worked where Grace Jones failed
Also, while we're at it, Powers Boothe, Lance Henriksen, Willem Dafoe, Arnold Vosloo, or even William Paxton
idk if Dafoe would take a role, because he was at the EoN game.