A great hero could not be great without an equally great villain.
Sherlock Holmes has Moriarty, Superman has Lex Luthor, Batman has The Joker, Katniss Everdeen has President Snow, Spider-Man has the Green Goblin, and James Bond has Ernst Stavro Blofeld. According to the Daily Mail, Christoph Waltz's ("The Green Hornet") role in Bond 24 will be 'Blofeld.' Just don't count on that reveal being made public when an official casting announcement is made next month.
Waltz’s involvement in the new film – which has the working title ‘Bond 24’ – will be confirmed at a press conference to be held in the first week of December. Eon productions, which owns the James Bond film franchise, will announce the star is playing an unknown character called Franz Oberhauser, son of the late Hans Oberhauser, a ski instructor who acted as a father figure to Bond.
But senior sources believe the casting is a double bluff worthy of 007 himself and that Waltz is actually playing Blofeld. One Hollywood source, who asked not to be named, said: ‘Christoph Waltz is playing Blofeld in the next Bond film. The tone of the 007 films has changed significantly in recent years and the producers have changed the character to fit in with the new-look 007.’
Ernst Stavro Blofeld has appeared in seven Bond films, and has been played by six different actors. Though, some of those appearances only required Blofeld's hands to be shown. Blofeld had more prominent roles in You Only Live Twice, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, and Diamonds Are Forever. For those films, he was played by Donald Pleasance, Telly Savalas, and Charles Gray. He's usually seeking world domination, asking for hefty ransoms and of course, trying to kill James Bond. His last appearance in a Bond film was 1981's For Your Eyes Only.
BOND 24 will be directed by Sam Mendes ("Skyfall"), from a screenplay written by John Logan. The cast will include: Daniel Craig as James Bond (007), Ralph Fiennes as M, Naomie Harris as Miss Moneypenny, and Ben Whishaw as Q. The film will be released in the UK and US on October 23, 2015 and November 6, 2015, respectively.
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