James Bond’s nemesis is back

Posted on June 18, 2009
Filed Under Actors, News, Rumors

There is much talk about the upcoming James Bond film right now. It’s that time of year I guess… The latest buzz is about Bond’s nemesis, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, and the fact that he may be making a comeback according to The Guardian.

Now, 28 years after his last official appearance in “For Your Eyes Only” (1981), James Bond’s deadliest foe could be set for a return – in the fresh-faced form of actor Michael Sheen. The script is being co-written by Peter Morgan, Sheen’s long-time collaborator, who has already worked with him on the likes of “The Queen“, “Frost/Nixon” and “The Damned United“.

“Michael is hot property right now and it is felt that he’s the right man to bring Blofeld back to life,” an unnamed source told the Daily Express newspaper. “Michael was a Bond fan in his youth, so this would be a dream role for him.”

The sinister chieftain of the global criminal organisation Spectre, Blofeld has appeared in six James Bond outings and has been interpreted by a variety of actors, including Donald Pleasence and Telly Savalas. In popular imagination, he sports a scarred face and a shaved head and is never seen without his beloved white Persian cat.

Over recent decades, however, Blofeld has proved a more fitful and elusive presence. He was briefly resurrected by the Swedish actor Max von Sydow in 1983′s unofficial Bond adventure “Never Say Never Again” and provided the inspiration for Dr Evil, the cackling, accident-prone baddie from the Austin Powers comedies.

As I recall, Blofeld was dropped down a giant chimney the last time we saw him. How did he get out of that little predicament?

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