No Time To Die (Bond 25)

[TheGuy]

Ana as a separate Catwoman in a GCS movie.

 

[Filmfan93]

These posters are really cool and much better than the teaser one.

Can't wait for the trailer!

 

[Gold Samurai]

And what a switch from the timid caretaker she just played in Knives Out. She's got promise.

From caring Hologram to timid caretaker to femme fatale

 

[samsnee]

I’m hoping Rami plays it differently than the “creepy aloof” vibe I’m getting that we’ve seen in the last couple of villains.

For once I wish we’d get a villain as suave and physical as Bond.

 

[Schlosser85]

I don’t see Malek physically going toe to toe with Craig but I could be wrong.

 

[Closerframe]

I’m hoping Rami plays it differently than the “creepy aloof” vibe I’m getting that we’ve seen in the last couple of villains.

For once I wish we’d get a villain as suave and physical as Bond.

Prepare to be possibly disappointed. I'm getting a Silva vibe from Rami's character.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Craig and Lashana rocking the tactical gear......and Ana.......

 

[Schlosser85]

Is Ana another MI6 agent or is she Malek's henchwoman?

 

[Doctor Jones]

I'm guessing henchwoman. She's got that vibe and she doesn't look too friendly firing those guns in the tease.

 

[Roose Bolton]

He doesn't look scarred but he does look a little rougher. Maybe aged up?

Which makes sense, as his character supposedly was a rival to Mr White and Blofeld from back in the day.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Wait, that's a thing?

 

[Roose Bolton]

That’s the speculation. Malek apparently shot scenes during the Norway sequence that involved masked assassins going to a house and chasing a young girl across a frozen lake. Said girl was apparently a young French actress cast to play “young Lea Seydoux”, and the sequence vaguely matches the story Madeleine told Bond of men being sent to kill her father as a child whilst she was in the house.

And there’s the report that Blofeld in this film has a Hannibal Lecter type role, being visited by Bond and Madeleine whilst in custody for information on Safin. This is kind of confirmed with the recent still they released of Craig and Seydoux and the fact that Waltz’ name is now in the cast listing.

So yeah, the running assumption seems to be that Malek’s character is a former rival or competitor whose filled the power vacuum Spectre left behind.

 

[flickchick85]

Huh. Well hopefully the old age make-up isn't too distracting, because I too thought it was scars when I first looked at the poster.

 

[Roose Bolton]

Note the wig they’ve given him, it’s flecked with grey hairs to go with the bad skin. Not much, but just enough to give the appearance that Malek is older and more weathered than his real life 38 years.

 

[Marvolo]

Should have just cast an older actor or made the character younger.

I'll be so glad when Craig's run is done so the writers cant continue to wrap these films plots around each other like a convoluted gordian knot. I'm sick of this everything is connected to everyone and everything horse****.

 

[Roose Bolton]

Well maybe they wanted Rami Malek in the role and knew that most reasonable people wouldn’t have a conniption fit if he played the role a little bit older than he was in real life.

 

[Marvolo]

Well maybe they wanted Rami Malek in the role and knew that most reasonable people wouldn’t have a conniption fit if he played the role a little bit older than he was in real life.

Then they should have made the character younger. And he doesnt look a bit older. He looks like hes in his 50s.

 

[Doctor Jones]

That’s the speculation. Malek apparently shot scenes during the Norway sequence that involved masked assassins going to a house and chasing a young girl across a frozen lake. Said girl was apparently a young French actress cast to play “young Lea Seydoux”, and the sequence vaguely matches the story Madeleine told Bond of men being sent to kill her father as a child whilst she was in the house.

And there’s the report that Blofeld in this film has a Hannibal Lecter type role, being visited by Bond and Madeleine whilst in custody for information on Safin. This is kind of confirmed with the recent still they released of Craig and Seydoux and the fact that Waltz’ name is now in the cast listing.

So yeah, the running assumption seems to be that Malek’s character is a former rival or competitor whose filled the power vacuum Spectre left behind.

As long as he isn't part of Spectre. Is it clear that he's a rival or not? It could just be another villain out there from Madeline's past resurfacing

 

[Black Narcissus]

Please don't kill gaptooth in the first five minutes. Let this old man Bond go off into sunset. Killing her no matter how well shot is a total bore and cliche. Eh.

 

[Marvolo]

Please don't kill gaptooth in the first five minutes. Let this old man Bond go off into sunset. Killing her no matter how well shot is a total bore and cliche. Eh.

I'm fairly certain that they wont kill her early in the film. No way they have a female henchman (Ana) and not have her fight Madeleine.

 

[Doctor Jones]

It doesn't seem like that will be the case. Which is good. I wouldn't have been thrilled about that either.

It'd be interesting to see a settled down Bond and how he deals with that. We haven't seen that before.

 

[flickchick85]

Please don't kill gaptooth in the first five minutes. Let this old man Bond go off into sunset. Killing her no matter how well shot is a total bore and cliche. Eh.

Agreed.

 

[Roose Bolton]

Then they should have made the character younger. And he doesnt look a bit older. He looks like hes in his 50s.

That doesn’t strike me as a problem at all, not with this franchise. Bond villains are supposed to be grotesque, odd and off-putting. Ian Fleming did it with all of his antagonists and the films have reflected that to varying degrees.

As long as he isn't part of Spectre. It's still unclear he's a rival, could just be another villain out there from Madeline's past resurfacing.

Could be, yeah. Though Spectre itself is almost certainly going to be touched upon, with Waltz’ involvement.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

That doesn’t strike me as a problem at all, not with this franchise. Bond villains are supposed to be grotesque, odd and off-putting. Ian Fleming did it with all of his antagonists and the films have reflected that to varying degrees.



Could be, yeah. Though Spectre itself is almost certainly going to be touched upon, with Waltz’ involvement.

I don't like Spectre all that much, but it is important to this Bond's overall story, and I think it would be a mistake to try to avoid it.

 

[Black Narcissus]

It doesn't seem like that will be the case. Which is good. I wouldn't have been thrilled about that either.

It'd be interesting to see a settled down Bond and how he deals with that. We haven't seen that before.

Yeah, Let this version of Bond retire in peace. The next team can start fresh.