bond, Mathieu Amalric, Nicholas Sarkozy, Quantum of Solace, Tony Blair
bond, Mathieu Amalric, Nicholas Sarkozy, Quantum of Solace, Tony Blair

Bond Villain: I'm Modeling Smile On Tony Blair, Eyes On Sarkozy

The Times   |  Dalya Alberge   |   January 26, 2008 09:15 AM


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The actor cast as the arch-villain in the new James Bond film revealed yesterday that he is modelling his portrayal of evil on the smile of Tony Blair and the eyes of Nicholas Sarkozy.

Mathieu Amalric, the acclaimed French actor whose films include Steven Spielberg's Munich, said that he was turning to the former British Prime Minister and the French President for inspiration because the director of the 22nd Bond movie did not want him to rely on gimmicks.

"He doesn't have a metal jaw or an eye that bleeds," Amalric said of his baddie. "Instead, I have to look inside myself." In exploring the nature of evil, the subtle undercurrent of villainy that lies beneath the surface, he joked: "I am looking at the smile of Tony Blair and the crazy eyes of Nicholas Sarkozy."

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Here are photos of the cast and director at the press call:

From left British actress Gemma Arterton, French actor Mathieu Amalric, Ukrainian actress Olga Kurylenko, British actors Daniel Craig and Judy Dench and Director Marc Forster

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This has to be a first. A Bond baddie modelled on Tony Blair and Nicholas Sarkozy. Im gonna be @ the cinema before, the management and the stars.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:15 PM on 01/28/2008
- Macready I'm a Fan of Macready 60 fans permalink

"I am looking at the smile of Tony Blair and the crazy eyes of Nicholas Sarkozy."

that should do it . . .

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:03 AM on 01/28/2008
- jubo I'm a Fan of jubo 6 fans permalink
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There are incredibly beautiful women in the former Soviet Union. God bless miscegenation.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:23 PM on 01/27/2008
- jubo I'm a Fan of jubo 6 fans permalink
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So the villain is a Scientologist mossad agent?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:21 PM on 01/27/2008

Gemma A., the one with the nice smile and the actual pair of hips, will portray Bond's wholesome English fellow secret agent/sidekick from MI6, and model-slim, dark and pouty Olga K. will play the exotic foreign bombshell Bond beds down with. Thus the familiar Junior and Senior Bond Girl structure will return to the franchise.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:36 AM on 01/27/2008
- scampy123 I'm a Fan of scampy123 3 fans permalink

This pair of devious slimy bastards a good choice to portray evil and both Catholics.
Blair has had warning from Osama Bin Laden boys in London that a suicide bomber would get him, bombers on welfare thats the Blair legacy.
What does it say about Americans who pay to listen to the lying greedy bastard when no one in his home country would?
War crimes tribunal for Iraq?
It must come in future.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:02 PM on 01/26/2008

they should have made victoria beckham a bond girl.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:13 PM on 01/26/2008
- gcallaghan I'm a Fan of gcallaghan 52 fans permalink
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Throw in Bush's bow-legged, tire-iron-­jammed-up-­his-ass swagger and Cheney's baby-eating sneer and Amalric will have movie goers soiling their drawers.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:38 PM on 01/26/2008
- jukesgrrl I'm a Fan of jukesgrrl 72 fans permalink
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What a great surprise that at this late date the Bond movie producers are still trying to get better and not just blindly cashing in on the brand.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:30 PM on 01/26/2008

Now he's doing real villains like Blair and Sarkozy. I always thought those other villains were so fake. You know, Hiltler, Pol Pot, Stalin, Bin Laden. At least the actor doesn't come off as an extremist when he says something like that.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:59 AM on 01/26/2008
- nicho I'm a Fan of nicho 11 fans permalink

I hope he doesn't recreate the evil that Blair has done. That movie would be too scary.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:12 AM on 01/26/2008
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