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Werner Herzog says the last few Bond villains have been weak...


This includes Mads Mikkelsen, Javier Bardem, and Christoph Waltz.

He feels he would make a stronger Bond villain.

I'll admit that he looks the part. I've only seen him in JACK REACHER and he had a chilling screen presence.

https://www.mi6-hq.com/news/werner-herzog-says-he-would-be-a-good-villain-in-bond-161016

Connery, Moore, and Brosnan! Accept NO substitutes!

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Hi ringfire!

Are we talking about the famous director Werner Herzog? Is he an actor now?

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Hej psycho,

I'm not ringfire, but he's probably asleep for a few more hours. Good to have you back here. It's been a while.

And yes, ring's talking about the director, but Herzog's always been moonlighting as an actor on the side if you look at his IMDb filmography.

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..hi, pepper! What´s up?

...never knew he did. Never saw him in his own movies, at least. But those films were from the times when he was struggling with Kinski. Gotta check it out, though!

stm

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Verily I say unto thee...Herzog was certainly right in the case of Mathieu Amalric, even the unsung guys who played guards and sentries in all the previous Bond movies possessed more screen charisma than him

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Hej psycho,

I don't know Herzog as a director, just the creepy guy from JACK REACHER.

I am familiar with Klaus Kinski though. Remember his role as the hunchback in FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE. What a face! But then no one could film faces like the great Sergio Leone!

Connery, Moore, and Brosnan! Accept NO substitutes!

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You don't know Werner Herzog as a director.

Watch: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Then watch: Grizzly Man
Then watch: Fitzcarraldo
Then watch: Nosferatu the Vampyre
Then watch: Aguirre, the Wrath of God

I'm motivated by my Duty.

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I say he's damn right. The man certainly has the iconic presence, easily could trump the rest.

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Mr. Herzog would make for a stellar Bond villain, let's make it happen.

Don't know if I agree on his sentiment about the last few villains, though.

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