'No Time to Die Director' teases Rami Malek's Safin as the biggest James Bond villain

Rami Malek will be making his debut in James Bond franchise with Time to Die. He is playing Daniel Craig’s nt 007’s dely enemy, Safin. w, director Cary Joji Fukunaga compared bdie with previous bond villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld, played by Christoph Waltz, and teased that it is bigger.

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Time to Die director says film’s villain h to go bigger than Christoph Waltz’s Blofeld

In a recent interview with British GQ, Cary Joji Fukunaga opened up about Rami Malek’s James Bond villain Safin in Time to Die. He said that Oscar-winner Malek belongs in that company in same breath as any of truly great actors. filmmaker stated that awards tell people that but also do his work. He mentioned that once y got into Christopher Waltz / Blofeld territory, y cant go small again. y h to think bigger. Fukunaga asserted that it is tricky because y do t want to make a cliché supervillain, but y have to make someone that is threatening t only to James Bond and people he loved but to world at large.

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Rami Malek described how Safin pans out like a James Bond villain in  Time to Die. He mentioned that y really did sit down, and thought about what would truly frighten m, what would send a real panic into audiences’ heart. actor stated it is that sense of dre that sets it apart.

Rami Malek also shared his experience of filming Time to Die and standing against Danie Craig as James Bond. He said that he h most extraordinary time going he-to-he with Craig. Malek called him a consummate professional. actor mentioned that what was really special about project is that he has seen se movies, and loved Bond films, but one day, going out, on st, on set, in front of lens, he actually got a Broway version of sitting in front seat watching Bond do it first-hand. He asserted that it took him a second to step back and recall his first dialogue.

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Time to Die will be Daniel Craig's fifth and final appearance as James Bond.  movie also features Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw, Rory Kinnear, Jeffrey Wright, and Léa Seydoux, who will reportedly reprise ir roles from previous films. new ditions to cast are Ana de Armas, Lashana Lynch, David Dencik, Dali Benssalah and Billy Magnussen. Time to Die is slated to arrive in atres on April 2, 2021.