Christoph Waltz

The French Dispatch: a James Bond cast reunion

November 14th, 2021 by

Last week I saw Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch. It was a pretty enjoyable film and quite different to the other two movies I’ve seen in the last few weeks, No Time to Die (duh!) and Dune. One of the things that struck me about The French Dispatch is the number of actors from recent […]

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Christoph Waltz claims he won’t be back in Bond 25

October 30th, 2017 by

The actor who played Blofeld in SPECTRE says he won’t return in the role. Speaking on the red carpet at the Rome Film Festival just a few days ago, Christoph Waltz was asked by Talky Movie whether he would be returning in Bond 25. A short video of the exchange was posted on the Facebook […]

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The Brother that Bothers

February 22nd, 2017 by

Guest writer Nicolás Suszczyk revisits SPECTRE and looks at the relationship between 007 and a rebooted Blofeld. More than a year has passed since SPECTRE, the latest James Bond film, was released. To many people it was fantastic; tough to some others it was rather disappointing. Bond fans didn’t reach the consensus of – let’s […]

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Christoph Waltz unhappy with his portrayal of Blofeld

September 15th, 2016 by

Christoph Waltz was recently interviewed by German magazine Zeit-Magazin Mann. During the interview he expressed dissatisfaction with his portrayal of Blofeld. He also said he does not know if he will return in the role. “I cannot claim that I’ve really nailed Blofeld. Overall, it held water and was okay. But it wasn’t what I’ve been looking […]

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Christoph Waltz to reprise Blofeld role?

January 3rd, 2016 by

British broadsheet The Independent is reporting that Christoph Waltz is contracted to return as Ernst Stravro Blofeld in two more Bond films under one condition. The article quites the usual unnamed sources speaking to The Star, saying Waltz will return in Bond 25 and Bond 26 provided Daniel Craig returns as 007. While The Star […]

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Christoph Waltz on location in London this weekend

June 8th, 2015 by

This weekend once again saw cast and crew of SPECTRE take to the streets of London, with filming taking place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. On Friday filming took place near the Tate Gallery, while on Saturday and Sunday Sam Mendes called action on Vauxhall Bridge, near the real MI6 headquarters. On Sunday Christoph Waltz […]

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Christoph Waltz denies he is Blofeld to GQ

April 8th, 2015 by

Christoph Waltz who plays Franz Overhauser in SPECTRE has been interviewed for the latest edition of GQ magazine. Extracts from the full interview appear on the website, which you can read by following the link at the bottom of this article, but the main points are that he had to think twice about whether he wanted to appear […]

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The cast of SPECTRE : Christoph Waltz

March 17th, 2015 by

Christoph Waltz was confirmed for SPECTRE by Sam Mendes at the early December press event, a signing already reported in the weeks before filming thanks to a tipoff to the media. Here we take a look at the Austrian actor’s career to date. Christoph Waltz was born on 4th October 1956 in Vienna into a […]

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Christoph Waltz discusses his role in SPECTRE

December 19th, 2014 by

Collider recently spoke to Christoph Waltz while promoting the movie Big Eyes and took the opportunity to quiz him about his role in SPECTRE. When asked if his character would turn out to be Ernst Stavro Blofeld he enigmatically replied, “No.  No.  It’s more interesting than that.” Officially his character is named Oberhauser, the surname of […]

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Christoph Waltz interviewed by Screen Rant

November 27th, 2014 by

Christoph Waltz, who may or may not be the villain in Bond 24, was recently interviewed by Screen Rant about he new film, Horrible Bosses 2. Bond 24 isn’t discussed at all, but if you’d like to know a little more about the German actor and how he found out he can’t improvise, click the […]

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