The twenty-third James Bond film celebrating its 50 years of existence, Columbia Pictures began their promotional tour in New York City. I sat down with the lead cast, including Spanish actor and Oscar winner Javier Bardem, to discuss the film.
We were the only outlet to speak to Javier Bardem in Spanish, following a poll on my Facebook page asking users which language they preferred for the interview. He plays Raoul Silva, the main villain of the movie, whose real name is Rodriguez.
Regarding his character, Bardem confessed that he created Silva with director Sam Mendes based on the script. “He gave me good ideas, one of which was to create discomfort to the opponent. Thus we began to build the look, the appearance, how to relate to people. It was a very creative, fun process where we sat down together,” he added.
In addition to providing an explanation of why he hates seeing himself in movies, he revealed that he would like to be in a Broadway play but acknowledged that those “are big words.”
“I have so much respect for the theater and am very scared. I know it must be a distinct pleasure which involves a different technique which I’m not used to, so I admire the actors who get onstage,” he concluded.
I also talked to him about how it feels to be the first Hispanic actor to play the central villain of a 007 movie. If you know Spanish, enjoy the video interview Javier Bardem gave for Skyfall above.
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