6 Iconic James Bond Villains That Javier Bardem Should Channel For Bond 23

Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Bond Films: From Russia With Love (1963), Thunderball (1965), You Only Live Twice (1967), On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), For Your Eyes Only (1981), Never Say Never Again (1983)

Portrayed By: Anthony Dawson, Donald Pleasence (below), Telly Savalas, Charles Gray, John Hollis and Max von Sydow,

Perhaps recognized by younger generations as the inspiration for Mike Myers's Dr. Evil in the Austin Powers films, this cat-carrying supervillain supervised other villains as the head of the maleficent SPECTRE corporation. Blofeld is more mysterious than the other Bond baddies -- in the first two films, only his lower body and his arm stroking his signature white feline are shown. Blofeld aims for world domination (and Bond's death, of course) but it's difficult to pin down the character's mannerisms considering he was played by six different actors in seven different Bond films.

Francisco Scaramanga

Bond Films: The Man With the Golden Gun (1974)

Portrayed By: Christopher Lee

And then there is the icy, high-priced assassin kind of villain like Francisco Scaramanga, played by Christopher Lee in The Man With the Golden Gun. Another titular villain (he charges $1 million per gold bullet-ed kill), the charming Scaramanga also has the exotic distinctions of being the only Bond villain who was born into a traveling circus and who has a third nipple. His coldhearted manner makes for tense interactions with our favorite spy.

Max Zorin

Bond Films: A View to a Kill (1985)

Portrayed By: Christopher Walken

Although A View to a Kill may not be on anyone's Favorite Bond Films list, its villain is worth noting for his pure badass-ery. Played by Christopher Walken, this Dresden-born "super child" (born out of a Nazi experiment which forced a few women to take massive amounts of steroids while pregnant), this psychopath dopes his thoroughbred horses, plans to trigger an earthquake to wipe out his competition, runs his business out of a blimp, gleefully machine guns a crowd of flood victims and tries to attack Bond with an axe on the Golden Gate Bridge. I'm not saying that Bardem should pull all the pages out of Max Zorin's playbook, but one or two might be cool.

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