Jesper Christensen on new Bond movie: I was allowed to change my role

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Jesper Christensen on new Bond movie: I was allowed to change my role

From Danish newspaper
(google translate)

It's not much, actor Jesper Christensen must talk about his role in the upcoming Bond film 'Spectre'. But he reveals that it was '**** fun' to be back on set.

At home we see him on the screen every Sunday in prime time as hippien Thomas with the long hair and loose robes in DR's popular drama series 'heirs' season 2. In Hollywood knows him in a somewhat different role, that of the short-haired villain who always are dressed in suits, Mr. White of James Bond. His name is Christensen. Jesper Christensen.

Playing in the legendary Bond movie is something that very few Danes vouchsafed. To reappear two years later in a sequel is said to be a bit of a sensation. To contribute throughout the three films, is unheard of.

Nevertheless, it is precisely what the 66-year-old actor Jesper Christensen can write on the CV when the new Bond film 'Spectre' gets its world premiere on November 6.

How big Dane's role exactly is whether Mr. White dies or survives for a possible fourth film, you get him not to reveal, as BT meetings actor in a cafe in downtown Copenhagen.

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"Yes, I must not say anything about the new Bond film. Well, I'm done and have made it, I say. And I can say that it was fun. It was damn funny, "reveals the 66-year-old Jesper Christensen.

With his lined face, beard gray now, blue thermal jacket, burgundy-orange sneakers, kind eyes and an understated humor that constantly lurking below the surface, looks like he did not immediately prototype of a true Bond villain.

Actually looks like he is not the prototype of any particular and may therefore play an alcoholic in 'The Bench', Norwegian king, Nana's father and hippien Thomas in everything from children's films to von Trier.

Not boxed

"It's nice that I get used to so many things, it's fortunate for me that I have not been boxed in," he said. Now, seven years after he last pulled in Mr. White costume in 007 movie 'Quantum of Solace', he is again back in what will be one of the world's most talked about films of the year. And although Jesper Christensen does not have to say anything about his role, he says that this third film 'Spectre' personally has been the best Bond experience of them all.

"Yes, the scene was damn fine, and him Sam Mendes (director, Ed.) I think very well about, so it was really fun. He is such a director, I like. He listens and talks and writes about, "laughs arch Copenhagen failed trained educator and never have gone on playwright or theater schools.

suggest quotes

Yet he has from the beginning of his glorious career always taken its own roles and shaped and directed them and suggested quotes that he felt they should be. Bond film with director Sam Mendes was no exception.

"Yes, the pride knew no bounds when I could sit and suggest lines in English. That I was also very impressed with himself. And then, hey, it was not just propose, but its acceptance. So it was really good. And if so I'll say no more about it, "he remembers suddenly found himself on. With such a gigantic Hollywood machinery, there nemlig high risk for the escape of something out of the movie before the premiere, much to everyone's fears. Therefore also the Dane under strict orders to take all precautions.


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"Do not send anything in the mail, and it says 'Jesper Christensen' and a number across every page of the script, so they know where you are leaking something. So they come with 600 lawyers, "he says and adds:

"They are so paranoid, so you have no clue about it. But it is with good reason, for the whole hysteria surrounding this Bond universe is quite massively huge. The web is Bond almost a religion, as many have an opinion. And then they got the stolen their early manuscript in 'Sony-gate' (Sony was subjected to hacker attacks, ed). So I understand that you are paranoid, "he says.

With more than a hundred film and television roles on the CV and many more to come, as well as his directorial debut on five sections of 'heirs', Jesper Christensen a thorough knowledge of the Danish film industry. When asked what we at home can learn from the United States, is his answer:

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"I do not think there is anything special to learn over there. So, there is always something to learn from the film, but it can also be the new Polish film 'Ida', or the fantastic 'Birdman' as I was inside watching yesterday. So no, there is nothing obvious to learn from them.

In a USA production is also too much to have an opinion and decide, usually producers who must decide this and that. So it can happen that production wastes a lot of time instead of saying 'please just shut up, we should be OK. "

This is because, according to the award-winning actress, along with the Americans generally have harder conditions to make the more offbeat movies.

"Therefore, we can easily get permission to do things that are not obvious facilitate market. We are privileged that there are several million crowns coming easier to budget than if you are American.

If they do not manage to find the actors who are 'field table' (salable) as it is called, a really ugly word, it is no matter whether you have written a completely wonderful and hugely relevant film. It will not be made. And in my book, if the script is not in order, it is also crap. Over there they begin somewhere else, and I think this is the wrong place, "he adds.

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  • Kent007Kent007 Posts: 338MI6 Agent
    Think the most telling thing there is that he said "scene" suggesting that he was a small role in the movie.

    Fascinated to see how they use his character.

    Surprised he's not been forced into silence about him being in the movie though. When he wasn't announced at the press conference it was obvious they wanted his inclusion to be a secret.
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  • The Domino EffectThe Domino Effect Posts: 3,631MI6 Agent
    ics wrote:
    ...burgundy-orange sneakers...

    Hmmm, I wonder if he knows Higgins? They really do have people everywhere!
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    The colored Trainer Brigade, they really are more dangerous then Quantum and SPECTRE put together -{
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  • The Red KindThe Red Kind EnglandPosts: 3,119MI6 Agent
    Although I'm trying to avoid knowing too much about this film, I confess I'm like a moth to a flame as I need my daily Spectre fix! :) But I think not knowing Mr White is in the film would have been much better. His apperance would have been a great suprise.
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,699MI6 Agent
    edited February 2015
    One of the things Google Translate doesn't know is that when Danes say "Må" (must) it means"can". Danish is easy to read for other Scandinavians. It's when they start mumbling and slurring (often reffered to as "speaking Danish" :D ) the problems start ....
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    :)) :))
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  • ShatterfangShatterfang Posts: 538MI6 Agent
    i think there has to be a reason why they have held this character out for so long. I mean 9 years spanning, and the character Mr. White is compelling, don't get me wrong. But he hasn't done much. Kind of like he is just floating around as a ghost, almost like a spectre. He's there but you don't know what he's about. I think its very logical he becomes blofeld somehow. although i would love for them to just flat out come out and just say who blofeld is. I wasn't surprised with the new moneypenny, the new Q, the new M. To me those aren't spoilers, well maybe the new M. I would not be spoiled if they flat out told me Cumberbatch was Kahn, and Blank was Blofeld.
  • LexiLexi LondonPosts: 3,000MI6 Agent
    errr, hang on a sec... am I missing something??

    Didn't he say he would never be involved in a Bond movie again... what's with the turnaround??
    (I've known for a while he is in the movie, but what about the nasty things he said last time round?)
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  • The Domino EffectThe Domino Effect Posts: 3,631MI6 Agent
    Lexi wrote:
    errr, hang on a sec... am I missing something??

    Didn't he say he would never be involved in a Bond movie again... what's with the turnaround??
    (I've known for a while he is in the movie, but what about the nasty things he said last time round?)

    I well remember those quotes. Funny how even a professional thespian with high integrity can be swayed by the offer of another pay cheque, isn't it? :D
  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,596MI6 Agent
    Lexi wrote:
    errr, hang on a sec... am I missing something??

    Didn't he say he would never be involved in a Bond movie again... what's with the turnaround??
    (I've known for a while he is in the movie, but what about the nasty things he said last time round?)

    I well remember those quotes. Funny how even a professional thespian with high integrity can be swayed by the offer of another pay cheque, isn't it? :D

    Sean Connery certainly changed his mind and came back for DAF. For Jesper Christensen it couldn't have been a difficult choice to come back. It sounds like for him being in Spectre was simply easy money.
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  • SFPROPSSFPROPS USAPosts: 380MI6 Agent
    Not sure what his prior criticism was, but maybe the role that was written for him is beefier this time, with more lines? Or maybe it was loads of cash! :D
  • Gassy ManGassy Man USAPosts: 2,972MI6 Agent
    Christensen would be perfect for playing a certain villain.
  • Kent007Kent007 Posts: 338MI6 Agent
    Gassy Man wrote:
    Christensen would be perfect for playing a certain villain.

    I do think that's a possible reason why Christensen wasn't announced at the photo call. They wanted to lure us in with the idea of Waltz being ESB but then they'd throw that surprise on us.

    However, it could just be that he only has a small role in the film and that was why he was never announced.
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  • Mr MartiniMr Martini That nice house in the sky.Posts: 2,698MI6 Agent
    Kent007 wrote:

    However, it could just be that he only has a small role in the film and that was why he was never announced.

    That's what I'm thinking. From the sound of the interview, Jesper was done shooting his role quickly.
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  • Gassy ManGassy Man USAPosts: 2,972MI6 Agent
    If he did play a certain villain -- and if the writing was up to it -- he might end up being the best actor to ever assume the role.
  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,596MI6 Agent
    Gassy Man wrote:
    If he did play a certain villain -- and if the writing was up to it -- he might end up being the best actor to ever assume the role.

    Telly Savalas was quite an excellent actor.
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  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Matt S wrote:
    Gassy Man wrote:
    If he did play a certain villain -- and if the writing was up to it -- he might end up being the best actor to ever assume the role.

    Telly Savalas was quite an excellent actor.

    Yes, and he is smashing as Blofeld. -{
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  • Gassy ManGassy Man USAPosts: 2,972MI6 Agent
    I'm a big Telly Savalas fan -- at least one story about his entry into acting suggests he followed a similar course of bravado as George Lazenby did. But, I do think Jesper Christensen embodies in many ways the qualities that would be perfect to play a certain villain, as long as he doesn't act like a wheezy old man as he did in Quantum of Solace.
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    Very much agreed -{

    His Blofeld was the most sinister.
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  • HowardBHowardB USAPosts: 2,736MI6 Agent
    Based upon nothing but intuition and how EON might want to go about it, I am guessing that Blofeld is not Christiensen or Waltz but a surprise reveal at the end of the film and portrayed by a relatively big name. Maybe Kevin Spacey or some respected British actor.
  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,596MI6 Agent
    HowardB wrote:
    Based upon nothing but intuition and how EON might want to go about it, I am guessing that Blofeld is not Christiensen or Waltz but a surprise reveal at the end of the film and portrayed by a relatively big name. Maybe Kevin Spacey or some respected British actor.

    Kevin Spacey? Revealing him as Blofeld would probably get a big laugh from the audience, and that's probably not what they're going for.
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  • HowardBHowardB USAPosts: 2,736MI6 Agent
    Matt S wrote:
    HowardB wrote:
    Based upon nothing but intuition and how EON might want to go about it, I am guessing that Blofeld is not Christiensen or Waltz but a surprise reveal at the end of the film and portrayed by a relatively big name. Maybe Kevin Spacey or some respected British actor.

    Kevin Spacey? Revealing him as Blofeld would probably get a big laugh from the audience, and that's probably not what they're going for.

    Probably right about Spacey.....maybe an Ian Mckellen type? Or maybe they go younger?
  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,596MI6 Agent
    HowardB wrote:
    Matt S wrote:
    HowardB wrote:
    Based upon nothing but intuition and how EON might want to go about it, I am guessing that Blofeld is not Christiensen or Waltz but a surprise reveal at the end of the film and portrayed by a relatively big name. Maybe Kevin Spacey or some respected British actor.

    Kevin Spacey? Revealing him as Blofeld would probably get a big laugh from the audience, and that's probably not what they're going for.

    Probably right about Spacey.....maybe an Ian Mckellen type? Or maybe they go younger?

    Defintely younger than Ian McKellan. Someone around Ralph Fiennes' age would make the most sense.
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  • Gassy ManGassy Man USAPosts: 2,972MI6 Agent
    Didn't Spacey play Dr. Evil?

    I don't just want someone who looks smarmy or can play up the villain thing. I want someone who looks more or less like evil from the inside out rather than the outside in.

    I tend to think someone like Mark Williams, of Harry Potter and the Father Brown Mysteries, has the quality I'd want in a Bond villain. He's got a dopey, almost benignly common face and a pudgy, overfed body, but his eyes project a cold, judgmental quality. With the right expression, he can easily project rage and calculation below the surface.

    When I think of supervillains, I don't think of someone who's simply born villainous or even made so by some traumatic event, like Magneto or whatever. I think of someone whose life situation affords him no other way to get what his ego demands.

    That's what made Goldfinger such a great villain. He's a man with such an ego that he expects to live like James Bond. But look at him. That's never going to happen, no matter how much money or power he gets. And so he channels all of that rage and disappointment into his horrible plot . . . and he despises everything about James Bond, who is the living reminder of his failure. That's why the scenes between the two of them crackle with such vehemence and take on such deeper meaning -- his killing the girl who Bond seduces, his attempt to castrate Bond with a laser beam, his "General" garb, in effect outranking Bond. Heck, Bond is such a virile opponent he even steals Goldfinger's lesbian, haha. Goldfinger is an organic villain. Everything he does is an extension of who he is, from his cheating at cards and golf to his need to make Bond respect him before he's dispatched.

    Now, with Jesper Christensen, I see the qualities that could make him a super supervillain. He has a cruel, almost alien-looking face, but his wide-set eyes are definitely reptilian. There's a lot going on inside there. The difference is you can see also him fitting in neatly as a CEO in the modern world. He could go legitimate, if he wanted to, but he decides not to. He looks like a man who can compete with Bond on some level, but he's not taking chances. And that's the quality I would want in a certain villain. He's the fighting fish that watches the other two before deciding to attack the survivor.
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Gassy Man wrote:
    Didn't Spacey play Dr. Evil?

    I don't just want someone who looks smarmy or can play up the villain thing. I want someone who looks more or less like evil from the inside out rather than the outside in.

    I tend to think someone like Mark Williams, of Harry Potter and the Father Brown Mysteries, has the quality I'd want in a Bond villain. He's got a dopey, almost benignly common face and a pudgy, overfed body, but his eyes project a cold, judgmental quality. With the right expression, he can easily project rage and calculation below the surface.

    When I think of supervillains, I don't think of someone who's simply born villainous or even made so by some traumatic event, like Magneto or whatever. I think of someone whose life situation affords him no other way to get what his ego demands.

    That's what made Goldfinger such a great villain. He's a man with such an ego that he expects to live like James Bond. But look at him. That's never going to happen, no matter how much money or power he gets. And so he channels all of that rage and disappointment into his horrible plot . . . and he despises everything about James Bond, who is the living reminder of his failure. That's why the scenes between the two of them crackle with such vehemence and take on such deeper meaning -- his killing the girl who Bond seduces, his attempt to castrate Bond with a laser beam, his "General" garb, in effect outranking Bond. Heck, Bond is such a virile opponent he even steals Goldfinger's lesbian, haha. Goldfinger is an organic villain. Everything he does is an extension of who he is, from his cheating at cards and golf to his need to make Bond respect him before he's dispatched.

    Now, with Jesper Christensen, I see the qualities that could make him a super supervillain. He has a cruel, almost alien-looking face, but his wide-set eyes are definitely reptilian. There's a lot going on inside there. The difference is you can see also him fitting in neatly as a CEO in the modern world. He could go legitimate, if he wanted to, but he decides not to. He looks like a man who can compete with Bond on some level, but he's not taking chances. And that's the quality I would want in a certain villain. He's the fighting fish that watches the other two before deciding to attack the survivor.

    Well-said, especially your analysis of Goldfinger as a villain. -{
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  • HardyboyHardyboy Posts: 5,882Chief of Staff
    Given the way EON likes playing around with casting (female M, Felix and Moneypenny no longer being white, Q a young nerd) and given their occasional lifts from John Gardner, I'm willing to bet that if Blofeld is in this film Blofeld will turn out to be. . .Monica Belluci! Yep, look for her to be revealed as Ernestine Stavra Blofeld or something like that. . .
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  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,596MI6 Agent
    Hardyboy wrote:
    Given the way EON likes playing around with casting (female M, Felix and Moneypenny no longer being white, Q a young nerd) and given their occasional lifts from John Gardner, I'm willing to bet that if Blofeld is in this film Blofeld will turn out to be. . .Monica Belluci! Yep, look for her to be revealed as Ernestine Stavra Blofeld or something like that. . .

    They would also have to change Blofeld to Blofeldi. Changing the name of Blofeld, especially to a woman's name, just sounds like something from a parody, and the filmmakers have been trying to avoid that. She would have to explain that only her mother is Italian and her father is Polish. Starva would make more sense if she was Greek, since Blofeld's mother was Greek.
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  • FlightyFlighty Southampton , EnglandPosts: 200MI6 Agent
    I think that blofeld will be played by Detlef Bothe! He's down as "man in cable car" but pursues M. It would be a nice touch if M had already met Blowfeld and "didn't know when to pull the trigger". Detlef is a big deal in his country and could easily carry the role!!
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  • Mr MartiniMr Martini That nice house in the sky.Posts: 2,698MI6 Agent
    If Blofeld is revealed at the end of SPECTRE, I hope it's nobody listed on iMDB. Keep the name off the site until after the movie has premiered and as mentioned above, have it be a big name like Jeremy Irons or something like that.
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