🎬 The villain who wanted to seduce Bond — by design

Raoul Silva from *Skyfall* — bleached-blond cyber-terrorist, hands on Bond's thighs, Craig tied to a chair — is widely called the finest villain in franchise history. That scene? Javier Bardem's own pitch.

At the BFI London Film Festival, he revealed what he told Sam Mendes at the read-through:

"All villains destroy the world. What if this one also wants to have sex with Bond?"

Mendes consulted the studio. The studio, Bardem said, "was very brave."

He also admitted he forgot his lines mid-take in the prison scene — one look at Judi Dench as M and it hit him: *I'm in a James Bond film.* He asked for another take.

First Spanish Best Actor Oscar. Five Goyas. Two Volpi Cups. Still starstruck by Judi Dench.

Variety