Cary Joji Fukunaga finally put those Rami Malek Dr No rumours to rest. <\/p>
Not long to go before\u00a0No Time To Die<\/a> finally makes it onto the big screen; 25th James Bond film is set to be released at the end of the month following multiple delays due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n The film, which is set to be Daniel Craig\u2019s last turn as 007, will feature Rami Malek as a mysterious villain named Safin. Ever since Malek\u2019s character was unveiled in the first No Time To Die trailer, there has been much speculation on whether his character is actually iconic baddie Dr No.<\/p>\n Malek himself was reluctant to speak on the matter during an interview with GQ<\/a>, saying the rumours were \u201cinteresting\u201d but that fans will \u201chave to wait and see\u201d. Now, No Time To Die director Cary Joji Fukunaga has offered a definitive answer \u2013 and it looks like it\u2019s a no<\/em> on Dr No.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a new villain,\u201d the filmmaker confirmed in the new print issue of SFX magazine<\/a>. \u201cHe\u2019s not, as some have speculated, Dr No. Hopefully he\u2019ll be one that is lasting in some way.\u201d<\/p> He added: \u201cIt\u2019s so hard to term him as a villain in this world anymore. We live in a very educated, saturated world of converse narratives. Anyone can be vilified or turned into a hero. It\u2019s more and more difficult to create villains because it\u2019s got to the point where they become parody, especially once Austin Powers came out in the \u201990s.<\/p>\n \u201cOne of the most difficult things about Bond films is that you can\u2019t really wink and nod to yourself. You have to try and find a way of taking it seriously. At the same time it\u2019s being completely aware that you can be parodied.\u201d<\/p>\n Though we don\u2019t know much about Safin and his motives, we do know that he has a link to Bond\u2019s latest love, Madeline Swann (L\u00e9a Seydoux).<\/p>\n No Time To Die will be released in the UK on 30th September 2021.\u00a0<\/strong>If you\u2019re looking for something else to watch, check out our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0or visit our dedicated Movies<\/a> hub.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Cary Joji Fukunaga finally put those Rami Malek Dr No rumours to rest. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":4114,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/rami-maleks-no-time-to-die-villain-isnt-dr-no-director-confirms.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/rami-maleks-no-time-to-die-villain-isnt-dr-no-director-confirms-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/rami-maleks-no-time-to-die-villain-isnt-dr-no-director-confirms-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/rami-maleks-no-time-to-die-villain-isnt-dr-no-director-confirms-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/rami-maleks-no-time-to-die-villain-isnt-dr-no-director-confirms-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/rami-maleks-no-time-to-die-villain-isnt-dr-no-director-confirms-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/rami-maleks-no-time-to-die-villain-isnt-dr-no-director-confirms-2048x1366.jpg",2048,1366,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Cary Joji Fukunaga finally put those Rami Malek Dr No rumours to rest.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/4113"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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