![]() Attracting a certain kind of villain, the type who likes to play around with money, terrorism, and the stage of world power, Blofeld creates the organization that literally makes him the author of all of James Bond’s pain. Presumed dead after that fateful incident, and living under his new identity, Ernst Stavro Blofeld begins to put together a group of like minded individuals. Fearing that his adopted brother pushed him out of the position of the child most loved in the family, young Franz triggered an avalanche that killed his own father. Instead of merely seeing 007 as the ultimate foil to his plans for world domination, Ernst is now revealed to think of James as a “cuckoo” in the Oberhauser family. Known as James Bond’s ultimate nemesis in the earlier incarnation of the franchise, Spectre gives Blofeld a new reason to hate Bond’s guts. (Image credit: Danjaq, LLC and MGM.) Ernst Stavro Blofeld, James Bond's Iconic Nemesis Reborn Though you’d know him by the name he adopted after his official death: Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Christoph Waltz). But someone in the family wasn’t very happy about this fact, Hannes’ biological son, Franz Oberhauser. After his parents had died in their climbing accident, the Oberhauser family took the young man in as one of their own. ![]() M’s final orders to kill Marco Sciarra seem to be connected to the fact that she knew about James Bond’s connection to another party in Spectre’s ultimate hierarchy.Įnclosed in the box that gave Bond his so called inheritance from Olivia Mansfield were some personal documents: adoption papers and a photo showing Bond’s life with his adopted father, Hannes Oberhauser. As time marches on, and more of the Bond family legacy is revealed, it seems that 007’s life as an orphan has yet again given a nefarious adversary the advantage. Once again, the past comes back to haunt James Bond in his hour of vulnerability. Without the easy option of a factory providing spare parts, three crews worked day and night to keep the cars on the road.(Image credit: Danjaq, LLC and MGM) The Bond Family Legacy, Or The Dead Are Alive With cars jumping and landing at speeds of 70mph the rigours of filming demanded eight Aston Martins and seven Jaguars be on hand. Care was taken to preserve the city’s rich heritage. Concrete wedges, disguised as cobbles were placed on the steps as protection and the walls were clad in steel, painted over to look like concrete, to avoid damage from the DB10’s flamethrower. Associate Producer Gregg Wilson recalled “Via Nomentana was one of the longest city lock-offs our location department had ever done - it was about three kilometres of main roads entering Rome.” The cars swerve down the Scala de Pinedo steps and onto the towpath of the Tiber. The Rome location raised the challenge of shooting a car chase in one of the busiest cities in the world. “Bond steals the car from Q’s workshop without really knowing what it does,” says Mendes. 007 makes his escape and a high-speed duel ensues played out in two unique supercars - an Aston Martin D10 and a Jaguar C-X75 - against a backdrop of historic landmarks.ĭirector Sam Mendes conceived the sequence with three elements running parallel Hinx in relentless pursuit of Bond, 007 calling Moneypenny to track down ‘The Pale King’ at Lake Altaussee and a lighter strand of Bond experimenting with the DB10’s gadgets. Franz Oberhauser (Christoph Waltz) notices Bond has infiltrated Spectre’s clandestine meeting and sends Hinx to apprehend him. The sequence depicts Bond (Daniel Craig)’s first run-in with Spectre’s imposing hit man Hinx (Dave Bautista). ![]() On February 19 2015, the Spectre unit began shooting the exciting car chase through the cobbled streets and alongside the river Tiber in Rome.Īs Sam Mendes put it, “I loved the car chase being a one-on-one speed battle, a game of cat and mouse between two of the fastest cars in the world, neither of which had been seen before.” Insider Focus Of The Week: Spectre’s Rome Car Chase The Aston vs.
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