http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgr2syY_OU4
You can see it, right? Javier Bardem's inspiration? It's amazing, the finest homage I've seen one actor pay another in a long time. Here, Bardem is, well, he's being John Malkovich. That pursed-lip sneer, that supercilious delivery in the talk about the British Empire? Pure Dangerous Liaisons:
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/sep/19/31862/
But wait, it gets better. The white dress jacket? The bored expression? The ridiculous fake hair? It's Malkovich as Sauvage, the bad guy in the James Bond spoof Johnny English:
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/sep/19/31863/
Now that's guts. You've got a franchise that's barely holding on, and you base your villain on a guy who made a mockery of Bond villains. Finally, with a little sleuthing, I found this image in an international trailer:
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/sep/19/31864/
That jumpsuit is totally Cyrus. Perfect.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgr2syY_OU4
You can see it, right? Javier Bardem's inspiration? It's amazing, the finest homage I've seen one actor pay another in a long time. Here, Bardem is, well, he's being John Malkovich. That pursed-lip sneer, that supercilious delivery in the talk about the British Empire? Pure Dangerous Liaisons:
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/sep/19/31862/
But wait, it gets better. The white dress jacket? The bored expression? The ridiculous fake hair? It's Malkovich as Sauvage, the bad guy in the James Bond spoof Johnny English:
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/sep/19/31863/
Now that's guts. You've got a franchise that's barely holding on, and you base your villain on a guy who made a mockery of Bond villains. Finally, with a little sleuthing, I found this image in an international trailer:
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/sep/19/31864/
That jumpsuit is totally Cyrus. Perfect.