Andrew Scott Doesn’t Want to Play Purely Antagonistic Roles After Bond Villain Performance in ‘Spectre’: I ‘Wasn’t That Good in It’
variety.comCaroline Brew editor Andrew Scott is not particularly interested in playing an antagonist similar to his James Bond villain C from 2015’s “Spectre,” starring Daniel Craig.
In a recent interview with British GQ, the actor expressed his desire to continue playing more nuanced roles. “If I’m honest, it’s not a territory that I feel like I would want to go over again.
Now I know who I am a little bit more, I feel like the work that I’m just interested in doing is more in the grey areas,” Scott said. “I suppose it’s just that I didn’t think… I just maybe wasn’t that good in it.” Scott portrayed new MI5 boss Max Denbigh, condenamed C, in the Sam Mendes-directed “Spectre.” While Variety‘s “Spectre” review called the film a “particular treat for 007 nerds,” others were more critical of the 24th installment in the British spy franchise.
Pierce Brosnan, who played the super-spy in four films from 1995 to 2002, said that “Spectre” didn’t quite feel like a Bond film in a 2015 interview. “I was looking forward to it enormously,” said Brosnan. “I thought it was too long.
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