Actor Michael Lonsdale has died aged 89. He passed away in his home in Paris - his agent Olivier Loiseau confirmed, according to AFP.
Michael is famed for playing Hugo Drax in the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker opposite Roger Moore. Lonsdale played an industrialist planning to poison all humans on Earth before repopulating the planet from his space station.
When quizzed by James Bond fan site Mi6-HQ if ever worried about playing a Bond villian and if it would affect his career, he said: “Not at all!
On the contrary! Because, I made so many films that were not really very popular or didn't make much money, and I only made poor films, so I thought I might like to be in a rich film.” He added: “It was a great experience to make a very popular
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