“Absolutely Untrue”: Christoph Waltz not playing Blofeld in James Bond’s SPECTRE

Christoph Waltz admits he thought twice before signing up to play the next Bond villain.

The Austrian actor has told GQ magazine he only wanted to star in a ‘certain kind’ of 007 film, and Spectre – which is in production now – is not the work of ‘hack writers’.

The star’s also dismissed persistent rumours he’s playing Bond villain Blofield. In his own words – “That is absolutely untrue. That rumour started on the internet, and the internet is a pest. The name of my character is Franz Oberhauser”

Could it be a red herring? Or could the dispute over the naming of Blofield, last seen in For Your Eyes Only have Oberhauser as the same character?

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