With, we fervently hope, a little more feeling than the monotone mumblings currently emanating apologetically from loudspeakers on set.Īnyway, the gist. And we’re not listening to Christoph Waltz, but a member of the production team on No Time To Die, the 25th James Bond movie, repeating lines, for the benefit of the actors, that will later be dubbed by Waltz. To be completely honest, Empire isn’t in Cuba, but a soundstage at Pinewood Studios that’s pretending to be Cuba, while outside the October wind rages and howls. Today, those words are being delivered in Cuba by Christoph Waltz’s Ernst Stavro Blofeld, head of evil organisation SPECTRE and Bond’s adopted brother. A megalomaniacal villain with designs on taking over the world has lured James Bond, the world’s greatest secret agent, into a trap, and is about to bump him off. Sometimes there’s a variation on a theme - “Goodbye, Mr Bond” most often - but the basic gist remains the same. We’ve heard them plenty of times over the years. Empire tracks 007 across the globe, from London to Jamaica and New York, to bring you the ultimate intel on No Time To Die. After 14 years, the longest tenure of any Bond, Daniel Craig _is about to hang up his martini glass and Walther PPK.
