Bodybuilder for henchman
schaduwoog
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Would this be cool, a bodybuilder for henchman. jay cutler, phil heath or someone like that. It makes a strong entrance, something new, big guy would be very 'henchman' and let bond win because of his cleverness (like roger moore putting the voltage on Jaws in the train).
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhVu2hxm07E
That said, exteme bodybuilders always look comical to me. Being in shape or toned is one thing -- and sometimes is a distraction, too, because we're supposed to believe that someone busy and globetrotting has time to work out two or three hours a day -- but literally looking like an action figure or comic book is campy.
As for a bodybuilder bad guy henchman ... No thanks. I'd rather have someone who can portray psychotic / true evil through their acting, rather than through their sheer size.
Personally I don't mind it, but it can be over used if not careful. The type of henchmen depend on the main villain and the story structure.
The ones who are built like an action star do work out two or three hours a day, mixing jogging, gym cardio, and weightlifting to keep the physique. One even does yoga. The ones who merely are in good shape (fit but not as toned or muscular and might have some flaws, like slight love handles) work out less.
We've talked about what we see in movies for the past 20 years or so. The serious exercise aficionados I know laugh when they see an actor playing a regular cowboy in the 1870s or a globetrotting action hero, either because it's anachronistic or the hero never appears to work out but is cut and buff anyway. There's a difference between being lean and toned from appearing the scrulpted way so many actors do -- their point is that you have to be dedicated, and while genetics certainly help, that to have the muscular build we frequently see in films requires a lot more than garden variety diet and exercise work.
Sisters or lovers. Maybe not bodybuilders
and galls who'd fit the bill.
Wouldn't it be fantastic if they could get Dwayne Johnson to sign on as a villain in a Bond movie? But every production company is after him from Hollywood, California to Fayetteville, Georgia.
Others were also in fine physical form. There was Robert Shaw (Red Grant) in From Russia With Love, Harold Sakata (OddJob) in Goldfinger, Sadoyanama in You Only Live Twice, Andreas Wisniewski (Necros) in The Living Daylights and Gotz Otto (Stamper) in Tomorrow Never Dies.
If they do hire an actual bodybuilder to play a henchman, perhaps an Olympic bodybuilder, he would have to have his shirt off to make Daniel Craig look like a popsicle stick.
I agree. This is something that could easily tip over into the realm of the absurd if it's not done carefully. I personally prefer a henchman who poses a physical challenge to Bond without looking like some kind of freak (and no, I'm not suggesting that all bodybuilders look like freaks.)
Exactly!
any if the old elements return they'll expect to have jokes made ?
After all you can take the p*ss. Out of any film.
An officer and a gentleman, you could'nt have any aerial fight scenes in it as Hot Shots
had already made loads of jokes about it.