Mr. White (Jesper Christensen)

Ich habe mal die 22 Beiträge, die sich mit der privaten Seite Bonds bzw. dem Realismus befassen in den zugehörigen Thread "Die private Seite von James Bond" kopiert. Zu diesem Thema also bitte dort weitermachen.

Hier soll es schließlich um Mr. Whites Rolle in SPECTRE gehen.

Hier ein aktuelles Interview mit Jesper Christensen über seine Rolle in SPECTRE auf Dänisch.

Hier die Übersetzung von James Bond Radio:

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JESPER CHRISTENSEN on the new Bond-film: I was allowed to change my role
It's not much , actor Jesper Christensen may mention about his role in the upcoming Bond film Spectre. But he reveals it was "bloody fun" to be back on set.
At home (in Denmark) we see him on the screen every Sunday on prime time as Thomas the hippie with long hair and loose robes in DR's (the danish BBC 2) popular drama series ' Heirs ' season 2. Hollywood knows him in a somewhat different role, that of the short-haired villain who always dresses in suits, Mr. White of James Bond. His name is Christensen . Jesper Christensen .
Participating in the legendary Bond franchise is something very few danes have been priveleged to do. To reappear two years later in a sequel one may say is a bit of a sensation. To contribute throughout three films, is (in a danish perspective) unheard of.
Nevertheless, this is precisely what the 66- year-old actor Jesper Christensen can write on the CV when the new Bond film Spectre gets its world premiere on November 6.
How big the dane's role exactly is and whether Mr. White dies or survives for a possible fourth film, you won't get him to reveal, as BT (the danish tabloid) meets the actor in a cafe in downtown Copenhagen.
"Yes it is correct, I'm not allowed to reveal anything about the new Bond film . Well, I can say, I'm done shooting it. And that it was fun. It was bloody fun," reveals the 66 -year-old Jesper Christensen. With his lined face, now gray beard gray, blue thermal jacket, burgundy -orange sneakers, kind eyes and an understated humor that constantly lurks below the surface, he doesn't look like an immediate prototype of a true Bond villain. Actually he does't look like the prototype of any particular character and is therefore able play an alcoholic in 'The Bench', a Norwegian king, Nana's father and the hippie Thomas, in everything from children's films to Lars von Trier.
"It's nice that they use me in so many things, it's fortunate for me that I haven't been typecast," he says. Now, seven years after he last put on Mr. White's suit in the 007 movie ' Quantum of Solace ', he is once again back in what will be one of the world's most talked about films this year. Although Jesper Christensen can't say anything about his role , he says that this third film ' Spectre ' personally has been the best Bond experience of them all.
"Yes, the scene was damn fine, and him, Sam Mendes, I think very highly of, so it was really fun. He is the type of a director, I like. He listens and talks and rewrites" laughs the arch-copenhageian, a trained educator who never went to acting- or theater school.
He has nevertheless from the beginning of his illustrious career always picked his own roles and shaped and corrected them, as well as suggesting lines that he felt would be appropriate. The new Bond film with director Sam Mendes has been no exception.
"Yes, pride knew no bounds when I was able to sit and suggest lines in english. I was very impressed with myself. Not only to suggest, but also get them accepted. So that was great. More than that I can't reveal", he suddenly reminds himself. With such a gigantic Hollywood machinery, there is accordingly a high risk that information leaks out about the movie before the premiere, much to everyone's fears. The dane is therefore under strict orders to take all precautions.
"You are not allowed to send anything with mail, and it reads "Jesper Christensen" and a number above every page in the script, so they know, if it is you, who is leaking something. Then show up with 600 lawyers". He continues to explain: "they are so paranoid, you can't even imagine. But it is with good reasons, because the hysteria around this Bond universe is massively big. On the internet Bond is almost a religion, that lots of people have opinions about. Then they got their earlier draft of the script stolen in 'Sony-gate'. So I can very well understand their paranoia", he says.
I don't think there is something particular one can learn from "over there" (big english speaking productions). Well there are always new things to learn from film, but it can also be the new polish film "Ida" or the amazing film "Birdman" I saw in the theatre yesterday. So no, there is nothing revelatory to learn from from them.
In a USA production there are too many, who have an opinion and decides, usually producers who must decide about this and that. So it happens that that the production wastes a lot of time, instead of just saying "please shut up, we'll fix it".
The reason is, according to the award-winning actor, that americans generally have harder contions in making offbeat movies. "Well, we (europeans) are able to more easily get permission to do things that are harder to market. We are privileged there are some million dollars that are easier to budget, than if you are american. If they don't manage to find actors who are 'marketable' as its called, a really ugly word, it does not matter whether you have written a wonderfull and welcoming story. It won't get made. And according to me, if the script is not in order, it will end up a mess. Over there (Hollywood) they start somewhere else, a different place I think is wrong", he adds.

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Viel sagen durfte er nicht. Aber seine Dreharbeiten scheinen bereits abgeschlossen zu sein.

Nachdem ich vorgestern CR gesehen habe (habe es an anderer Stelle ja schon mal geschrieben), wirkt die Figur des Mr. Whites für mich nicht so unstimmig, wie ich es im Kopf hatte.
Wenn man SPECTRE als Grundlage nehmen möchte, so erhält die igur in CR eine gewisse andere Seite.
So richtig böse ist White eigentlich nur in der LeChiffre-Szene und der hat es schließlich auch verdient.
Somit kann ich seine Kehrtwende zu einem besseren Menschen in SPECTRE schon auch nachvollziehen.

Bin mal gespannt, wie QOS in diesem Kontext wirkt. In der Tosca-Szene habe ich ihn schon immer als eine Art Fremdkörper empfunden, da er nicht aufsteht und sehr locker reagiert ("Tosca ist eben nicht für jedermann!").
Somit könnte er ein Beauftragter von SPECTRE gewesen sein, der die Geschehnisse rund um Quantum beobachtet, aber nicht direkt drin hängt. Um es mit einem Octopussy-Zitat zu sagen: Quantum ist nur ein Arm des Tintenfisches.

Sehen wir hier eigentlich Maddies Mutter?

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Exakt, Gonzo! Dass die "Schauspielerin" nur eine Statistin ist, ist schon klar, Daniel. Das hat aber mit der Rolle nix zu tun.