But let's not discount the danger of a guy like him just because he isn't some mad billionaire-scientist out to take over the world. I don't think every Bond villain needs to be like LeChiffre. They just happen to also be mass-murderers. Maybe they take the bus to work in the morning and work very, very hard, and eat their lunch, which they bring from home, at their desk. They kiss their wives, play with their children, laugh with their friends, go to sporting events they cry at sad movies,and maybe even go to church where they are among the most pious. that some very scary people can look very much like us. I forgot who it was, but a historian once said Hitler and his henchmen were examples of 'the banality of evil,' i.e. And Mads did a wonderful job playing him as a creepy little weasel without turning him into a caricature or chewing up the scenery like the typical Bond megalomaniac.
I thought Mads' LeChiffre was a terrific villain because of his ordinariness, not in spite of it. What makes LeChiffre interesting is that he is intelligent and ruthless, yet he has his own personal weaknesses. They have become so tiresome and boring to me. I get tired of people expecting Bond villains to be the usual over-the-top meglomaniacs out to rule the world.
