Ernst Stavro Blofeld, born Franz Oberhauser, is the main antagonist of the Classic rebooted
In one of the biggest retcons in James Bond history, Spectre established that Ernst Stavro Blofeld was James Bond's adoptive brother, who was originally known as Franz Oberhauser.
Spectre controversially revealed James Bond and Blofeld as secret foster brothers, but No Time To Die comes close to admitting the twist was silly. No Time To Die subtly admits the "Bond and Blofeld are brothers" twist from 2015's Spectre was a regretful mistake.
Madeleine is the daughter of SPECTRE agent, Mr. White and his wife. In 1998, Lyutsifer Safin came to the White house in Nittedal, Norway to kill Mr. White; who had murdered his entire family on orders from SPECTRE leader Ernst Stavro Blofeld.
Blofeld is head of the global criminal organisation SPECTRE and is commonly referred to by the codename Number 1 within this organisation.
The plot of Spectre also linked the events of Skyfall to Craig's first two Bond movies by revealing antagonist Raoul Silva to be associated with Spectre reverting Skyfall's initial solo story status.
The film also reveals that Bond and Blofeld are in fact brothers in this iteration, with Blofeld's parents adopting James after the death of his biological parents.
Taking place right after Spectre, the couple's idyllic vacation to Matera, Italy is about letting the past go. But before long, SPECTRE is wreaking havoc, causing James to question whether Madeleine can be trusted. Which prevents her from breaking the big news she was about to reveal: she's pregnant with their child.
An especially strange No Time To Die line about mosquitoes might secretly confirm the theory that Madeleine Swann is Blofeld's daughter.
Mathilde Swann is the daughter of Madeleine Swann and James Bond. Portrayed by child actress, Lisa-Dorah Sonnet, the character appeared in the 2021 James Bond film, No Time To Die.
It also turns out that Mr. White was nothing more than a mere pawn alongside Vesper, Kabira, Le Chiffre, Greene, and Silva; all of them used by Ernst Stavro Blofeld (the leader of SPECTRE) in his true plot of inflicting psychological pain on Bond, who happens to be Blofeld's adoptive brother. While Mr.
Because the nanotechnology would kill Swann and Mathilde if they were ever exposed to it, Bond decides to sacrifice himself by staying behind on Safin's exploding island. Before he dies, Bond tells Swann that he loves her and Mathilde, and Swann confirms that he is in fact her father.
This is as close as the film comes to acknowledging that the two characters have met before. There's no reason at all that Blofeld shouldn't recognize Bond, though his later taunting of 007 suggests Blofeld may have been biding his time for unspoken, plot-convenient reasons.
SPECTRE (Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion) is a fictional organisation featured in the James Bond novels by Ian Fleming, as well as the films and video games based on those novels.
In the first novel, Casino Royale, and the 2006 film adaptation, the 00 concept is introduced and, in Bond's words, means "that you've had to kill a chap in cold blood in the course of some assignment". Bond's 00 number (007) was awarded to him because he twice killed in fulfilling assignments.
Mr. White is revealed to have been poisoned by Blofeld after a falling out between the two men and is dying when Bond finds him. In exchange for information, Bond promises to protect White's estranged daughter Madeleine (Lea Seydoux), with who James later falls in love.
Although they are both happy together, Madeleine knows Bond still has lingering thoughts about Vesper Lynd, whom she points out is buried close to them. She encourages to let her go, doing the same with her memory of Safin by writing “masked man” in French on a piece of paper and burning it.
Madeleine Swann is a fictional French psychiatrist originally affiliated to the Austrian Hoffler Klinik organization. She is also the daughter of the mysterious SPECTRE member Mr. White and the lover of Secret Intelligence Service (SIS/MI6) operative James Bond, becoming the mother of his only child.
Faced with the easy kill of Madeleine Swann under the ice, something makes Safin decide to save her. His later monologues imply that something connected them from that point onward and in his chat with James he reveals that they're the same. That they both love Madeleine.
Bond's first encounter with Oberhauser has the villain cry "cuckoo". This is a reference to Bond being a "cuckoo in the nest", the foreigner disrupting the happiness of Oberhauser's family life. Franz Oberhauser is supposed to be the son of the Fleming-created character, Hannes Oberhauser.
He blames Madeleine for the death of his family, even though she is not her father. In fact, he seems to be acting more like Madeleine's father (a cold, calculated contract killer; wonder why she's attracted to Bond so much) than her, suggesting a kind of inter-family transference of inherited sin.
As the former 007 reflects at Vesper's tomb, he retrieves a piece of paper from his pocket. Bond had written the words "I miss you," which he then sets on fire and tosses in front of Vesper's tomb. This significant moment not only confirms that Vesper was Bond's greatest love.
It later becomes clear that Safin is behind the mix-up as part of his plan to exact revenge on Spectre for the death of his family. Eventually, Safin manages to successfully assassinate Blofeld via James Bond, after Madeleine Swann infects him with nanobots programmed to match Blofeld's DNA.
James Bond : I came here to kill you. Blofeld : And I thought you came here to die. James Bond : Well, it's all a matter of perspective.