We'll get onto why he decided not to kill her in the next section, but the general gist is that he's out for revenge and a portion of that is directed at Madeleine due to her family connection.
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.
In the late 1990s, Safin, wearing a traditional Japanese Noh mask to cover his scarred face, attempted to murder Mr. White at his home in Norway. Finding only his daughter Madeleine and her mother, he killed the latter and was shot and injured by the young girl.
Safin's Variant Of Project Heracles
Only instead of a handful of “angels of death,” Safin plans to use a modified version of Project Heracles to tidy up the world. This variant of Project Heracles can wipe out entire family lines, ethnic groups and any genetic traits the person wielding it wants to target.
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.
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.
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.
Though Safin was spared, he was left facially disfigured and traumatized by the deaths of his family members. As such, he became determined to get revenge against Spectre for killing his family.
With help from his MI6 colleagues, Bond is able to locate them and embarks on a rescue mission, where he comes face to face with Safin – who informs him what he had probably already guessed: Mathilde is his daughter.
It maintains anonymity. It allows Safin to hide his past. But it also does so much more than that. The mask also alludes to the emotional tensions within.
She does have your eyes." 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.
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.
There was a 17 year age gap between James Bond and Madeleine Swann, his love interest, this didn't work. The touchy-feely script was miserable and tedious.
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.
While Skyfall introduced Swann as the child of SPECTRE's Mr. White, the notion of White adopting Madeleine on the orders of his not-exactly-parent-material boss seemed plausible. Blofeld is also heard describing Madeleine as a "daughter of SPECTRE." Ultimately, nothing came of the idea.
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.
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.
Safin's entire body is covered in scars, acquired during the aforementioned massacre of his family, of which he was the only survivor. The audience gets their first glimpse of Safin in the opening scene, where his "horror" is covered up under an eerie white face mask.
Safin gets the drop on 007, shooting Bond several times and infecting him with nanobots coded to Madeleine's DNA -- meaning he can never touch her or Mathilde again without killing them.
No Time to Die is an interesting Bond film with deep layers and it leaves audiences asking many questions, one being, 'is, or was, Safin supposed to be Dr. No? ' The answer is officially no, as confirmed by No Time to Die director and co-screenwriter, Cary Fukunaga.
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.
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.
2, Emilio Largo. This time, the device is more octopus-like, presumably symbolising SPECTRE'S reach and omnipresence. The outer tentacles curve round to enclose the others, perhaps as much to fit the circular frame of the ring as for aesthetic reasons. The facial features of the octopus are reduced to alien-like eyes.
As the movie comes towards its end, we learn that Safin (played by Rami Malek) has adapted the Heracles Project to make a DNA-targeted chemical weapon that could wipe out millions across the world. The problem is the film never actually explains why he would want to do this.
Spectre Established Blofeld As The Overarching Villain Of Craig's Bond Era. 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.