Mathieu Amalric talks about his villain Dominic Greene, how he got the role, and more

IGN.com have a transcript of an interview given by the new Bond villain Mathieu Amalric from the "Quantum of Solace" press day. He speaks a little about his character Dominic Greene and how he landed the role...

Can you tell us what kind of villain he is?

Amalric: Well there are a lot of villains around today. We are all villains, no? When you see Casino Royale there's the fantasy of Bond, but it's also realistic – it could happen. It's not a villain on a secret island who wants to destroy the world - it's more complicated than that. For example, what's happening in economics today - where are the villains? We don't even know. They are more like a gas - you don't know where it is. Before you had something to help you look like a villain - a jaw full of metal, an eye that bleeds - something, but I don't.

How did you get the part?

Amalric: That's a mystery also. What am I doing here? I think I'm here because Marc Forster likes actors. We've already shot three days and I really feel that the guy is so happy to have these actors. He's shooting what happens on the faces. Maybe my getting the part has to do with Munich too.

It's such a high-profile role, you aren't worried that people will only remember you for this?

Amalric: It's funny you should ask that because I talked with Max Von Sydow, who was in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and who was a villain in a James Bond film. And in Munich I played opposite Michael Lonsdale, who was also a villain. I asked Michael, and he continued to play afterwards in very different sorts of roles. He said the pleasure is to be where you're not supposed to be. I think the pleasure of being an actor is to have the opportunity to use all the facets that we all have in our heads, no?

Where's your villain from? Is he French?

Amalric: It's not set. He's not French. Marc Forster is Swiss so he could be Swiss, but it's not set.

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