NEWSJavier Bardem Confirmed as 'James Bond' Villian: "Going to Be Fun"
Oct. 11 2011, Published 10:56 a.m. ET
Javier Bardem has confirmed he'll play the villain in the highly-anticipated 23rd James Bond movie.
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In a new interview with ABC's Nightline, Javier discusses his fight for human rights issues in Western Sahara.
In order to highlight the cause, Javier is making a documentary because he feels doing movies is how he as an actor can help.
And Javier will continue to be an actor and has a very exciting role coming up.
He'll be playing the villain in the next James Bond movie!
"I am very excited, my parents took me to watch the movies, and I saw all of them, and to play that is going to be fun," Javier told ABC.
"They chose me to play this man, but I cannot give you many details," he explained.
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He did say he's going to "try to vocalize a lot" so people can understand his accent.
The movie has the rumored title of Skyfall, Huffington Post reports.
Daniel Craig is reported to be returning to the film; young French actress Bérénice Marlohe is rumored to be the next Bond Girl, Naomi Harris is reported to play Moneypenny and Ralph Fiennes is said to be joining the cast.
Do you think Javier will make a good villain?
Watch his interview about the film, HERE!
