Our long wait for the latest James Bond flick finally ends this Friday. While much of the non-Daniel Craig focus has been on the mysterious Christoph Waltz, who was kind of born to play a Bond villain, let’s not forget this movie has a classic-ass henchman in Dave Bautista’s Jinx.
Henchmen are a Bond movie staple. Oddjob. Jaws. The tall, white, blonde dude from Tomorrow Never Dies. If there’s one thing Craig’s Bond has lacked, it’s a true physical adversary for him to go toe-to-toe with. And it turns out Bautista has the hallmark of any great Bond henchman: few words but many punches. Bautista told Jimmy Kimmel last night his character only says one word throughout the entire film, but when it comes to the fight scenes, he holds his own with Craig.
Spectre comes out Friday, people. This is not a drill.
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