| “ | You've given me much pleasure Domino, but unless you tell me how much Bond knows, I will be forced to cause you great pain. | „ |
| ~ Largo before torturing Domino Vitali. |
Emilio Largo is the main antagonist of the James Bond novel Thunderball and its 1965 film adaptation, the fourth official instalment of the film franchise.
He is a ruthless gangster working for the terrorist organization SPECTRE, and the right-hand man of the organization's leader, Ernst Stavro Blofeld.
He was portrayed by the late Adolfo Celi, and his voice was dubbed during post-production by the late Robert Rietti.
What Makes Him Pure Evil?[]
- He had decades of racketeering, theft, extortion, and murder to his credit.
- When Blofeld electrocuted SPECTRE 9, every other member was shocked except him, who showed no emotion.
- He had a pilot (coincidentally Domino's brother) murdered for agent Angelo Palazzi to steal their identity and aircraft containing the nuclear warheads.
- When he shows up underwater, he wields his diving knife. But instead of cutting the agent's malfunctioning seat-belts, he personally drowns the man by severing his air tube when he's stuck underwater due to asking for more money.
- He stole two nuclear warheads and threatened to use them to destroy a random country of their choice to blackmail NATO into paying them millions of dollars.
- He executed a henchman by feeding him to sharks, then later trapped another in the pool with them to make sure he gets rid of Bond when they both fall in.
- He specializes in torture, and had Bond's fellow agent, Paula Caplan, kidnapped with the intent of interrogating her by doing so. It was so bad that she took a cyanide pill to commit suicide before he could.
- When his ransom wasn't met on time, it was revealed that he was going to nuke Miami with the stolen warheads.
- He barely tortured Domino as punishment for helping Bond until she was released by one of his henchmen, Ladislav Kutze.
- He killed at least one US Navy diver during the final battle.
- Once his location was discovered by Bond, he attempted to escape the situation by urging his henchmen to stop the United States Navy, and fleeing with his hydrofoil.
- During his escape he jettisoned the back end of his hydrofoil, leaving most of his crew stranded in the middle of the ocean.
Trivia[]
- Along with Ernst Stavro Blofeld and Auric Goldfinger, Largo is one of the three James Bond Pure Evils from the Sean Connery era.
External links[]
- Emilio Largo on the James Bond Wiki
- Emilio Largo on the Villains Wiki
- Emilio Largo on Wikipedia
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 Pure Evils
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