Javier Bardem discusses his homoerotic James Bond villain scene: “The studio were very brave”

Javier Bardem has spoken about playing James Bond baddie Raoul Silva in Skyfall and that infamous homoerotic interrogation scene with Daniel Craig’s 007. READ MORE: ‘Cape Fear’ review: psych-thriller reimagining sticks closer to book than Scorsese’s classic Cyberterrorist and former 00-agent Raul Silva spends a majority of Skyfall terrorising MI6 and the organisation’s boss M (Judi Dench), who betrayed him during a previous mission. At one point, Silva captures Craig’s Bond and has him tied to a chair. “We are the last two rats. We can either eat each other, or eat everyone else,” Silva says as he unbuttons Bond’s shirt before moving his hands down to his thighs. “Well, there’s a first time for everything,” he says. “What makes you think this is my first time?” replied Bond. Speaking at the BFI London Film Festival over the weekend (via Variety), Bardem said that it was his idea to have Silva flirt with Bond. “We went through the reading of it and [Mendes] was so open to what I was proposing to do with the sexuality of the character. I said, ‘Listen, all the villains have done everything to destroy the world, but what about something personal? What about something like, besides des...