No Time to Die (2021)

Rami Malek: Lyutsifer Safin

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• Lyutsifer Safin : The thing that no one wants to admit is that most people want things to happen to them. We tell each other lies about the fight for free will and independence, but we don't really want that. We want to be told how to live and then die when we're not looking. People want oblivion, and a few of us are born to build it for them. So here I am - their invisible god sneaking under their skin.

  James Bond : You know that history isn't kind to men who play God.

  Lyutsifer Safin : And you don't? We both eradicate people to make the world a better place. I just want it to be... tidier.

• Lyutsifer Safin : James Bond. History of violence, license to kill, vendetta with Ernst Blofeld, in love with Madeleine Swann. I could be speaking to my own reflection.

  James Bond : We've made slightly different choices.

  Lyutsifer Safin : No. We've just developed different methods for the same goal. Only your skills die with your body. Mine will survive long after I'm gone. And life is all about leaving something behind, isn't it?

• Lyutsifer Safin : We both eradicate people to make the world a better place. I just want it to be... tidier.

• Lyutsifer Safin : I want the world to evolve, yet you want it to stay the same. Let's face it - I've made you redundant.

  James Bond : No. Not as long as there are people like you in the world.

• Lyutsifer Safin : Careful! She's light as a feather...

• Lyutsifer Safin : [heavily-accented speech]  I am sorry if I surprised you.

  Madeleine : No. I like surprises.

  Lyutsifer Safin : You're very attractive for a psychotherapist. Must be dangerous for your clients.

  Madeleine : They are usually more of a danger to themselves.

  Lyutsifer Safin : Foxgloves.

  [Madeleine looks back at flowers in a vase] 

  Lyutsifer Safin : Beautiful. Did you choose them?

  Madeleine : Yes. I find them friendly.

  Lyutsifer Safin : You know, if you eat them, they can cause your heart to just

  [smirks] 

  Lyutsifer Safin : - *stop*.

  Madeleine : [with a slight smile]  Then I'll make sure not to.

  [long awkward silence] 

  Madeleine : Do you know a lot about flowers?

  Lyutsifer Safin : My father had a garden. He taught me. He died when I was young, but my interest - remained.

  Madeleine : It's difficult to lose a parent. Especially at a young age.

  Lyutsifer Safin : Yes. Death has a particular effect on children. Doesn't it?

  Madeleine : What effect did it have on you?

  Lyutsifer Safin : Profound. But, I saved a life once. I think that had more of an effect.

  Madeleine : Why is that?

  Lyutsifer Safin : Saving someone's life connects you to them forever. The same as taking it. They belong to you.

  [long suspenseful silence] 

  Lyutsifer Safin : I'm not good at talking about myself, so I - brought a memory box. I thought it might interest you.

  Madeleine : Sometimes objects can be more evocative than memories.

  [to her utter dismay, the box contains the death shroud mask - he is the man who killed her mother] 

  Lyutsifer Safin : I never forgot your eyes. Under the ice. They needed me. It is a shock to see them so many years later.

  [panic in her eyes] 

  Lyutsifer Safin : They still need me. I am rather taken by them.

  Madeleine : [hisses]  What do you want?

  Lyutsifer Safin : Just a favor. You owe me.

  Madeleine : [shakes her head]  You murdered my mother.

  Lyutsifer Safin : And your father killed my entire family.

  [tilts his head] 

  Lyutsifer Safin : Parents. I need you to visit someone for me wearing this. It's harmless to you.

  [plonks vial of perfume onto the table] 

  Lyutsifer Safin : You are the only one who can do it.

  Madeleine : No. Why would I do anything for you?

  Lyutsifer Safin : Because I - am a man willing to kill the person you love most.

  Madeleine : I've already lost everyone I've ever loved. There is nothing you can threaten me with.

  Lyutsifer Safin : That is very sad to hear, Madeleine. But this is not true. Is it?

• Lyutsifer Safin : [after Bond is poisoned and Bond breaks Safin's arm]  Now, we are both poisoned with heartbreak. Two heroes in a tragedy of our own making. Everyone we touch, we are their curse. A stroke to their cheek, a kiss, would kill them instantly. Yes, Madeleine. Yes, Mathilde. You made me do this, you see? This was your choice.

  [Bond shoots Safin dead] 

• James Bond : With all due respect to the enormity of your tidy achievements, all you're really doing is standing in a very long line of angry little men.

  Lyutsifer Safin : I'm not angry, just passionate.