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Raoul Silva is a fictional character and the primary antagonist in the James Bond film Skyfall. He will be portrayed by Spanish actor Javier Bardem.

Character history
Javier Bardem was first linked to a role in the film — then known under the working title of Bond 23 — in January 2011. He confirmed that he had been cast in the film in October of the same year. The principal cast of Skyfall were assembled at a press conference in London in November 2011, with Bardem in attendance. Director Sam Mendes admitted that he could not reveal any details about the character beyond Bardem's involvement in the role, fuelling speculation that he would be playing a re-imagined version of James Bond's nemesis, Ernst Stavro Blofeld. The first photos of Bardem on-set were released in March 2012, showing the actor dressed in a police uniform and wearing a blond wig. These were accompanied by claims that the character's name was "Silva". In an April 2012 interview with Spanish television network TVE, Bardem confirmed that his character's name would be "Raoul Silva".