Max Zorin
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| Max Zorin | |
| Gender | Male |
| Role | Villain |
| Affiliation | KGB, Self-employed |
| Current status | Deceased |
| Portrayed by | Christopher Walken |
Max Zorin is a fictional character in the James Bond film A View to a Kill. He was portrayed by Christopher Walken.
[edit] Biography
Zorin was a leading French business man, operating on the microchip market. However, it is revealed later in the movie that he was the product of Nazi medical experimentation during World War II, in which pregnant women were injected with massive quantities of steroids in an attempt to create "super-children." Most of the pregnancies failed. The few surviving babies grew to become extraordinarily intelligent—but also psychotic.
After the war, Dr. Hans Glaub (alias Dr. Carl Mortner), the German scientist who conducted the experiments, was spirited away by the Soviet Union, where he continued his experiments with steroids. It is strongly implied that the young Zorin was raised by Mortner, who was one of Zorin's closest confidants in the movie, and explicitly stated that Zorin was trained by and long affiliated with the KGB. Among other activities, Mortner organizes a doping program for Zorin's thoroughbred race horses.
Despite Zorin's longtime KGB affiliation, his outside activities draw attention that the KGB sees as unwelcome, and at a meeting between Zorin and KGB head General Gogol, Gogol rebukes him. Zorin responds by telling Gogol that he no longer considers himself a KGB employee.
His plan was simple: To destroy his only competition in Silicon Valley by triggering a massive earthquake in the San Andreas Fault at high tide, causing the flooding of the valley. Zorin's plot failed thanks to Bond, with major assistance from Zorin's former lover and henchman May Day, who sacrificed her life to ensure that the bomb set by Zorin could not trigger the quake.
He died when he slips off one of the support cables of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco while attacking Bond with a hatchet and plunges into the waters below. Oddly, Zorin actually lets out a giggle before falling, as if appreciating that the final joke is on him.
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[edit] Other Appearances
In the 2004 video game Everything or Nothing, it is revealed that Zorin had an apprentice named Nikolai Diavolo (voiced by Willem Dafoe), who plans to use nanobots to commence the rebirth of the Soviet Union.
| Preceded by Kamal Khan and General Orlov |
Bond Villain 1985 |
Succeeded by Brad Whitaker and General Georgi Koskov |
James Bond (007)
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Honey Ryder • Sylvia Trench • Tatiana Romanova • Jill Masterson • Pussy Galore • Dominetta Vitali • Patricia Fearing • Aki • Kissy Suzuki • Helga Brandt • Teresa di Vicenzo • Ruby Bartlett • Tiffany Case • Plenty O'Toole • Solitaire • Mary Goodnight • Andrea Anders • Anya Amasova • Dr. Holly Goodhead • Corinne Dufour • Melina Havelock • Bibi Dahl • Countess Lisl von Schlaf • Octopussy • Magda • Stacey Sutton • Pola Ivanova • Kara Milovy • Pam Bouvier • Lupe Lamora • Xenia Onatopp • Natalya Simonova • Paris Carver • Wai Lin • Dr. Molly Warmflash • Elektra King • Dr. Christmas Jones • Jinx • Miranda Frost • Solange • Vesper Lynd
Villains:
Dr. No • Rosa Klebb • Auric Goldfinger • Emilio Largo • Ernst Stavro Blofeld • Dr Kananga/Mr. Big • Francisco Scaramanga • Karl Stromberg • Sir Hugo Drax • Aristotle Kristatos • Kamal Khan • General Orlov • Max Zorin • Brad Whitaker • General Koskov • Franz Sanchez • Alec Trevelyan • Elliot Carver • Renard • Elektra King • Gustav Graves • Le Chiffre • Mr. White
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Felix Leiter • M • Miss Moneypenny • Q • General Gogol • Fredrick Gray • Other 00' Agents • Bill Tanner • Charles Robinson
Henchmen by film:
Dr. No • From Russia with Love • Goldfinger • Thunderball • You Only Live Twice • On Her Majesty's Secret Service • Diamonds Are Forever • Live and Let Die • The Man with the Golden Gun • The Spy Who Loved Me • Moonraker • For Your Eyes Only • Octopussy • A View to a Kill • The Living Daylights • Licence to Kill • GoldenEye • Tomorrow Never Dies • The World Is Not Enough • Die Another Day • Casino Royale
Allies by film:
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Unofficial Characters by film:
Casino Royale • Never Say Never Again
Video Game Characters by game:
Agent Under Fire • Nightfire • Everything or Nothing • GoldenEye: Rogue Agent
