Alec Trevelyan
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Alec Trevelyan / Janus | |
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James Bond character | |
First appearance | GoldenEye (1995) |
Portrayed by | Sean Bean |
Voiced by | Elliot Cowan (2010 video game) |
In-universe information | |
Gender | Male |
Occupation | Head of Janus (former MI6 operative) |
Affiliation | Janus |
Classification | Villain |
Henchmen | Xenia Onatopp General Ourumov Boris Grishenko |
Alec Trevelyan is a fictional character portraying the main antagonist in the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye, portrayed by actor Sean Bean. Bean's likeness was also used as the model for Alec Trevelyan in the 1997 video game GoldenEye 007.[1]
Alec Trevelyan in Golden Eye
Character information
The character Trevelyan is born to
On a mission working alongside Bond to blow up the
Nine years later, Bond's pursuit of a stolen
Scheme
Trevelyan's scheme begins with the theft of the experimental, electromagnetically insulated
Trevelyan plans to use GoldenEye to help him electronically steal hundreds of millions of
Bond stops this scheme with the help of surviving Severnaya technician Natalya Simonova (Izabella Scorupco) and CIA agent Jack Wade (Joe Don Baker). Wade helps Bond and Natalya track Trevelyan's Cuban headquarters and Natalya subsequently programs the GoldenEye satellite to crash after resetting the access codes. As Bond attempts to disable the GoldenEye antenna, Trevelyan attacks him and the two scrap on the bottom of the satellite antenna, suspended high above the dish. Bond eventually knocks Trevelyan off the antenna, but reflexively grabs him by the leg.
While hanging, Trevelyan smugly asks Bond, "For England, James?" Bond replies, "No, for me," and lets go. Trevelyan falls a number of stories down to the dish, but survives, mortally wounded. Moments later, the antenna array, sabotaged by Bond, explodes and collapses in a fiery wreck on top of Trevelyan, finally killing him.
GoldenEye 007 (video game)
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- The original GoldenEye 007 had no voiceovers, and thus no voice actor played Alec Trevelyan. He is based almost completely on his GoldenEye persona, including appearance and back-story.
- The 2010 enhanced remake of the original updates the story, setting it to the present day. With his original motivation of revenge for his parents' betrayal no longer practical given his age, Trevelyan's motives for betraying the United Kingdom are now his disgust at the current economic system; it is implied that he was actively involved in operations as Janus while still working with MI6 rather than starting Janus after his 'death'. His essential plan remains the same, however. His appearance has changed as well. His background includes having served in the Parachute Regiment prior to joining MI6. He is voiced by Elliot Cowan and also uses Cowan's likeness.
Reception
Trevelyan was the only 00 Agent (other than Bond himself) to have a substantial role in a Bond film, including sizeable screen and speaking time, until the debut of Lashana Lynch's Nomi in 2021's No Time to Die. Previously, the only other '00' agent to have had any amount of screen time or to play a role in a Bond film was Octopussy's 009, portrayed by stuntman Andy Bradford.
Apart from seeing the back of their heads or shortly before they are killed and/or dead already (Thunderball, A View to a Kill, and The Living Daylights), other 00 agents are rarely seen and only spoken of (an example being Agent 002 Bill Fairbanks in The Man with the Golden Gun, who is only mentioned). When Bean auditioned for the film, he was considered for the role of Bond (see List of actors considered for the James Bond character).
Trevelyan has been consistently ranked among the greatest Bond villains, and is considered the dark inversion of Bond.[3][4][5]
References
- ISBN 978-1-84901-829-6.
- ISBN 0-8032-6240-X.
- ^ Bone, Christian (8 June 2015). "25 Greatest Ever James Bond Villains". WhatCulture.com. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
- ^ Thomas, Jeremy (November 3, 2015). "The Movies/TV 8 Ball: Top 8 Bond Villains". 411MANIA. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
- ^ Degroot, Matt (October 10, 2015). "Ranking the Best of Bond: The Villains". The Workprint. Retrieved November 4, 2015.