Some 007 fans have theorized that Rami Malek is, in fact, playing a rebooted version of Dr. No, the original Bond baddie from the 1962 movie of the same name, in the upcoming No Time to Die.
Several spectators have taken to social media to draw comparisons between Malek’s supervillain Safin and Joseph Wiseman’s Dr. Julius No, highlighting similarities and connections between the pair, though nothing official has been said on the matter as of yet.
From the outset, there have been some apparent parallels between the plot of Dr. No, the first film in the franchise, and No Time to Die, the final Bond film starring Daniel Craig as 007. In the original storyline, Bond was dispatched to Jamaica to investigate the disappearance of a fellow British agent, with the trail eventually leading him towards No’s underground lair. Whereas the upcoming plot sees Bond’s peaceful retirement in Jamaica interrupted when his CIA friend Felix Leiter tracks him down seeking help to rescue a kidnapped scientist in a mission that gives rise to “a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.”
Source: IGN.com No Time to Die: The Internet Thinks Rami Malek Is Playing Dr. No