Mr. Lachaise was a fictional Swiss banker acting as a middle-man between Sir Robert King and the anarchist, Renard. A minor antagonist portrayed by British actor, Patrick Malahide, he appeared briefly in the 1999 James Bond film, The World Is Not Enough, along with its accompanying novelisation and video game adaptation, voiced by Miles Anderson.
Biography[]
Lachaise works for a private industrial bank, La Banque Suisse de L'Industrie in Bilbao, Spain. An unscrupulous individual, he has been involved in a number of deals with terrorists and other international criminals.
In November 1999[1], Lachaise became embroiled in a plot devised by Elektra King to kill her father, Sir Robert King, and the Head of MI6. Prior to the events of the film, her associate, Renard, murders an MI6 agent to obtain a classified report stolen from the Russian Atomic Energy Department. Her oil tycoon father accidentally purchases the document on the black market, having been led to believe it would identify the terrorists who had attacked his new oil pipeline. Shortly after the transaction, Lachaise, a middle-man in the affair, offers to return Sir Robert's money via MI6. Unbeknownst to King and MI6, Renard has orchestrated the events and has converted the money into a fertilizer bomb.
MI6 sends James Bond to meet with the banker. Initially, the meeting is relatively civilised, as Lachaise eagerly attempts to pass on the money. However, things become heated after 007 tries to extract information about the agent's murderer. The banker threatens Bond, but the spy overpowers his bodyguards and holds him at gunpoint. Before Lachaise can reveal the assassin's name he is murdered by his female assistant - a throwing knife protruding from the back of his neck. In the ensuing chaos, both Bond and the assassin escape from the building.
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Trivia[]
- The name 'Lachaise' could possibly a reference to the Père Lachaise, the biggest cemetery in Paris, since death is a common theme in Bond movies.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 (1999). The World Is Not Enough (Blu-Ray). 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. Event occurs at 00:23:53. "Receipt dated 15th November 1999"