But…how would that work? Why would Hawking be right for the role?
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He explained it to Wired Magazine:
“My ideal role would be a baddie in a James Bond film. I think the wheelchair and the computer voice would fit the part.”
It also makes sense in a classic narrative way: often in fiction people with physical infirmities are given over to great mental abilities, and very often (especially when pitted against a hero who’s a gorgeous, powerful physical specimen) this can turn them to evil.