Viktor Lavrentievich Zokas, better known by his alias of Renard, the Anarchist, is a fictional character and one of the main antagonists in the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough (the other being Elektra King). He was portrayed by Scottish actor Robert Carlyle.
As detailed in the film, Renard is trained by the KGB as an assassin, but is dismissed due to his mental instability. With the cessation of the Cold War, the political climate changes...
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Viktor Lavrentievich Zokas, better known by his alias of Renard, the Anarchist, is a fictional character and one of the main antagonists in the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough (the other being Elektra King). He was portrayed by Scottish actor Robert Carlyle.
As detailed in the film, Renard is trained by the KGB as an assassin, but is dismissed due to his mental instability. With the cessation of the Cold War, the political climate changes, and he becomes a terrorist. During a mission to dispatch Renard, MI6 agent 009 tracks him to Syria and shoots him in the head. Renard survives the attack, but the bullet cannot be removed from his head and is steadily working its way through his brain toward the cerebral cortex. As it moves, it steadily deprives Renard of his ability to taste, smell, and (most notably) feel. Because he is unable to feel pain, he is able to push his physical limits further and further each day, i.e. making him stronger and stronger each day far beyond what a...
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