10 Great Movie Characters Who Were Introduced In Sequels

Received wisdom has it that movie sequels are generally inferior to their predecessors, as most of the time they are simply regurgitating the cast of characters and story beats of the first one. Sometimes, however, sequels can offer something exciting, like memorable new characters that keep up the energy and interest even if everything else in the movie is a little bit familiar.

Christian Bone

Published: Jun 27, 2016 12:34 pm

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6) Ernst Stavro Blofeld

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Any of the great James Bond villains, apart from Dr. Julius No in the original Bond film Dr No, could feature on this list – from Goldfinger himself to Skyfall’s Raoul Silva. We’ve plumped for the big daddy of them all, though, in the head of SPECTRE – Ernst Stavro Blofeld.

Blofeld is such an intrinsic part of Sean Connery’s run of Bond films that it is surprising he doesn’t turn up in any capacity for Dr. No. He first appears – though only as the iconic hand stroking a white cat – in From Russia With Love, before finally showing his face in You Only Live Twice.

Over the years he’s been played by five different actors (and more if you count those we didn’t see the faces of), which is almost as many as have played his nemesis. That’s got to make him the most iconic sequel character ever, right?

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Christian Bone

Christian Bone is a Staff Writer/Editor at We Got This Covered and has been cluttering up the internet with his thoughts on movies and TV for over a decade, ever since graduating with a Creative Writing degree from the University of Winchester. As Marvel Beat Leader, he can usually be found writing about the MCU and yet, if you asked him, he'd probably say his favorite superhero film is 'The Incredibles.'