The Pryce is definitely not right in Tomorrow Never Dies, Jonathan Pryce’s laughable media mogul giving Pierce Brosnan no trouble whatsoever in his second Bond outing.

An evil billionaire who only wants to start World War Three because it will boost his ratings, this preposterous ponce minces and preens like a posturing popinjay, notably in the scene where he compares himself to God. (“And the best he ever managed was the sermon on the mount.”) “There’s no news like bad news!” he says. “What kind of havoc shall the Carver Group create today?” Quite frankly, he can’t die soon enough.