"The Blofeld of the books was not bald, did not have a cat, and didn't wear Nehru suits. I think they should get an actor that could portray the menace of the literary Blofeld *(who ended up going mad from syphilis in "You Only Live Twice") not the cartoonish figure from the early films. The actor should also be older than Daniel Craig. Then again why bring Blofeld back at all? S.P.E.C.T.R.E. existed in the books beyond Fleming's writings when Blofeld's illegitimate daughter took over the organization in "For Special Services" and Tamil Rahani took over after her in "Role of Honour" and "Nobody Lives Forever". Maybe it is time to mine the many books written by John Gardner, which are filled with beautiful women, ingenious gadgets, evil villains and their henchmen, exotic locales, and other Bond mainstays."