Several actors were asked to play Blofeld before Donald Pleasence, but all had stage or television commitments which made them unable on accept the role. Producer Harry Saltzman, who had an eccentric choice for actors to play villains, had originally hired Jan Werich to play Blofeld. Werich was the personification of sophisticated intellectual humor in Czech theater and movies, and was known as the "Wise Clown". Casting a clown as a demonic villain backfired during production. It was felt that Werich looked too much like Father Christmas (Santa Claus) to be menacing, and he was released after a week's shooting.

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