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Hugo Drax
Sir Hugo Drax is a fictional character created by author Ian Fleming for the 1955 James Bond novel "Moonraker". Fleming named him after his friend, Sir Reginald Drax. For the later film and its novelization, Drax was greatly altered from the novel by screenwriter Christopher Wood. In the film, Drax is portrayed by English/French actor Michael Lonsdale. In both the novel and film, Drax is the main antagonist.
Novel biography.
In the novel Sir Hugo Drax is an English World War
to continue the work of 30 Assault Unit, itself created by Fleming.
Film biography.
In the film adaptation, Hugo Drax is a billionaire who owns "Drax Industries", a private company which constructs space shuttles for NASA. Unlike the Drax of the novel, he is implied to be French (as he was portrayed by French actor Michael Lonsdale), although this is never explicitly mentioned. Though Drax lives in California, he resides in a fully imported French château for which "every stone [was]