Obviously his math skills and ingenuity have taken him a long way (big Yacht, international 'clients', smokin' hot girlfriend), but I think there's a side to him that's always over-stretching his limits. I think in once sense, he's very successful and powerful. Making the villain vulnerable and human certainly goes a long way. Yes, I understand your growing like for Le Chiffre. If not, he did a good job of making it up. It might come from the CR website, but that's just a guess.

You made that all up right HR? I don't think Fleming's description includes background info does it? Hmmmm. The scaring is a result of optical surgery Le Chiffre underwent in Cuba in order to gain his eyesight back after the severe bashing he took to the head during the torture session. He vehemently denied any wrong doing but they beat him severely, letting him live in the end only because he was a talented mathematician with a good eye for an investment which he'd used to enhance the ruling family's wealth 'legitimately'. He accumulated a small fortune by redirecting tiny percentages of the ruthless family's money into a Cayman Island bank account he had set up for himself hoping the family would remain oblivious over the years. The leaking tear duct is a result of torture Le Chiffre suffered as a young accountant while working for the ruling communist family in Albania in 1990.

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