{"id":2019898,"date":"2026-06-30T10:08:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T07:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2019898"},"modified":"2026-06-30T10:08:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T07:08:26","slug":"javier-bardems-cape-fear-character-was-inspired-by-slipknot-linkin-park-and-bad-omens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2019898","title":{"rendered":"Javier Bardem\u2019s \u2018Cape Fear\u2019 character was inspired by Slipknot, Linkin Park and Bad Omens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Cape-Fear-2026-Javier-Bardem.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><i class=\"tdb-bread-sep td-icon-right\"><\/i><span>TV News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Javier Bardem\u2019s \u2018Cape Fear\u2019 character was inspired by Slipknot, Linkin Park and Bad Omens<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>&#8220;I listen to Slipknot to go to sleep. For me, metal is a way of living\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Victoria Luxford<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-06-30T11:08:26+01:00\">30th June 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- .\/block --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure>\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Cape-Fear-2026-Javier-Bardem-696x442.jpg\" alt=\"Cape Fear review\" title=\"Cape Fear 2026 Javier Bardem\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\"> Max Cady (Javier Bardem) in Apple TV&#8217;s &#8216;Cape Fear&#8217;. CREDIT: Apple <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Javier Bardem has discussed how metal music inspired his performance in the new Apple TV+ series <em>Cape Fear.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: \u2018Cape Fear\u2019 review: psych-thriller reimagining sticks closer to book than Scorsese\u2019s classic<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Oscar winner takes on the role of Max Cady, a convicted murdered who is released from prison and seeks out revenge on the married lawyers (Amy Adams and Patrick Wilson) who represented him 17 years earlier. In a new interview, he talked about how the metal genre influenced his character.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe absolutely went for a metal look, I loved that,\u201d he told <em>Kerrang!<\/em>, before sharing the songs that he felt resonated with the character. \u201cI listened to five songs especially,\u201d he said. \u201cTwo from Linkin Park: \u2018Given Up\u2019, with the great Chester [Bennington], and \u2018Up From The Bottom\u2019 from the last album, \u2018From Zero\u2019. I think [Emily Armstrong] is an amazing singer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe really brought it back,\u201d he continued. \u201cThose two songs really express frustration and the fight for raising up from [one\u2019s] own ashes that [resonates] with Max. And songs by Slipknot, Falling In Reverse and Bad Omens. I\u2019m so bad with the names of songs, but they were in my head all day long before doing anything and helped put me in the mood.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DZNJ7YbtjJ7\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The actor added that the influence is part of a larger passion for the genre. \u201cIt\u2019s not that I use the music,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s that I can\u2019t live without it. It\u2019s what I listen to: when I drive, when I\u2019m being driven, before I go to sleep\u2026 Yeah, I listen to Slipknot to go to sleep. For me, metal is a way of living.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That love extends to live performances. \u201cI\u2019m a huge, huge fan of live concerts,\u201d he says. \u201cI\u2019ve been to a lot, and usually go whenever I can. Sometimes I go to the pit if I can make it, but otherwise I\u2019m privileged enough to enjoy it from a place where I can be left alone. But whether it\u2019s one place or the other, I feel it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Cape Fear<\/em> is adapted from the novel <em>The Executioners<\/em> by John D. MacDonald, and has been adapted twice for the big screen \u2013 the first in 1962 starring Robert Mitchum as Cady, and secondly in 1990, with Martin Scorsese directing Robert De Niro in the villainous role.<\/p>\n<p>In <em>NME\u2019s<\/em> review of the new series, writer Priya Elan called the show \u201ccloser to the book than Scorsese\u2019s classic\u201d, concluding: \u201c<em>Cape Fear<\/em> 2026 is a simmering, star-filled, slow burn \u2013 a watchable addition to the \u2018Rich People Being Awful\u2019 canon.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_tags tdi_87 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_87\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<ul class=\"tdb-tags\">\n<li><span>Related Topics<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Amy Adams<\/li>\n<li>Bad Omens<\/li>\n<li>Cape Fear<\/li>\n<li>Chester Bennington<\/li>\n<li>Falling In Reverse<\/li>\n<li>Javier Bardem<\/li>\n<li>Linkin Park<\/li>\n<li>Martin 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Taylor Swift T-shirt controversy, Metallica\u2019s Kirk Hammett says \u201cright now, songwriting and pop music is crap\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span>                <\/article>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Javier Bardem has discussed how metal music inspired his performance in the new Apple TV+ series <em>Cape Fear.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: \u2018Cape Fear\u2019 review: psych-thriller reimagining sticks closer to book than Scorsese\u2019s classic<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Oscar winner takes on the role of Max Cady, a convicted murdered who is released from prison and seeks out revenge on the married lawyers (Amy Adams and Patrick Wilson) who represented him 17 years earlier. In a new interview, he talked about how the metal genre influenced his character.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe absolutely went for a metal look, I loved that,\u201d he told <em>Kerrang!<\/em>, before sharing the songs that he felt resonated with the character. \u201cI listened to five songs especially,\u201d he said. \u201cTwo from Linkin Park: \u2018Given Up\u2019, with the great Chester [Bennington], and \u2018Up From The Bottom\u2019 from the last album, \u2018From Zero\u2019. I think [Emily Armstrong] is an amazing singer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe really brought it back,\u201d he continued. \u201cThose two songs really express frustration and the fight for raising up from [one\u2019s] own ashes that [resonates] with Max. And songs by Slipknot, Falling In Reverse and Bad Omens. I\u2019m so bad with the names of songs, but they were in my head all day long before doing anything and helped put me in the mood.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DZNJ7YbtjJ7\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The actor added that the influence is part of a larger passion for the genre. \u201cIt\u2019s not that I use the music,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s that I can\u2019t live without it. It\u2019s what I listen to: when I drive, when I\u2019m being driven, before I go to sleep\u2026 Yeah, I listen to Slipknot to go to sleep. For me, metal is a way of living.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That love extends to live performances. \u201cI\u2019m a huge, huge fan of live concerts,\u201d he says. \u201cI\u2019ve been to a lot, and usually go whenever I can. Sometimes I go to the pit if I can make it, but otherwise I\u2019m privileged enough to enjoy it from a place where I can be left alone. But whether it\u2019s one place or the other, I feel it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Cape Fear<\/em> is adapted from the novel <em>The Executioners<\/em> by John D. MacDonald, and has been adapted twice for the big screen \u2013 the first in 1962 starring Robert Mitchum as Cady, and secondly in 1990, with Martin Scorsese directing Robert De Niro in the villainous role.<\/p>\n<p>In <em>NME\u2019s<\/em> review of the new series, writer Priya Elan called the show \u201ccloser to the book than Scorsese\u2019s classic\u201d, concluding: \u201c<em>Cape Fear<\/em> 2026 is a simmering, star-filled, slow burn \u2013 a watchable addition to the \u2018Rich People Being Awful\u2019 canon.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/tv\/javier-bardems-cape-fear-character-was-inspired-by-slipknot-linkin-park-and-bad-omens-3954109&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Cape-Fear-2026-Javier-Bardem.jpg&#8221;] NewsTV News Javier Bardem\u2019s \u2018Cape Fear\u2019 character was inspired by Slipknot, Linkin Park and Bad Omens &#8220;I listen to Slipknot to go to sleep. 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