Alexander Vinciguerra is the secondary antagonist of the 2015 spy-fi action comedy film The Man from U.N.C.L.E., based on the 1964 MGM television series of the same name.
He is portrayed by Luca Calvini.
Biography[]
Alexander is the husband of Victoria Vinciguerra and the co-owner of their company. However, according to the intelligence, he is more concerned to be a playboy rather than to take his responsibilities on his company. In fact, he is a terroristic mastermind planning to sell a nuclear bomb to supremacist groups.
He is first seen trying a dragster on a race track. When he stops, he complains about the car and blames the mechanic for not doing as he has been told. But Gaby Teller, an English spy undercover who passes herself as a mechanics, proposes some fixes to Alexander’s car. The latter immediately starts to flirt with her and invites her to have a lunch. However, Ilya Kuryakin, a spy from the KGB sent to stop the Vinciguerra family, takes and drags her away.
The same night, Alexander finds out someone has broken in the building of their company. He then reports immediately to his wife. Suspecting Teller to be behind this, her Uncle Rudi invites her to the manor of the pair. Arrived there, Alexander suggests her to tell him the truth. Teller reveals she is searching for his father, a nuclear scientist abducted by the Vinciguerra family, and the real purposes of Kuryakin and Napoleon Solo, a CIA agent working with the Russian. Alexander doesn’t deny it and suggests her to convince her father to work harder for their big project, which is a nuclear bomb. Gaby accepts and the Italian maker her see her father. He then joins his wife and together, they are about to force Dr. Teller to work again, but Gaby proposes to aid him.
Victoria and ALexander bring them to their laboratory. Later, Alexander comes to search for his wife when the bomb is finished and that it is time to leave. Victoria kills Dr. Teller and Alexander takes a fake missile and Gaby by force, gets on an off-road vehicle and drives away. However, he is chased by Solo and Kuryakin. For a moment, Vinciguerra manages to lose them, even crossing a lake with his vehicle. But he is quickly catched up by Solo who crashes his vehicle. Getting out of it, he attacks Solo with a metal bar. Gaby jumps on him from behind, but he throws her to the ground. Kuryakin then intervenes and fatally stabs Alexander who collapses on the ground.
Personality[]
Alexander is much less involved in the terroristic operation than his wife Victoria, preferring to please himself with all sort of things. He is also a womanizer, a fact his wife is annoyed at. However, he is capable of being threatening when he needs to be like when he finds out about Gaby's true intentions or when he is confronted by both Solo and Kuryakin after he kidnapped Gaby. He also doesn't bat an eye when he witnesses Victoria's cruel acts such as coldly gunning down Dr. Teller even after he honored his deal.
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