We've already bemoaned the lack of decent movie villains these days, and the James Bond writers feel our pain.
Talking to The Telegraph, Neal Purvis and Robert Wade - who were responsible for bringing Blofeld back to the Bond world in Spectre - reckon everything that's happened in the world recently makes it trickier to write a villain.
"With people like [Donald] Trump, the Bond villain has become a reality. So when they do another one, it will be interesting to see how they deal with the fact that the world has become a fantasy," explained Purvis.
(Robert Wade and Neal Purvis)
Given the widespread outrage to the new President's latest executive order, maybe whoever writes Bond 25 can take some real-life inspiration from that?
But it's not just Trump that makes it tricky to write another 007 film.
"Each time, you've got to say something about Bond's place in the world, which is Britain's place in the world… But things are moving so quickly now, that becomes tricky," added Purvis.
"I'm just not sure how you would go about writing a James Bond film now."
Then again, who will be filling 007's shoes in the next Bond outing might be the first item on the agenda, amid constant rumours that Daniel Craig isn't continuing.
At the NTAs, Poldark's Aidan Turner literally dodged our questions about rumours he could soon be asking for his Martinis shaken, not stirred.
As for Craig, it was recently reported that studio executives at MGM were still waiting on his final decision on his Bond future... and they've been waiting since Spectre was released in 2015.
That's almost as long as a Bond villain's monologue before trying to kill 007.
