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So, the American film makers are obsessed with the English playing evil bad guys, the latest being Alfred Molina (ok, so he had a Spanish father and Italian mother, but he's still English!) in Spider-man 2.
Why? Well, some would see it as the gradual demonising of the English (seemingly spearheaded by Mel Gibson) or just a fad, but I think that the English just make better bad guys.
Think about it, all that theatre training, classical texts and background in melodrama makes a perfect boiling pot to create the ultimate bad guy persona for the screen. In real life the evil guys would just be some nobody, but when you have a screen bad guy, you need them to be a little bit more....dramatic, and that's where the English excel in acting.
Think for a minute of the English hero, more often than not they have a dark streak in them, even before it became trendy for the American hero to do the same. Even Bond, the quintessential English hero has that dark side, so where better to find your evil genius or criminal mastermind?
So, far from being a bad thing, let the evil English villain reign, though perhaps Hollywood could offer us a few more hero roles as well...
Why? Well, some would see it as the gradual demonising of the English (seemingly spearheaded by Mel Gibson) or just a fad, but I think that the English just make better bad guys.
Think about it, all that theatre training, classical texts and background in melodrama makes a perfect boiling pot to create the ultimate bad guy persona for the screen. In real life the evil guys would just be some nobody, but when you have a screen bad guy, you need them to be a little bit more....dramatic, and that's where the English excel in acting.
Think for a minute of the English hero, more often than not they have a dark streak in them, even before it became trendy for the American hero to do the same. Even Bond, the quintessential English hero has that dark side, so where better to find your evil genius or criminal mastermind?
So, far from being a bad thing, let the evil English villain reign, though perhaps Hollywood could offer us a few more hero roles as well...
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Ultimate English Bad Guy?
Alan Rickman in Robin Hood.
The rest of the film may have been American crap, but he made it worth watching.
Alan Rickman in Robin Hood.
The rest of the film may have been American crap, but he made it worth watching.
But who was the best?
I loved Stephen Berkoff in Beverley Hills Cop, personally.
I loved Stephen Berkoff in Beverley Hills Cop, personally.
So, the American film makers are obsessed with the English playing evil bad guys, the latest being Alfred Molina (ok, so he had a Spanish father and Italian mother, but he's still English!) in Spider-man 2.
Why? Well, some would see it as the gradual demonising of the English (seemingly spearheaded by Mel Gibson) or just a fad, but I think that the English just make better bad guys.
Think about it, all that theatre training, classical texts and background in melodrama makes a perfect boiling pot to create the ultimate bad guy persona for the screen. In real life the evil guys would just be some nobody, but when you have a screen bad guy, you need them to be a little bit more....dramatic, and that's where the English excel in acting.
Think for a minute of the English hero, more often than not they have a dark streak in them, even before it became trendy for the American hero to do the same. Even Bond, the quintessential English hero has that dark side, so where better to find your evil genius or criminal mastermind?
So, far from being a bad thing, let the evil English villain reign, though perhaps Hollywood could offer us a few more hero roles as well...
Why? Well, some would see it as the gradual demonising of the English (seemingly spearheaded by Mel Gibson) or just a fad, but I think that the English just make better bad guys.
Think about it, all that theatre training, classical texts and background in melodrama makes a perfect boiling pot to create the ultimate bad guy persona for the screen. In real life the evil guys would just be some nobody, but when you have a screen bad guy, you need them to be a little bit more....dramatic, and that's where the English excel in acting.
Think for a minute of the English hero, more often than not they have a dark streak in them, even before it became trendy for the American hero to do the same. Even Bond, the quintessential English hero has that dark side, so where better to find your evil genius or criminal mastermind?
So, far from being a bad thing, let the evil English villain reign, though perhaps Hollywood could offer us a few more hero roles as well...
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