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Why most movie villains are old

posted 7 years ago by actionkamen (23176)
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I want more young villains, not just young heroes. Young people can be vile too!

When done right, young villains are great too. Ledger's Joker was kinda young-ish (compared to previous versions of the same character), and it was great. I want dem even younger though, like the Arkham Knight or even Harley Quinn as the main villain.

Suicide Squad's Enchantres didn't count. She's thousand of years old eventhough she was played by a young actress. Same with the Sofia Boutella Mummy.

Younger Green Goblin only made Raimi's Spider-Man 2 even better. It didn't work for the reboot though. Just because the reboot sucked ass as a movie.

King Joffrey was hands down the best villain in Game of Thrones.

While comeback old actors like Michael Keaton and Kurt Russell are fine and triggers our nostalgia, I still crave for more young villains.

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[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

Tomb Raider is coming

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[–] actionkamen (23176) 7 years ago

Who's the villain?

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[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

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[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

Walton Goggins born in 1971

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[–] actionkamen (23176) 7 years ago

Looks old though, rugged face with reciding hairline.

I want Ansel Elgort or Taron Egerton young... born in the '90s.

Adam Driver looked good as young villain Kylo Ren, and he was born in 1983.

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[–] croft_alice (12180) 7 years ago

"Why are you doing this,Mathias?"

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[–] actionkamen (23176) 7 years ago

???

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[–] croft_alice (12180) 7 years ago

This a line from TR 2013,the villain's name is Mathias,just like in the movie,mate😉

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[–] actionkamen (23176) 7 years ago

Yep, great casting choice.

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[–] croft_alice (12180) 7 years ago

Shawn Roberts was a perfect Wesker...and is young😉

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[–] actionkamen (23176) 7 years ago

But the Wesker character was meant to be older. He was just played by a younger actor. Albert Wesker had already worked for 17 years at Umbrella Corp as in the latest installment. And in 1995 he already a 30-something. So he must be almost 50 in The Last Chapter.

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[–] croft_alice (12180) 7 years ago

The t-virus,mate...

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[–] actionkamen (23176) 7 years ago

That's why he doesn't count. Just like Boutella as mummy or Delevingne as Enchantress. They are old villains played by young actress.

What I want is young villain character (also played by young actors obviously), like Harley Quinn or Red Hood / Arkham Knight. I want them played by actors born in the '90s. With a somewhat babyface and not a rugged jaw guy with reciding hairline.

Hollywood, bring 'em on!

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[–] Wint3rFir3 (7398) 7 years ago

Maybe it's because a lot of young villains, on a scale of hit and miss, lean more to the miss side. Young Lex Luthor in Smallville the tv show was brilliant, but young Lex Luthor in Batman v. Superman? The worst thing ever. There are, imho, more bad young villains than good. That's not to say they can't be good. But old is generally better.

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[–] actionkamen (23176) 7 years ago

Interesting point.

Maybe that's because young Lex in Smallville was appropriate because that was when Superman was also still young, while Bruce and Clark were way older in BvS yet they chose a very young Lex. That's pretty odd. An old Lex would feel more... right.

They could use a different character though for the young villain, and keep Lex appropriately older (he doesn't need to be THE villain, just a cameo is enough.)

That and BvS was a bad movie anyway. Doomsday ruined everything.

Not necessarily better, but making old villains is easier, I give you that. But that only made a great young villain even more desirable.

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[–] Wint3rFir3 (7398) 7 years ago

I agree. We need more Ledger Jokers.

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