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Always the villain... Why is that?


Granted he was great as Martin Vanger, which ironically was a villain, but come on... It's time to give him a leading role. Enough of always being the sick, twisted *beep* of the story.

The man is too talented to be typecast as the villain.

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Goya's Ghosts with Natalie Portman.

He was a nice guy.

"What happens to a dream deferred?"

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He wasn't exactly a villain in Good Will Hunting, he was just a hard ass yuppie. He played the villain in Ronin great too.

"What's the most you've ever lost in a coin toss?......"

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You always need a great actor if the Villain is going to work and not just be a caricature, so I guess it is a complement of sorts (think Lector (both), the Gruber brothers, Bill the Butcher, and so many more work because of the actor).

It least now he is getting a bunch of screen time as Eric Selvig. It isn't highbrow stuff, and he is not the lead, but the character is very much a good guy and the films are very high profile.

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He wasn't the villain in Angels & Demons either. It was made up for him to seem like it, but it was a red herring.

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He has non villain roles in:

Passion Of Mind (with Demi Moore)
Frankie And Alice
Thor
Deep Blue Sea
Savior


"Animals are beasts, but Men are Monsters..."

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IN COC ROUGE HE WAS A SECRET AGENT

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He played a villain to a teenage girl, how pathetic. He acts the same way in every villain role.

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