“Long gone are the days of the stylised old James Bond films with Roger Moore karate chopping his way through the bad guys - audiences are not going to buy it anymore. The genre has got quite serious now.” WayLongFilmGuyAudienceGoneSeriousGenreBad GuysRogerKarateChopping Author:Adam Rayner
“It's certainly more interesting for me as an actor, but I think it's also more interesting for the audience to see three-dimensional characters, rather than just a bad guy or a good guy.” ThinkingCharacterGuyThreeActorsInterestingAudienceBad GuysGood Guy Author:Nicholas Lea
“I think audiences will always like bad guys who kill for no apparent reason. We just like to hate them.” ThinkingReasonGuyHateAudienceBad Guys Author:Jack Gleeson
“It's great to be able to play the bad guy role because you always get a lot to do, but I'm always looking at the why. How does a person get to that particular point? It's those little cogs in the wheel that make it interesting for me to play. Ultimately, I hope for the audience to be engaged with it because it is going to take a turn.” LittlesPersonsDoePlayAbleGuyTurnsInterestingRolesAudienceParticularEngagedWheelsBad GuysCogs Author:Jimmy Smits
“In my career, I've often played the protagonist or the hero of the movie, and there are so many rules inherent to that role. The audience needs to stay with you, identify with you and like you. When you play the bad guy, those rules go out the window. There's so much freedom there.” NeedsPlayGuyCareersRolesAudienceLike YouHeroWindowInherentBad GuysProtagonists Author:Ryan Phillippe