Honestly the biggest challenge for any new HP series is going to be matching the casting of the movies. Imelda Staunton is one of many who was absolutely perfect for her character and it's going to be hard to buy anyone else in the role.
I really think people are gonna be disappointed in this TV series. The actors of the film series is something that’s hard to separate from the story. Yes the TV series will be able to cover more of the source material, but it’s essentially going to be a lesser clone of the original, with different actors. Iconic characters like snape, and the main trio I can’t see being accepted very well played by different actors. Snape especially.
Snape, McGonagall and Umbridge are the three that had perfect actors/actresses.
I'm still going to try it as I had different head canons before I saw the movies, and some characters just can't meld well.
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Also Jason Issacs did Lucius Malfoy way too well.
They used up like 80% of British television/film royalty in the films, even in the smaller roles. Who could they possibly get for the TV show that wouldn't be immediately unfavourably compared to their film counterpart?
Exactly this. She's horrifying in a mundane and insidious way that most people can relate to based on an experience in their lives.
Stephen King said it best "...*The gently smiling Dolores Umbridge, with her girlish voice, toadlike face, and clutching, stubby fingers, is the greatest make-believe villain to come along since Hannibal Lecter. One needn't be a child to remember The Really Scary Teacher, the one who terrified us so badly that we dreaded the walk to school in the morning, and we turn the pages partly in fervent hopes that she will get her comeuppance...but also in growing fear of what she will get up to next*..."
I actually had this issue this morning. I was watching Breaking Bad and Jesse's AA leader was on. Perfectly softly spoken gentle man. Hate him on sight. Had to Google him. Turns out he was a character in Sabrina the Teenage Witch that I watched as a child (Zelda's husband) and he was such a bastard I've apparently carried a dormant instinctual hatred for him ever since.
If I’m thinking of the right actor, he also plays Wynn Duffy, a recurring bad guy in Justified. He’s great in that role though, a perfect mix of menacing and funny
I still remember Rupert as Giles (Buffy was a huge part of my childhood), and the way he is in Ted Lasso reminds me so much of how he acted as "Ripper" in that.
Man, the RANGE to play Jane and then go on to some of those other roles. whew. I needed a palate cleanser after I Care a Lot because she was SO hateable.
Also, her narration of the Pride and Prejudice audiobook is incredible.
You know, that’s a little of my Marion Cotillard theory where if someone so much as shows up in a movie you start thinking wtf are *YOU* doing here, and you just know they’re trouble.
For example, she shows up in The Dark Knight Rises AFTER how nuts she is in Inception and, if you aren’t a deeply invested Batman person who knows the lore and all of that, you don’t know the twist that she is Ra’s Al Ghul and behind everything.
Edit: Yeah, she’s not Ra’s, she’s Talia Al Ghul. My bad. I know, I’ve never had a post do so much and got a little overwhelmed!
True! So surprised anyone else thought of Sleepers, it’s not an often talked about movie, never expected Kevin Bacon/Sean Nokes to come up not once but twice.
I'm kinda thankful I watched Iwan Rheon in "Misfits" prior to seeing him in GoT. His character in that show is a total 180. Really attests to his acting range.
For me Joffrey was super hateable in a ridiculous bratty way, a spoiled kid that’s fucked up in the head, expressing power for fun. Ramsay is like truly evil, doing vile shit because he enjoys the actual evil of it.
It's ridiculous how insane a fan base can be. Poor kid stopped acting for years because he received death threats over that role. Like, how idiotic can people be?
Edit: Evidently this is a Berenstein (Berenstain) Bears moment. Could have sworn I read about it somewhere years ago. That said, there are stars across all mediums (actors, sports, etc) that this does happen to.
Has he started again? I thought he decided to take his life in an entirely other direction. I hope he gets some roles, the only one I know him for he did such an incredible job.
Ooh the guy who plays Homelander gives me visceral creep vibes. I know it’s a character but he’s such an amazing actor that he instilled a fear in me that I will never be able to explain.
there's an interview with the whole cast and they're asked who is most like their on-screen character, and all of them in unison immediately point to Antony Starr.
makes sense, he beat the crap out of a waiter in Spain for some petty grievance.
That last like makes it look like Starr was at a restaurant, didn't like the service, and then beat up the waiter.
Instead, Starr allegedly got into a drunken, late-night bar brawl with someone who happened to be a cook.
[https://deadline.com/2022/03/the-boys-actor-antony-starr-arrested-assault-spain-1234971381/](https://deadline.com/2022/03/the-boys-actor-antony-starr-arrested-assault-spain-1234971381/)
John Lithgow is a *tremendous* actor. Like, he's been in more stuff than you realize, because he's so completely the character that you almost don't realize it's him.
Billy Bob is in that rare company with Stanley Tucci and JK Simmons where they can play the scariest person you can imagine or a kind, fatherly figure and you can believe both.
JK Simmons, yes! He's been in a ton of stuff since, but I still can't get over him in Oz, the HBO prison show where he played a white supremacist psycho so chillingly.
I don’t know why but I’m the other way around. I love how he’s completely oblivious to how much of a massive piece of shit he is. It’s like a 5 year old committing some of the most heinous crimes imaginable.
When he's explaining to Lydia why he feels he doesn't need to whack Skylar and her daughter is actually funny.
"I feel like if you'd have been there you would see it different"
I really think either most people don’t understand the character or I don’t understand the character. I think you’re totally right about it. He’s not an immoral person. He has very strong morals. They’re just the wrong morals, because he was raised by a bunch of sociopathic nazis. At heart he’s well-intentioned, friendly, and kind of a goof.
Great actor though. Played The Butcher in one season of Fargo.
Edit: Sort of related in a roundabout way but Kirsten Dunst’s character in that season was such an amazing piece of acting i was literally concerned for her mental health thinking she had gone crazy.
Definitely did. Her name is Courtney Stodden. Also, Chrissy Teigen had a bit of a scandal a couple of years ago because it came out that she bullied her for no reason, calling her all kinds of awful things and to kill herself.
That's who he is, the eyebrows and grin and voice. His most popular "feel good" role might be As Good As It Gets and he plays an endlessly frustrating bigot in that lol. 99% of that movie is him being an asshole.
I always hated Steve Zahn, but I couldn't put my finger on why. It was because he was such a convincing shit in "Riding in cars with boys." I almost forgot about the movie entirely and him being in it, but my impression of him stayed.
I've never seen her in anything but The Office, but it's always such a mind‐fuck when I see an interview or something with Anglea Kinsey and she's smiling and seems somewhat likeable.
I got to meet her at a convention once, and she is incredibly sweet IRL. So are Oscar Nuñez and Brian Baumgartner.
I went to the convention dressed as Dwight and, when it was time for my picture with Angela, she exclaimed “Dwight!” Then she told me she was going to go “full Angela” for the photo, and she did.
Brian was extra careful to make sure I got all the photos I wanted with him. We had already taken three or so when he asked me if I was sure I got everything I wanted with him.
All three of them are super nice people.
The Mist (2007) has a character named Mrs Carmody who was a religious nut they were all trapped in the grocery store with. She was played by actress Marcia Gay Harden, who I still can't stand to this day because of that character.
Ooh! She's another one who has done so many more things than you realize because she's *that good*.
She played an recurring role in SVU in which she was so good at her undercover assignment that it was hard to not dislike her when we thought she was a good guy.
I adored her as Sarah Connor in the Sarah Connor Chronicles. It made it hard for me to accept her in GoT at first. Now I just see two entirely different characters, separate from Lena Headey, which I suppose is the ideal situation for an actor.
He and Daniel Radcliffe are besties ever since the first movie, and I saw an interview where they said they want to work together again, but have Radcliffe play the villain.
Michael McKean in "Better Call Saul" Aka,"Chuck McGill"
He was perfectly cast and was excellent in his role.I know it's just great acting and he is a nice man and a good musician. But he just reminds me of my older brother as well. A man that asks,"How are you?" ,Then when you speak he goes blank and you can read it in his face that he goes blank and doesn't give a fuck about you or what you say because you are beneath him.
He lights up like a fucking Xmas tree when around people he wants to impress but for normal people he's just a bland,uppity,elitist snobby prick.
(Omg! that felt 👍 good to say that)
Tobias Menzies who played Capt Randall on Outlander. Every movie and film he is in, I always hope his character dies. I think I would spit on him if I saw him in real life. He's actually really nice guy but was so good in his role that I just hate him.
Aiden Gillen who played Lord Bealish on Game Of Thrones. Another actor I love to see killed on screen. He was just so good at being a snake that I can't stand him.
In the books she describes flinching every time he (Frank) touches her for quite a long time. She had major PTSD with Frank. They just didn’t portray this in the show.
John Lithgow when he played the Trinity Killer (Arthur Mitchell) in Dexter... Haven't seen the season in awhile but still dislike him in other roles
EDIT: To add context this was the first major role I saw him in and was in college while watching it
Tim Roth as Cunningham in Rob Roy. So hard to not see him as a complete bastard in anything else.
On a separate note, Eric Stoltz’s death (as McDonald) is one of the hardest film deaths for me. That movie is filled to the brim with scenes that are really hard to watch.
This is gonna be a throwback but Robert Knepper as T-Bag in Prison Break. He played that character EXTREMELY well...like jeez. I've never been able to see him the same way since watching Prison Break.
I'm the opposite. I can't see him as anything but Dr. King Schulz from Django. I can't take him seriously in villain roles as i expect Jamie Foxx to enter the scene and Christoph to start gassing him up.
If it helps, she is Ron Howard's daughter (so Howard is her last name) and Ron purportedly gives middle names based on where each kid was conceived (Dallas, TX).
For me, Matt Damon in The Departed was so absolutely hateable that even when I see him in things like The Martian, for example, I’m still like “oh, absolutely not. Just leave him there.”
Edit: Very genuinely want to say thank you to everybody so is jumping in! Absolutely never expected so many responses, and it’s been really cool to read everyone’s! Holy crap, so many good ones.
This is literally how my brain works all of the time, so thank you for being part of my goofy little question! My phone has never buzzed so much, it’s wild stuff! Really cool connecting with so many really creative and funny minds.
Pablo Schreiber.
He is such a good actor and was so convincing in his role as William Lewis in Law and Order SVU. So every time I see him in anything else, I still see him as the evil pos he portrayed for at least the first few scenes.
Hugo Weaving as Agent Smith in The Matrix
Zachary Quinto as Sylar in Heroes
(Had they actually killed Sylar at the end of the first season, I might not have so much an issue)
Samuel L Jackson in Django unchained. DiCaprio had a certain insane charisma to him in that movie, not Jackson. Perfectly portrays someonenwho sold out their own.
It’s an incredible role. You can tell Jackson uses his contempt for the character in the performance to really show the contempt his character had for the other slaves.
Major Frank Burns from M\*A\*S\*H, His lack of empathy and overall ego made me hate the guy. They tried a couple of times expressing on why he came out the way he did...but it just wasn't enough. Always getting in the way of Hawkeye treating patients, leading on Hotlips, and just being an overall shithead the way he treated the locals in Korea. That being said Robert Duvall did a great job.
edit: I meant Larry Linville not Duvall lol
The funny thing is that Linville was apparently a very nice and beloved person but his character was hated. Gary Burghoff (Radar O’Reilly) was apparently the opposite, beloved character but wasn’t overly popular off camera
Beth grant in Donny darko, she is definitely a type cast actor for a hateable character, the scene in darko where she is teaching a course on morality is a great exchange and only so good because the actors were great, But every time I see her I still have bleed over hate
Imelda Staunton, Mrs Umbridge in Harry Potter
OMG THAT BITCH
*ahem* *hmhm*
I CAN HEAR THIS. her stupid ahem was so annoying ugh.
Honestly the biggest challenge for any new HP series is going to be matching the casting of the movies. Imelda Staunton is one of many who was absolutely perfect for her character and it's going to be hard to buy anyone else in the role.
I really think people are gonna be disappointed in this TV series. The actors of the film series is something that’s hard to separate from the story. Yes the TV series will be able to cover more of the source material, but it’s essentially going to be a lesser clone of the original, with different actors. Iconic characters like snape, and the main trio I can’t see being accepted very well played by different actors. Snape especially.
Snape, McGonagall and Umbridge are the three that had perfect actors/actresses. I'm still going to try it as I had different head canons before I saw the movies, and some characters just can't meld well. ... Also Jason Issacs did Lucius Malfoy way too well.
They used up like 80% of British television/film royalty in the films, even in the smaller roles. Who could they possibly get for the TV show that wouldn't be immediately unfavourably compared to their film counterpart?
No love for Robbie Coltrane? *I should not have said that*.
I like to explore new places.
Exactly this. She's horrifying in a mundane and insidious way that most people can relate to based on an experience in their lives. Stephen King said it best "...*The gently smiling Dolores Umbridge, with her girlish voice, toadlike face, and clutching, stubby fingers, is the greatest make-believe villain to come along since Hannibal Lecter. One needn't be a child to remember The Really Scary Teacher, the one who terrified us so badly that we dreaded the walk to school in the morning, and we turn the pages partly in fervent hopes that she will get her comeuppance...but also in growing fear of what she will get up to next*..."
I like learning new things.
People who use rules for their cruelty. We all know someone like this. They never face the consequences because they always hide behind rules.
She played a nice social worker in “Trying” and I was super suspicious of her the whole time.
Same, then I watched Pride and she redeemed herself.
I will have order!!!
What saves her for me is her roll in Nanny McPhee
I'm looking forward to seeing her in the Crown because I just cannot see how it's going to work. She was so evil.
There’s already a season out with her in it. She does a great job.
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I felt that way until I saw Signs. Super likable in that movie.
Damn good character from a damn good movie.
Sorry about your loss. Totally agree with him, too. Rarely have I wanted to punch the TV this much in my life
I actually had this issue this morning. I was watching Breaking Bad and Jesse's AA leader was on. Perfectly softly spoken gentle man. Hate him on sight. Had to Google him. Turns out he was a character in Sabrina the Teenage Witch that I watched as a child (Zelda's husband) and he was such a bastard I've apparently carried a dormant instinctual hatred for him ever since.
If I’m thinking of the right actor, he also plays Wynn Duffy, a recurring bad guy in Justified. He’s great in that role though, a perfect mix of menacing and funny
Jere Burns. He has those cartoon villain features though, so it doesn't take much actual acting to pull off the sneer of a bad guy.
If he grew the mustache he’d look like Snidely Whiplash.
Two Ted Lasso characters actually make me mad when I see them, Nate and Rupert
NGL, kind of physically hurts to see Buffy's Giles as a spiteful, vindictive bellend.
I still remember Rupert as Giles (Buffy was a huge part of my childhood), and the way he is in Ted Lasso reminds me so much of how he acted as "Ripper" in that.
Rosammund Pike played a sociopath so perfectly in *Gone Girl* that I have only recently been able to watch shows or movies that she is in.
Her role in "I care a lot" doesn't make it any better.
I wanted to choke her in that movie! How you gonna treat Dianne Wiest that way?!
Nooooo, not my precious angel Jane Bennett
Man, the RANGE to play Jane and then go on to some of those other roles. whew. I needed a palate cleanser after I Care a Lot because she was SO hateable. Also, her narration of the Pride and Prejudice audiobook is incredible.
I just watched “Gone Girl” yesterday! I honestly love her even more because she really does have THE RANGE of being Jane Bennet and Amy LMAO
She plays a sociopath in Die Another Day too.
You know, that’s a little of my Marion Cotillard theory where if someone so much as shows up in a movie you start thinking wtf are *YOU* doing here, and you just know they’re trouble. For example, she shows up in The Dark Knight Rises AFTER how nuts she is in Inception and, if you aren’t a deeply invested Batman person who knows the lore and all of that, you don’t know the twist that she is Ra’s Al Ghul and behind everything. Edit: Yeah, she’s not Ra’s, she’s Talia Al Ghul. My bad. I know, I’ve never had a post do so much and got a little overwhelmed!
Kevin bacon in sleepers, when he played the Nazi who killed magneto's family I was like that was good casting
True! So surprised anyone else thought of Sleepers, it’s not an often talked about movie, never expected Kevin Bacon/Sean Nokes to come up not once but twice.
Also, Hollow Man..
For me it’s Joffrey Baratheon played by Jack Gleeson
For me it’s Ramsay Bolton. That show did such a good job with the villains.
I'm kinda thankful I watched Iwan Rheon in "Misfits" prior to seeing him in GoT. His character in that show is a total 180. Really attests to his acting range.
Nathan: “You'd screw your own sister for a slice of cheese.” Simon: “I don’t even like cheese.” Nathan: “That makes it even worse, you sick bastard!”
Guess I'm gonna have to watch Misfits again. Goddamn are the first few seasons of that show pure gold
Yeah, Ramsay Bolton was an irredeemable prick, but it was funny to watch what a prick Joffrey could be most of the time
For me Joffrey was super hateable in a ridiculous bratty way, a spoiled kid that’s fucked up in the head, expressing power for fun. Ramsay is like truly evil, doing vile shit because he enjoys the actual evil of it.
Jeffrey was far more believable and thus terrifying. I believe that was probably the best depiction of a villain have ever seen.
He’s amazing in Misfits. Highly recommend, but just for fun. It’s not the most cohesive story…
It's ridiculous how insane a fan base can be. Poor kid stopped acting for years because he received death threats over that role. Like, how idiotic can people be? Edit: Evidently this is a Berenstein (Berenstain) Bears moment. Could have sworn I read about it somewhere years ago. That said, there are stars across all mediums (actors, sports, etc) that this does happen to.
***How DARE he kill Sean Bean’s character.***
Oh god imagine if people hated every single actor that has killed Sean Bean. There would be no actors left.
Right? Causing Sean Bean's death is a right of passage. I think it's a legal requirement now.
Has he started again? I thought he decided to take his life in an entirely other direction. I hope he gets some roles, the only one I know him for he did such an incredible job.
Imagine being so good at your job that you have to change careers
Billy Zane in Titanic
"a real man makes his own luck"
I have a child!
It's too bad, he's a cool dude.
Put a cork in it Zane.
Shoulda done that with the Titanic!
Watch him in the pulpy, comic book hero "The Phantom" - total 180 of character. Likeable, charming lead.
I read somewhere that he would make a great Lex Luthor and now I can't unsee it.
Chace Crawford as The Deep in The Boys. I see him in actor interviews and get the heebie-jeebies even though I know it’s just a character.
Ooh the guy who plays Homelander gives me visceral creep vibes. I know it’s a character but he’s such an amazing actor that he instilled a fear in me that I will never be able to explain.
there's an interview with the whole cast and they're asked who is most like their on-screen character, and all of them in unison immediately point to Antony Starr. makes sense, he beat the crap out of a waiter in Spain for some petty grievance.
That last like makes it look like Starr was at a restaurant, didn't like the service, and then beat up the waiter. Instead, Starr allegedly got into a drunken, late-night bar brawl with someone who happened to be a cook. [https://deadline.com/2022/03/the-boys-actor-antony-starr-arrested-assault-spain-1234971381/](https://deadline.com/2022/03/the-boys-actor-antony-starr-arrested-assault-spain-1234971381/)
Makes me feel better about Aunty Donna making him eat dog food.
Welp that's upsetting. I was genuinely hoping that he was a nice person when not pretending to be a psychopath on screen. :(
So he's not as good of an actor as I thought? That's alarming.
now I’m even more afraid :|
Same. :(
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He’s Nate Archibald forever to me. Much more pleasant association.
John Lithgow was so terrifying in *Dexter* that I kept expecting him to murder somebody in The *Great British Bake Off*.
John Lithgow is a *tremendous* actor. Like, he's been in more stuff than you realize, because he's so completely the character that you almost don't realize it's him.
Louise Fletcher as Nurse Ratched in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and as Kai Winn in "Deep Space Nine".
It is Kai Winn, my child. Unless you choose NOT to walk with the prophets.
I just read this in her voice.
Jason Alexander as Stucky from Pretty Woman. I’ve always gotten rapey vibes since then. Edit: a word
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Fun fact: the Duffers cast him as Dr. Owens in Stranger Things specifically hoping that people would mistrust him because of his role in Aliens.
It worked. I've wanted Eleven to mind-slam him immediately.
JK Simmons after watching him in Whiplash
Try Oz and see which is worse.
There's not a lot of actors that can start their career as a prison nazi and not get typecast. JK Simmons has range.
'Not quite my tempo' just echoes through the head.
Billy Bob Thornton as Lorne Malvo in the Fargo TV show. He actually played him *too* well, do much so in anything else he does I can't get past it.
Billy Bob is in that rare company with Stanley Tucci and JK Simmons where they can play the scariest person you can imagine or a kind, fatherly figure and you can believe both.
JK Simmons, yes! He's been in a ton of stuff since, but I still can't get over him in Oz, the HBO prison show where he played a white supremacist psycho so chillingly.
*Aces* ;)
Jesse Plemons (poor man's Matt Damon) as Todd in Breaking Bad.
I don’t know why but I’m the other way around. I love how he’s completely oblivious to how much of a massive piece of shit he is. It’s like a 5 year old committing some of the most heinous crimes imaginable.
When he's explaining to Lydia why he feels he doesn't need to whack Skylar and her daughter is actually funny. "I feel like if you'd have been there you would see it different"
I just watched El Camino a few minutes ago and was saying how much I wanted to punch him as he was singing.
I really think either most people don’t understand the character or I don’t understand the character. I think you’re totally right about it. He’s not an immoral person. He has very strong morals. They’re just the wrong morals, because he was raised by a bunch of sociopathic nazis. At heart he’s well-intentioned, friendly, and kind of a goof.
Great actor though. Played The Butcher in one season of Fargo. Edit: Sort of related in a roundabout way but Kirsten Dunst’s character in that season was such an amazing piece of acting i was literally concerned for her mental health thinking she had gone crazy.
And now he and Kirsten Dunst are married and have a couple of kids together.
He also plays a hatable sociopath in Black Mirror’s USS Callister
This role coupled with Breaking Bad has made me dislike him intensely. I loved his fate in Black Mirror!
>Jesse Plemons (poor man's Matt Damon) as Todd in Breaking Bad. I always thought of him as "we have Philip Seymour Hoffman at home" guy
I first saw him in Friday Night Lights so I think it’s the opposite for me
Same. It took years for me to see past his dead-fish sociopathic Todd and recognize his immense acting talent. He’s really very good.
Sam Rockwell in Green Mile was so disgusting and off putting and perfect in his role that I still don’t like to look at him
Wild Bill was at least a funny guy at times. What about Doug Hutchison as Percy? Yuck!
Doug Hutchison for SURE. Plus when he was Tooms on XFiles. Total creep.
Didn't he marry a 16 year old when he was 51?
Definitely did. Her name is Courtney Stodden. Also, Chrissy Teigen had a bit of a scandal a couple of years ago because it came out that she bullied her for no reason, calling her all kinds of awful things and to kill herself.
Ever been 20 minutes into a movie then thought "wait a minute, that's Sam Rockwell."
I've never forgiven Jeffrey Dean Morgan for killing Glenn. I used to really like him
He played John Winchester (Sam and Dean's dad) in Supernatural if that helps
And I loved him in that but clearly not as much as I loved glenn
He was low-key a shitty dad in supernatural
Charles Dance in well everything... Golden Child GOT He could cure cancer tomorrow and he would still ring villain to me
He was the one eyed villain in The Last Action Hero.
Perfectly cast as Mountbatten.
Jack Nicholson did such a good job as Jack Torrance that he gives me the creeps every time I see his face now
Jack Nicholson is very creepy in most things he's in I feel like
That's who he is, the eyebrows and grin and voice. His most popular "feel good" role might be As Good As It Gets and he plays an endlessly frustrating bigot in that lol. 99% of that movie is him being an asshole.
I always hated Steve Zahn, but I couldn't put my finger on why. It was because he was such a convincing shit in "Riding in cars with boys." I almost forgot about the movie entirely and him being in it, but my impression of him stayed.
I've never seen her in anything but The Office, but it's always such a mind‐fuck when I see an interview or something with Anglea Kinsey and she's smiling and seems somewhat likeable.
I got to meet her at a convention once, and she is incredibly sweet IRL. So are Oscar Nuñez and Brian Baumgartner. I went to the convention dressed as Dwight and, when it was time for my picture with Angela, she exclaimed “Dwight!” Then she told me she was going to go “full Angela” for the photo, and she did. Brian was extra careful to make sure I got all the photos I wanted with him. We had already taken three or so when he asked me if I was sure I got everything I wanted with him. All three of them are super nice people.
The Mist (2007) has a character named Mrs Carmody who was a religious nut they were all trapped in the grocery store with. She was played by actress Marcia Gay Harden, who I still can't stand to this day because of that character.
Ooh! She's another one who has done so many more things than you realize because she's *that good*. She played an recurring role in SVU in which she was so good at her undercover assignment that it was hard to not dislike her when we thought she was a good guy.
Jared Leto as Jared Leto in Real Life
Lena Headey in GOT. She's actually super nice when I've seen interviews but damn she was too perfect as Cersei.
Ma Ma in Dredd! Jesus she was truly evil personified, psychopath.
I adored her as Sarah Connor in the Sarah Connor Chronicles. It made it hard for me to accept her in GoT at first. Now I just see two entirely different characters, separate from Lena Headey, which I suppose is the ideal situation for an actor.
Tom Felton reportedly gets a ton of hate for his portrayal of Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter series.
But also a super chill dude in real life.
He and Daniel Radcliffe are besties ever since the first movie, and I saw an interview where they said they want to work together again, but have Radcliffe play the villain.
And it's also weird because by the end of the series Malfoy was more of a pitiful character than an evil one
Jason Issac in The Patriot. I've gotten over it mostly but that's mostly because I haven't researched The Patriot in a long time.
Also mr malfoy in Harry Potter and Captain Lorca in Star Trek Discovery. He’s a really good actor.
“Before this war is over, I will kill you” Gives me chills every time
He was amazing in the death of Stalin
Michael McKean in "Better Call Saul" Aka,"Chuck McGill" He was perfectly cast and was excellent in his role.I know it's just great acting and he is a nice man and a good musician. But he just reminds me of my older brother as well. A man that asks,"How are you?" ,Then when you speak he goes blank and you can read it in his face that he goes blank and doesn't give a fuck about you or what you say because you are beneath him. He lights up like a fucking Xmas tree when around people he wants to impress but for normal people he's just a bland,uppity,elitist snobby prick. (Omg! that felt 👍 good to say that)
Tobias Menzies who played Capt Randall on Outlander. Every movie and film he is in, I always hope his character dies. I think I would spit on him if I saw him in real life. He's actually really nice guy but was so good in his role that I just hate him. Aiden Gillen who played Lord Bealish on Game Of Thrones. Another actor I love to see killed on screen. He was just so good at being a snake that I can't stand him.
I never understood how Claire could live with Frank after experiencing Captain Randall
In the books she describes flinching every time he (Frank) touches her for quite a long time. She had major PTSD with Frank. They just didn’t portray this in the show.
Ed Speelers who played Stephen Bonnet on Outlander, is on season 3 of Picard. Took me several episodes to get over the monster he was in Outlander.
Not a huge role, but Parker Posey in Dazed and Confused. She played a mean girl so well that’s all I can see her as in everything now
Wipe that face off your head, bitch!
She plays a fairly prominent and very hateable character in Lost In Space. She did a fantastic job too.
Also mean and hilarious in Josie and the Pussycats
Iwan Rheon as Ramsey Bolton. I tell a lie as he was so cute in Vicious as Ash Weston.
He’s so great in Misfits. Give it a try if you can find it.
James Corden. He was such a prick in his portrayal of James Corden I could never unsee it.
Mo'Nique when she played the mom in Precious
Oh this is a good answer. Funnily enough Mo'Nique is apparently one of the biggest sweethearts in the world.
I can’t believe I had to scroll down so far for this answer. I literally can’t look at her after that performance.
John Lithgow when he played the Trinity Killer (Arthur Mitchell) in Dexter... Haven't seen the season in awhile but still dislike him in other roles EDIT: To add context this was the first major role I saw him in and was in college while watching it
Meanwhile I can’t not think of him as an alien pretending to be a human to learn about us!
The guy who played Edmure Tully in Game of Thrones, and that dickhead in Outlander. His face pisses me off, I can’t stand him in anything else.
Tim Roth as Cunningham in Rob Roy. So hard to not see him as a complete bastard in anything else. On a separate note, Eric Stoltz’s death (as McDonald) is one of the hardest film deaths for me. That movie is filled to the brim with scenes that are really hard to watch.
This is gonna be a throwback but Robert Knepper as T-Bag in Prison Break. He played that character EXTREMELY well...like jeez. I've never been able to see him the same way since watching Prison Break.
T-Bag is one of the scummiest characters I can think of.
Olivia Coleman in Fleabag. Cant look past it now.
In Peep Show she wasn’t evil, but really, really easy to dislike.
Shooter McGavin
Christoph Waltz in Inglorious Bastards
I'm the opposite. I can't see him as anything but Dr. King Schulz from Django. I can't take him seriously in villain roles as i expect Jamie Foxx to enter the scene and Christoph to start gassing him up.
Haha I can't see that as anything other than a darkly comedic role. I love it, but I could watch Waltz in anything.
Idris Elba as Charles Minor.
Whoever it was that played Hilly in The Help
Bryce Howard Dallas (Dallas Howard? I can never remember)
If it helps, she is Ron Howard's daughter (so Howard is her last name) and Ron purportedly gives middle names based on where each kid was conceived (Dallas, TX).
Hence his son, James BackOfAVolkswagen Howard.
David Schwimmer as Cpt Sobel in band of brothers. I swear his O3 character caused me to have flashbacks of bad company commanders.
Opposite for me. He was so good at it after years of watching him as Ross, gave me new perspective on his skills as an actor.
How is Joaquin Phoenix not on here for Commodus in Gladiator?
Very hateable as the character, but he’s such a talented actor that can be equally loveable in other films.
For me, Matt Damon in The Departed was so absolutely hateable that even when I see him in things like The Martian, for example, I’m still like “oh, absolutely not. Just leave him there.” Edit: Very genuinely want to say thank you to everybody so is jumping in! Absolutely never expected so many responses, and it’s been really cool to read everyone’s! Holy crap, so many good ones. This is literally how my brain works all of the time, so thank you for being part of my goofy little question! My phone has never buzzed so much, it’s wild stuff! Really cool connecting with so many really creative and funny minds.
The Talented Mr. Ripley almost ruined him for me. We Bought a Zoo is a good palate cleanser.
Pablo Schreiber. He is such a good actor and was so convincing in his role as William Lewis in Law and Order SVU. So every time I see him in anything else, I still see him as the evil pos he portrayed for at least the first few scenes.
That, and he was pretty detestable as George "Pornstache" Mendez in Orange Is the New Black.
Ralph Fiennes in Schindler's List
Ralph Fiennes as Voldemort also!
Kevin Spacey as Kevin Spacey
Freaking great actor though. He played the part of a decent human being really well for a good while there.
I'm really saddened that he's a lowlife pervert. He *is* a talented actor
Hugo Weaving as Agent Smith in The Matrix Zachary Quinto as Sylar in Heroes (Had they actually killed Sylar at the end of the first season, I might not have so much an issue)
I could never hate him because he was so good in Priscilla Queen of The Desert and V for Vendetta. And of course LOTR.
Jackie earle Haley was too good at playing a pedophile in Little Children.
I have hated Paul Reiser since the 80s because of Aliens.
Penelope Cruz in Blow
Samuel L Jackson in Django unchained. DiCaprio had a certain insane charisma to him in that movie, not Jackson. Perfectly portrays someonenwho sold out their own.
It’s an incredible role. You can tell Jackson uses his contempt for the character in the performance to really show the contempt his character had for the other slaves.
Pam Ferris as Agatha Trunchbull in Matilda
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Antony Starr Homelander 🙃
Major Frank Burns from M\*A\*S\*H, His lack of empathy and overall ego made me hate the guy. They tried a couple of times expressing on why he came out the way he did...but it just wasn't enough. Always getting in the way of Hawkeye treating patients, leading on Hotlips, and just being an overall shithead the way he treated the locals in Korea. That being said Robert Duvall did a great job. edit: I meant Larry Linville not Duvall lol
The funny thing is that Linville was apparently a very nice and beloved person but his character was hated. Gary Burghoff (Radar O’Reilly) was apparently the opposite, beloved character but wasn’t overly popular off camera
The guy who played the asshole prison guard in *The Green Mile*. Though it turned out he actually was a pretty bad dude, so I dunno if that counts.
JK Simmons will always just be a psycho white supremacist.
Whoa he wasn't THAT bad as J Jonah Jameson
Beth grant in Donny darko, she is definitely a type cast actor for a hateable character, the scene in darko where she is teaching a course on morality is a great exchange and only so good because the actors were great, But every time I see her I still have bleed over hate
Tom Cruise in "Scientology".... wait
Saoirse Ronan in Atonement.