the actor has never been cast as a hero, but he's played every kind of baddie imaginable
Recent Examples on the WebFurious 7 brought us Jason Statham as Deckard Shaw—a serious baddie who, by F8, had also kind of come around. Eva Holland, Outside Online, 14 Aug. 2022 The chief baddie is a glamorous vampire real-estate agent, Audrey (Karla Souza), who is out to colonize the Valley by setting up the houses there as vampire hives. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 Aug. 2022 Instead of Rasputin as the villain, McNally wrote Gleb as a more complex baddie. Christopher Wallenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2022 Conventional wisdom these days says people would prefer to shell out to watch Captain America and Thor take on an intergalactic baddie for the 400th time. Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 2 Aug. 2022 The Mustang is playing the role of the rich baddie in this story, and a look at the pricing shows the monetary gulf between the two. Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 27 June 2022 His efforts pay off, nominally: Michael Morbius doesn’t want to be a baddie, though his ungodly urges keep pulling him in that direction. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 31 Mar. 2022 Hillary is still a baddie with an eye for fashion, but unlike Fresh Prince's spoiled princess, this gal's got ambitions that involve more than just shopping. Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2022 The girls’ defenses aren’t much slicker; in one episode, a humble oboe plays a key role in defeating a baddie. Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2022 See More