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I don't necessarily prefer playing villains. I know a lot of people say they are more fun, but if the scriptwriter has done their work well, you can find something realistic in a villain and find the mistakes in a hero - it's all down to the writing.

— Mads Mikkelsen

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I have always found myself playing the hero, but I love villains. Villains have more fun.

— Orlando Bloom

I've played a lot of villains. The villains are always fun because you can just go fractionally bigger than life. It's always a grey area because you don't want to end up mustache-twirling and making them a little false, but you always get to play a little more, whereas the lead guy has to be a little more straight.

— Neil Jackson

Villains are fun to play.

— Edi Gathegi

Both villains and heroes are a bit boring, really, unless they're flawed and broken somehow. If they're not flawed and broken, then clearly they need to be broken and made flawed. That's what an author does if he or she has any dignity.

— Ben Peek

In thinking about it, the villains often have a little bit more range because their morality is different. You can have just a really good time as an actor, and there is just more there that you can explore on that side of the story.

— Mahershala Ali

Villains are very, very boring to do. They're so much easier than heroes.

— Jeremy Brett

It's generally more fun playing the villain.

— Charlie Hunnam

✗Opposing Perspectives

I think everybody likes to play the villain. They're always much more interesting characters.

— Maria Doyle Kennedy

It's more fun to write villains. They are more of a challenge, and I get a sick kind of pleasure out of delving into their minds. There's rarely emptiness, and there is almost always deep intelligence.

— Nnedi Okorafor

It is much more fun to write about villains then heroes. The villains are the ones that think out the scheme, and the heroes just kind of come along for the ride.

— D. J. MacHale