The stars of “Terrible on the face, kind on the inside”: actors playing villains – what they are like in real life

Gary Oldman is perhaps the most famous Hollywood actor who has played more than a dozen villains on screen. He played in such films as: “The Fifth Element” (Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg), “Leon” (Norman Stansfield), “Bleeding Romeo” (Jack Grimaldi). In later works, he got more diverse characters – Sirius Black and James Gordon. Colleagues in the workshop note that Gary can masterfully transform himself into any hero.

“People have a rather strange and wrong idea about me. I keep reading about “crazy” or “genius”, “changeable”, “evil” Oldman. It’s probably because people directly associate me with the characters I play. But at the end of the day, any actor who tells you he’s going to become the character he’s playing is either a liar or a diagnosed schizophrenic,” Oldman noted in an interview.

In the life of the actor, everything was not always so smooth. He was treated for alcohol addiction, experienced painful breakups… But despite all this, people who are closely familiar with Gary say that he is far from the image of the “psychopath” that he played in the movies more than once.

With age, the actor settled down. Now he does not travel from one set to another and has long since said goodbye to bad habits. In 2017, Oldman got married for the fifth time and now devotes all his time to raising children.

He Whose Name Must Not Be Spoken. Ralph Fiennes played Lord Voldemort in the Potter series. But this is far from the only negative character in the actor’s career. In Hollywood they joke, “I need a villain – call Ralph Fiennes.”

Off the screen, the artist’s life is no less interesting. Wraith belongs to the impoverished aristocratic Fiennes family and is the eighth cousin of the current Prince of Wales. In the images of all the actors’ characters, there is a certain arrogance and aristocracy – traits inherent in Rafem himself.

In his opinion, the main art in life is to negotiate. “He who does not know how to negotiate and compromise is doomed. The art of negotiation is the most important condition of our existence in society,” says Fiennes.

In everyday life, he is taciturn, withdrawn, hence the negative relationship to social networks. But the actor has a special weakness for beautiful, successful women: he claims that he is not made for marriage and hardly imagines himself as a father. So Rife is on a constant quest.

At one mention of this actor the blood freezes in the veins. How much is his Spider-Man goblin worth?! Unusual facial features, a crazy look… You will be surprised, but Defoe gained worldwide fame after playing Jesus in the film The Last Temptation of Christ. The image drew mixed reactions, but Willem became popular.

“I don’t think people even try to see me as a normal person. But I am a normal person,” says the artist.

Despite the fact that in people’s memory he forever remained a bad guy, the actor does not give reasons to consider him a villain. Defoe grew up in a large family and, unlike his heroes, is a rather positive person in real life. Will can also be called an exemplary family man. He lived with Elizabeth LeCompt for 27 years. The civil marriage produced the couple’s only child, Jack Defoe. Now the actor is married to the Italian Jada Kolangradova.

Dr. Lecter, the sadistic millionaire Le Chiffra and the wizard Kaecilius are all Mads Mikkelsen. This actor has hundreds of roles in the piggy bank, but he became famous thanks to the pictures in which he played the main antagonists.

“I have a clearly formulated principle. I always try to find something good in the bad and vice versa – in the good. Therefore, I am not sure if there is pure evil or good. Each of us has both, “said the actor in an interview with reporters.

In Mads’ homeland, Denmark, he was recognized as a real sex symbol. However, we are in a hurry to upset the fans: the artist is an exemplary family man and a loving father. Mikkelsen has been married to Hanna Jacobson for over 20 years. The couple has two beautiful children: daughter Viola and son Carlo. And no matter how much the paparazzi try to find scandalous details from the life of this handsome man, everything is in vain.

This actor gained worldwide fame thanks to the movie Inglourious Basterds. The role of Standartenführer Hans Landa, of course, glorified Christoph Waltz, but, as the actor himself feared, it secured him the image of the “eternal Fritz”.

“Read, go to museums, listen to the opera… Just, for God’s sake, don’t study life from movies, TV and the Internet,” urges the artist.

As for Christoph’s real life, he can safely be called a citizen of the world. He likes to travel and learn new things. But social networks and mobile phones can’t stand the spirit.

Christophe has a good sense of humor, but according to the actor himself, not everyone perceives his jokes adequately.

Christoph Waltz was married twice. The actor has three children from his first marriage with Elisabeth Urbaninch. The second wife was stage costume designer Judith Holste. In 2005, the couple had a daughter. Waltz does not end there and is still involved in the shooting of cult films.

Text: Ani Sargsyan

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