Villains Tag

Less is More When It Comes to Villains I’m coming around to the idea that the best way to kill a compelling villain isn’t bullets, fire, or magic—it’s giving them too much backstory. I was chatting the other day with a film producer about movie villains of the 1980s and 90s, Darth Vader and Hannibal Lecter in particular. How Vader was the icon of childhood nightmares, a black-hooded techno-reaper with a terrifying wheeze—and then the prequel trilogy revealed that, under his skull-like mask, he was nothing more than a whiny,Read More