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Arnold Schwarzenegger made a name for himself as the towering hero, a saviour for man, woman and child against all foe (from terrorists to robots and aliens). When his face appears on screen we recognise the character, his ideals and his role in the narrative, without having to know the film itself. The names might be different – Dutch, Harry Tasker, Jack Slater – but it’s the action-hero we’ve come to know and love. It’s what made “Arnie” famous and he has pursued “good guy” roles for most of his career because of it.
While others haven’t enjoyed the same sort of success as the former professional bodybuilder and Governor of California, they have similarly stuck to playing protagonists we root for. Think Sylvester Stallone and Jean-Claude Van Damme, whose action-man style is cut from the same cloth as Arnie, or Tom Cruise, Bruce Willis, Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson, who have all portrayed heroes in different forms on multiple occasions. In other words – they’re always the good guy!
…or are they?
Sometimes actors will have a thirst for trying something new, something different. That might mean moving into another genre, doing a period piece, or simply playing against type. But sometimes it might just mean going bad!
In this top 10 list I take a look at some of my favourite villains brought to the screen by actors generally recognised for portraying good guys…
SPOILER WARNING: Top 10 Good Guys Playing the Bad Guy features plot spoilers for Robert Zemeckis’ film What Lies Beneath.
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by Lauren Hannah