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Over the years, we have seen our fair share of iconic roles in pop culture, due in large part to the amazing actors and actresses behind the characters. Sometimes, there are cases where the actor plays the role so well that they can’t shake it, no matter how many movies they have done since then. This rings especially true for memorable on-screen villains.
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Recently, Netflix’s Strong Black Lead posted on X (formerly Twitter), asking followers to name actors who they will forever look at sideways due to a memorable role.
Needless to say, the responses were hilariously true. Check out some of the best selections below!
It’s Up And It’s Stuck: Actors That We’ll Always Look At Sideways For Their Villainous Roles was originally published on hiphopnc.com
That “Mister” was a menace.
Okay, we wouldn’t necessarily call Joe Jackson a “villain,” but he definitely ruled with an iron fist.
We have beef with Yolanda Saldivar forever. Too bad Lupe had to catch the strays.
Bruh, he shot Tyra Banks in the movie! Like… what?!
Negan and that damn barbed wire bat did DAMAGE!
Well, how come you didn’t want your son, Lou?!
TBH, he’s kinda menacing in a few roles, but this one takes the cake.
Look, she earned every bit of that Oscar! Every single bit!
Yes, we know Big Red’s office hours. We also know he ain’t ish for showing up at the funeral of the person he had killed.
Need. We. Say. More?!
Now he KNOW he did not have to make Sheila drive up that mountain!
That man will forever be known as Junior, and he will forever be untrustworthy.
Okay, I’m sensing a pattern with these Tyler Perry movies. I mean…
However, in hindsight…. perhaps he was painted as the villain because he was just TOO real?!
Let’s say she got what she deserved in the end.
He should’ve won an Oscar right along with Angela because he was Ike Turner.
Seriously, pick one. Civil Brand, Woman, Thou Art Loosed, Dead Presidents…. you have a variety.
What can we say? She almost always plays mean… but she will NEVER play broke. Period.
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