British actors have been consistently cast as villains in movies when there’s no reason for the characters to be so — and sometimes even when the villains are specifically not supposed to be British. What would be Independence Day be without the Brits? Ernst Stavro Blofeld - Donald Pleasence I shall look forward personally to exterminating you, Mr. The most dastardly villain in Ridley Scott's new Robin Hood movie - Sir Godfrey, who plots to betray his country to the French - is played by the British actor Mark Strong. 20 Greatest Movie Villains Played By British Actors. Bond This week the luxury car manufacturer released its first-ever Super Bowl ad, a 60-second spot entitled British Villains. Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, CBE, CStJ (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was an English 19. The renowned British actor stars in a two- minute film, "The Art of Villainy," that debuted on YouTube today, as well as on the campaign's dedicated landing page, www.BritishVillains.com. The new film showcases the Jaguar F-TYPE Coupe, available for sale May 2014, and continues to promote the brand's bespoke hashtag #GoodToBeBad. And what would Hollywood be without a dose of British bad guys? British film actors are more likely to be formally trained. You will often see Brits cast to play Americans, but rarely the other way round without ridicule at at worst or at best a dodgy accent. However, there’s a group of actors in Hollywood so well versed in depicting bad guys that it seems like they were born to play that character. Here’s THR’s list of the all-time greatest. Whether it’s with the stereotypical, uber-posh cut-glass accent, or the broad cockney one, American movies love a good British villain.. We could spend a whole drunken pub afternoon trying to unpack the reasons and historical and social underpinnings for this, but let’s just … Reason 6: British actors often get superb training. Before hitting it big in the 1960s with classics like Billy Budd and Theorem, the British Actors are seen to have a level of gravitas that American actors often don't have. As acknowledged by that Jaguar ad not that long ago, British actors apparently make great movie villains. Most will have performed Shakespeare, who created the ultimate British villains—complex, appealing and subtle—with fascinating back stories and believable motivations. Directed by Tom Hooper of … Luu’s essay comes after Helen Mirren criticized Hollywood for typecasting British actors as villains back in 2010. It is believed that one of the toughest things to play in movies are villain roles. Even professional actors and actresses sometimes have a hard time portraying negative characters on screen.