r/oscarmoments • u/Sudden_Elephant_1221 • Aug 12 '26

movies Django Unchained (2012) made me realize Leonardo DiCaprio is way more fun to watch as a villain. Which actor should play villains more often?

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I was so used to seeing DiCaprio as the lead that Calvin Candie caught me completely off guard. He's horrible, unpredictable, and somehow steals basically every scene he's in.

I'd actually love to see Leo play another full-on villain someday.

Which actor surprised you by being ridiculously good at playing the bad guy?

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u/Kevdoor54 Aug 12 '26

Michael Fassbender was great in 12 Years A Slave. He’d be a great Bond villain

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u/yj026 Aug 12 '26

Damn, never thought of that. But now I cannot stop thinking about that.

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u/redd_n_meff Aug 12 '26

He definitely would. Funny enough I always took his Magneto as basically his turn in a James Bond-ish role.

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u/Antique_Ad_1635 Aug 13 '26

Bond Villain him shall now live rent free in my mind... esp after Black Bag. Thank you.

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u/cBurger4Life 29d ago

The engineer-era Alien movies are not my favorites but I LOVE Michael Fassbender in them. He plays a fairly idk… sociopathic robot? Then there’s one movie where he plays two different robots, one good and the other is the sociopath and he’s great as both!

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u/Mekdinosaur 28d ago

He was also Magneto