20 TV and Movie Villains Who Aren’t Nearly As Evil As the ‘Real Villains’ Among Them

Some of the most sinister roles in movies and TV do a remarkable job of toeing the fine line between good and evil. And as a recent Twitter trend demonstrated, sometimes the real villains aren’t who you think they are anyway. 

Case in point: There’s been endless debate over the worst character in The Devil Wears Prada; so much so that Adrian Grenier, the actor who played Nate, recently admitted that his character was the real villain.

Such evil subterfuge is far from uncommon, though. In fact, the following pairs of characters are further proof that there’s no one way to be a dastardly heel…