20 ‘Good Guys’ Who Were Villains the Whole Time
When it comes to writing a hero, Hollywood has to work around a bit of a paradox. There’s not a lot of room for shades of gray if you’re not aiming for the arthouse, so there are usually pretty clear good guys and bad guys, but the good guys also have to be entertaining. They should be everything we wish we could be: charismatic, irresistible and untouchable, always finding clever loopholes to get what they want. Nobody likes a stick in the mud, even if they’re saving the world.
Unfortunately, it’s actually really important in real life to follow the rules, respect boundaries and give a shit about anyone besides yourself. As a result, lots of movie “good guys” are actually really terrible people. That’s why user Scared_Government_41 asked r/AskReddit, “Which character isn’t considered a villain, but he’s actually a bad guy?”
Beauty and the Beast
Ocean’s Eleven
The Craft
Harry Potter
Gone With the Wind
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Mrs. Doubtfire
Back to the Future
Desperate Housewives
The Walking Dead
The Parent Trap
Top Gun
Grey’s Anatomy
Sex and the City
The Office
The Notebook
Indiana Jones
Rick and Morty
How I Met Your Mother
Tom and Jerry
