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...doesn't like perfect," says Malcolm McDowell, the English character actor best known for A Clockwork Orange, who plays the role of Myers' opportunistic physician, Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasance in the original). "He likes it when I trip, or answer my phone in the middle of a scene." McDowell is right about his director's yen for hyper-realism. Look at the cast of any Zombie film and you'll be hard-pressed to find anyone as telegenic as Grey's actors. Zombie's first movie, House of 1000 Corpses, revived the career of balding, acne-scarred...
...most actors, though, including the most distinguished, playing a rotter offers a holiday from more serious fare; a nice paycheck after all those worthy little independent films; a chance to retune the actor's instrument and play it in a darker, bolder key; or just the fun of being in a movie everyone will see. We heard from a dozen of them and squirreled out the secrets of their craft: the Seven Rules of Movie Villainy...
...counts even when you're playing an Internet terrorist, as Timothy Olyphant is in Live Free or Die Hard, the fourth in the Bruce Willis series. "One person's terrorist," the actor says, "is another person's hero." His own, usually. "So you strive for that [understanding]. At the same time you throw your hands up and say, 'Look, I'm the villain in a Die Hard movie. Don't overreach...
...FANTASY FILM, THE VILLAIN OFTEN NEEDS TO look very ugly or old or outré. That depends on the skill of the makeup-effects artist--and the patience of the actor. "Putting on the makeup and the fangs took four hours," says Grace about his Spider-Man 3 rig. "Then another 45 minutes to put on the suit--and you can't go the bathroom in it, which is a problem they still haven't solved after three of these films...
...back as Captain Barbossa, the ghostly seaman "so wicked that Hell spat him back out," Rush says. This time he has a central role, but that's not the only perk. His character is an action figure and has been added to the Disney parks' Pirates ride. "For every actor, no matter what territory you work in, it's a very important moment in your life when you see yourself in a little cellophane box, and then know that that figure will be 10 ft. tall in the Disney ride...