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Still, there’s something about Kingsley’s Fagin that’s entirely accessible. Compared to the villainous Bill Sykes, he’ll only idly threaten the youngsters who work so hard for him, without the capacity for any real violence. He’s obsessed with treasure, yet he understands that the “greatest sin is ingratitude.” He’s misunderstood, seen as a villain by most, but at heart a decent...
...bigger Bachchan got, the less people knew him. For decades he played essentially the same part: the outsider. India adored him for it, but Bachchan, trapped in two-dimensional roles and some truly corny plots?"You get the girl, fight the villain, and get the girl again," he sighs?was able to show little of himself on screen. Off screen, wary of a near-religious level of adulation?hundreds of shrines were built to him across India?he revealed even less. "Everything you do is noticed," he tells TIME. "You need to be always on your best behavior." As India...
...TIME: They do know she used to be a villain, right...
...wine is true of the actor. In the 25 years since My Brilliant Career launched him and co-star Judy Davis onto the world stage, Neill has suggested many things to movie-goers: from smooth leading man (Reilly: Ace of Spies) to robust action hero (Jurassic Park) to bittersweet villain (The Piano). So how is his 2005 vintage looking? "We got frost in spring and in autumn," he reports, "so whether or not it'll be brilliant, we don't know. But it will certainly be scarce...
...pagan decadence, and Rome hears our prayers. There are bloody rituals, lewd pantomimes and a show-stealing turn by Polly Walker as Atia, Caesar's scheming niece; with her flaming red hair and willingness to trade sex for power, she's like a Latin version of The O.C.'s villain Julie Cooper. The series humanizes figures we know as marble busts: Caesar is a calculating pol, Mark Antony (James Purefoy) a narcissistic ass and Octavian (Max Pirkis)--Atia's son and the future Caesar Augustus--a precocious boy with a gift for Machiavellian strategy. The aim is to take those...