Have you ever liked a villain more than the hero? Who and why?
I like anti-heros in TV shows and movies, like Tony Soprano. But they are actually the main actor who happens to be engaged in things that we consider to be “bad”. Like Walter White or Dexter. All good characters but they are not villains in the TV show kind of way. They are the main character in a dark show.
My favourite villain, and I acknowledge that what he did was wrong, is Ted Kaczynski. He lived alone in the woods which is a big tick from me. He may have been made a villain from outside, another tick. And he had a purpose to his madness! All good reasons. If he were alive, I doubt I would like him as a person – he sounded a little (ok, a lot) weird. But his fear of technology, and the effect on humanity, seems more reasonable every day.
