By Slanted Light

Sorry, later than a late thing replying to your comment, I do apologise!

It is good to see MS in that sort of part, isn't it! I suppose he actually has done quite alot of that sort of acting, but what we remember him most for are his sort of superhero roles - The Chief, JJD, Pros, even as a surgeon in A&E. And he is very equal opps about the characters he plays, isn't he?

I've just had a book in the post today about the making of The Scarlet Pimpernel, and he says somewhere in there that he likes playing villains because it's interesting - to do it well you have to like the villain yourself, because villains don't get out of bed and say "Right, what can I do that's evil today?" - they genuinely think they're right to do what they do, which is absolutely true... Mickey Hamilton, for instance! *g*