How come the bad guy is always English?.

[T.Horton]

It seems to me that writers tend to think someone with a British accent will come across as more intelligent than someone from America. The more intelligent the antagonist the more devious filmgoers believe he can be.....

that is actually a good point. it seems like such a simplistic trick of movie-makers but it makes sense.

[BOLLOCKS]

[Derranged]

[squealpiggy]

are the bad guys in the UK cinema American?

No, in UK cinema Americans are fat buffoons.

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Simon Cowell
Gordon Ramsay
Anne Robinson from the weakest link
Stewie

[Canelo Phresh]

Nobody reeks of "smug" like the brits.

[RichCCFC]

Nobody reeks of "smug" like the brits.

when in reality it is the yanks.

[jabsRstiff]

when in reality it is the yanks.

I would think both Yanks and Brits can agree the French have cornered the smug market...

[-Lowkey-]

Sometimes the english bad guy fakes a dodgy French accent.

[Xercen]

Bane English voice = WTF?.

The bad guy in this seasons Dexter is supposedly part of the "Koshka Brotherhood" in Ukraine, yet speaks in an English accent and drinks tea = WTF?.

Because when you fly an englishman to the film set you don't need to pay for 2 seats.




On a serious note though, it's much harder to find a handsome thin man in america so they realised they might as well go for an englishman who speaks with a sometimes slightly posh accent because they sound classy and they look the part as well.