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Ten Greatest Movie Characters
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TEN GREATEST MOVIE CHARACTERES
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| The Dude |
| APPEARANCE: The Big Lebowski (1998)CREATORS: Joel Coen, Ethan CoenPERFORMER: Jeff BridgesDEFINING MOMENT: Throughout, The Dude is striving to return to his habitual state of rest but fails. Driving his beat-up Torino home in a rare moment of contentment, supping a beer, taking a toke and singing along to Creedence on the eight-track, he spots he’s being trailed. This latest assault on his embattled karma causes him in quick succession to flick his joint into his lap, squeal like a girl, pour beer on his trousers, and slam the Torino into a row of dustbins. Rattled but unhurt, his drugstore Ray-Bans — an excellent bellwether for The Dude’s equilibrium — are left comically askew.FASCINATING FACT: With the exception of his dream, you never actually see The Dude bowl. |
| 009 |
| Darth Vader |
| APPEARANCES: Star Wars: Episodes III-VI (1977-2005)CREATOR: George LucasPERFORMERS: David Prowse, James Earl Jones (voice), Sebastian Shaw, Hayden ChristensenDEFINING MOMENT: In the first two films (i.e. Episodes IV and V), Lord Vader is nothing more — or less — than the ultimate, über-cool villain. Remorseless, fearless, able to force-strangle his underlings via video link... But it’s in Return Of The Jedi that we realise, somehow, that we care about Vader — just as Luke does. In this sense, he’s defined by a small exchange with his offspring. Having been urged to let go of his hate, he says, almost sadly, “It is too late for me, son...”FASCINATING FACT: Vader was also technically played by famed Hollywood sword-master Bob Anderson, who donned the suit for Episode V and VI’s lightsaber duels. |
008 |
| Tyler Durden |
| APPEARANCE: Fight Club (1999)CREATOR: Chuck PalahniukPERFORMER: Brad PittDEFINING MOMENT: Tyler delivering the rules is the most quoted moment, but the scene that captures his dark humour is when he invites a beating from bar-owner Lou, spraying blood over him with an evilly gleeful, “You don’t know where I’ve been!”FASCINATING FACT: Pitt originally wanted to play The Narrator, but David Fincher convinced him to be Tyler instead. |
| 007 |
| John McClane |
| APPEARANCES: The Die Hard films (1988-2013), National Lampoon’s Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)CREATORS: Roderick Thorp, Steven E. de Souza, Jeb StuartPERFORMER: Bruce WillisDEFINING MOMENT: Sending a dead terrorist back to his cohorts with a zinger daubed on him in blood. Tough, cocky, darkly funny.FASCINATING FACT: Fox had to offer the role to Frank Sinatra first, as technically Die Hard is a sequel to 1968’s The Detective. |
| 006 |
| The Joker |
APPEARANCES: Batman The Movie (1966), Batman (1989), Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm (1993), The Dark Knight (2008)CREATORS: Jerry Robinson, Bill Finger, Bob KanePERFORMERS: Cesar Romero, Mark Hamill (voice), Jack Nicholson, Heath LedgerDEFINING MOMENT: Most votes specified Ledger’s Oscar-winning take, so we’ll go with his pencil-disappearing “magic trick”. Nasty and deeply unpredictable.FASCINATING FACT: Ledger’s Joker never looks at his victims while killing them.
EMPIRE Five Greatest Movie Characters |
Five Greatest Movie Characters
Five Greatest Movie Characters
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| Indiana Jones |
| APPEARANCES: All four Indiana Jones adventures (1981-2008)CREATORS: George Lucas, Lawrence KasdanPERFORMER: Harrison FordDEFINING MOMENT: The flicker of recognition that crosses Indy’s face when Belloq (Paul Freeman) suggests they are alike... Tied with the pained, “Do I really have to do this?” look he gives just before he shoots the Arab swordsman.FASCINATING FACT: It is common knowledge that Indiana Jones was originally called Indiana Smith, but changed to Jones at Spielberg’s behest. Yet the reason Spielberg wanted the seemingly negligible name change was to distance Raiders from Nevada Smith, a 1966 Steve McQueen Western. |
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| James bond | ||||||
APPEARANCES: The James Bond seriesCREATOR: Ian FlemingPERFORMERS: Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, Daniel CraigDEFINING MOMENT: Probably varies by Bond — Moore unzipping Solitaire’s dress with a magnet would sum him up, for example, while Brosnan adjusting his tie after driving a tank through a wall nails him. But it was probably 007’s first film that laid out the marker for the next 50 years, when he shoots Professor Dent (“That’s a Smith & Wesson, and you’ve had your six”) with the insouciance of a man who’s just had a bid accepted on eBay.FASCINATING FACT: The Ian Fleming series of novels and shorts have been almost entirely mined for titles, but these remain available: Risico, The Hildebrand Rarity, The Property Of A Lady, and 007 In New York. They might remain unmined.
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| 004 |
| Batman |
| APPEARANCES: Batman (1966), Batman (1989), Batman Returns (1992), Batman Forever (1995), Batman & Robin (1997), Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008), The Dark Knight Rises (2012)CREATORS: Bob Kane, Bill FingerPERFORMERS: Adam West, Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney, Christian BaleDEFINING MOMENT: It really should be from Christian Bale’s Dark Knight, when he is going fist to face with the Joker as Gordon (Gary Oldman) looks on fretting, “Who’s in control?” Good question.FASCINATING FACT: Fans sent 50,000 protest letters to Warner Bros. after Tim Burton announced the casting of Michael Keaton as Batman. |
| 005 |
| Ellen Ripley |
| APPEARANCE: The Alien quadrilogy (1979-1997)CREATORS: Walter Hill, David Giler, Ron Cobb, Dan O’BannonPERFORMER: Sigourney WeaverDEFINING MOMENT: With a survival instinct to match her xenomorphic nemesis, Ripley is one of nature’s rationalists. Indeed, had they followed her hard-nosed attempt to uphold quarantine rules and prevent the stricken Kane being brought back on board — “If we let it in, the ship could be infected” — the Nostromo crew, if not Kane, would remain a whole lot healthier.FASCINATING FACT: In the process of considering Meryl Streep for the role of Ripley, Ridley Scott was stopped in his tracks by the sight of Weaver in thigh-high boots, bursting into his office, half an hour late for her audition. EMPIRE |
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