# Movies where Brad Pitt plays an unlikable villain **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 8, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-brad-pitt-plays-an-unlikable-villain/851369 "2020-04-08T19:43:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-brad-pitt-plays-an-unlikable-villain/851369/1 "2020-04-08T19:43:26Z")
Pitt has played some rough and underworld characters in films like Inglorious basterds, killing them softly, fight club, tales from the crypt etc. But has he played a villain who the audience is supposed to dislike? I’m guessing he did in Kalifornia, but its been years since I saw that so I don’t remember. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-brad-pitt-plays-an-unlikable-villain/851369/2 "2020-04-08T19:53:00Z")
He was a creep in Thelma and Louise. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-brad-pitt-plays-an-unlikable-villain/851369/3 "2020-04-08T20:09:32Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > He was a creep in Thelma and Louise. I was coming in to say this exact thing. Not a villain so much as creep. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-brad-pitt-plays-an-unlikable-villain/851369/4 "2020-04-08T20:11:30Z")
While he was entertaining in _12 Monkeys_, I don’t think it was expected that people would find him likeable. But it turned out he wasn’t the real villain in that movie. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-brad-pitt-plays-an-unlikable-villain/851369/5 "2020-04-08T20:20:40Z")
The _Vanisher_ in Dead Pool 2 ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-brad-pitt-plays-an-unlikable-villain/851369/6 "2020-04-08T20:27:39Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > The _Vanisher_ in Dead Pool 2 da fuk? Also I never saw Thelma and Louise. I need to check that out. ---
**Author:** ![Unreconstructed\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/76d3ee/32.png) [@Unreconstructed\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unreconstructed_Man)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-brad-pitt-plays-an-unlikable-villain/851369/7 "2020-04-08T21:02:14Z")
He played a pretty evil serial killer in ‘Kalifornia’ ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-brad-pitt-plays-an-unlikable-villain/851369/8 "2020-04-08T21:14:50Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > da fuk? Remember the guy that was invisible? When they parachute out of the plane he’s the one that hits the power line. If you watch, right at that second, a picture of Brad Pitt is shown. ETA, right around the two minute mark… ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/CXB9qz7jKAM/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/CXB9qz7jKAM?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-brad-pitt-plays-an-unlikable-villain/851369/9 "2020-04-08T21:27:12Z")
He wasn’t a good guy in _Interview with a Vampire_. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-brad-pitt-plays-an-unlikable-villain/851369/10 "2020-04-08T21:30:24Z")
I haven’t seen _Too Young to Die_, a 1990 TV movie, but it sounds like Mr. Pitt plays a very unlikable villain. > **[Too Young to Die? (TV Movie 1990) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100797/?ref_=tt_urv)** > > Too Young to Die?: Directed by Robert Markowitz. With Michael Tucker, Juliette Lewis, Brad Pitt, Alan Fudge. An abused 15-year-old is charged with a murder that carries the death penalty. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-brad-pitt-plays-an-unlikable-villain/851369/11 "2020-04-08T21:40:00Z")
[quote=“Joey\_P, post:8, topic:851369”] Remember the guy that was invisible? When they parachute out of the plane he’s the one that hits the power line. If you watch, right at that second, a picture of Brad Pitt is shown. ETA, right around the two minute mark… [/QUOTE] I know he was in it, but I don’t see how he was unlikable or a bad guy. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-brad-pitt-plays-an-unlikable-villain/851369/12 "2020-04-08T21:48:28Z")
Vanisher, we hardly knew ye! ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-brad-pitt-plays-an-unlikable-villain/851369/13 "2020-04-08T22:22:23Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > He wasn’t a good guy in _Interview with a Vampire_. He was the hot romantic vampire with a tortured soul. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-brad-pitt-plays-an-unlikable-villain/851369/14 "2020-04-08T22:27:59Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > He was the hot romantic vampire with a tortured soul. He still killed people. And I found his tortured soul ridiculous. If he hated being a vampire, he could have walked into the sun. I actually preferred the sociopathic and evil Lestat. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-brad-pitt-plays-an-unlikable-villain/851369/15 "2020-04-09T04:49:05Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > I know he was in it, but I don’t see how he was unlikable or a bad guy. I wouldn’t even have known [this guy](https://i.imgur.com/rcsc3M5.png) was Brad Pitt. ---
**Author:** ![jerez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@jerez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerez)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-brad-pitt-plays-an-unlikable-villain/851369/16 "2020-04-09T06:12:52Z")
Burn After Reading, although, as I recall, all or nearly all of the characters are fuck-ups. Haven’t seen it in a while. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-brad-pitt-plays-an-unlikable-villain/851369/17 "2020-04-09T06:37:20Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > He still killed people. And I found his tortured soul ridiculous. If he hated being a vampire, he could have walked into the sun. I actually preferred the sociopathic and evil Lestat. That’s what was fun about the books if I remember from decades ago. The first one was a slog. Louis was maudlin and hard to like. In the second book Lestat says Louis is a whiny bitch and this is how it really happened. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-brad-pitt-plays-an-unlikable-villain/851369/18 "2020-04-15T03:20:17Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > He wasn’t a good guy in _Interview with a Vampire_. But we were _supposed_ to like him. Whether we did or not is a different matter (I sort of did, but get the point about him being able to stop himself killing pretty easily). ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-brad-pitt-plays-an-unlikable-villain/851369/19 "2020-04-15T04:56:42Z")
> [@jerez](#): > > Burn After Reading, although, as I recall, all or nearly all of the characters are fuck-ups. Haven’t seen it in a while. It’s hard to say that he’s unlikable though. The audience is supposed to find his (and everyone else’s) idiocy endearing in some way I’d say. ---
**Author:** ![Yorkshire\_Pudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/59ef9b/32.png) [@Yorkshire\_Pudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorkshire_Pudding)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-brad-pitt-plays-an-unlikable-villain/851369/20 "2020-04-15T09:22:28Z")
I don’t know…does being Edward Norton’s infuriating and destructive alter-ego count? I know it’s referenced in the OP but it’s not been explored. I’d say there’s at least an argument for his being a villain.