If you are looking for a thrilling experience, it’s fun to play a villain, because they’re limitless in terms of interpretation. Whether you are playing variations of a bad guy, a killer, a mass murderer, a terrorist, an assassin, or any character that is highly immoral, here is insight that can help you get into their skin.
1. Understand exactly the kind of villain your character is. Is your character a sociopath, a psychopath, a person who snapped and became psychotic, or just someone who is plain evil? To know exactly how they would be diagnosed will help you to understand their pathology.
Literally do the medical research on the person. People can have flaws they’ve acquired, or the defects can be ingrained in their nature. Know the case study that applies to them and how they are wired.
2. Explore the rage. Let yourself realize how angry they are, so you don’t just play the generic rage of that character and stay on one note. And then find the layers of that rage. When does it come out in the story? Justify what makes them angry and how much power they crave, and how far they are willing to go to act on it. The amount of power they have after can be closely tied to their anger.
3. Find their
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