10 Movie Villains Who Became Heroes In The Sequel

10. Hector Barbossa - Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End

The original Pirates of the Caribbean introduced the deliciously villainous Captain Barbossa, played to perfection by the great Geoffrey Rush. 

A conniving schemer determined to break the curse placed upon him and his men, he becomes a major thorn in the side of Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) and company, even if he's ultimately defeated come the ending.

Sequel Dead Man's Chest introduced a worthy antagonist successor in Davy Jones (Bill Nighy), but the film concluded with one hell of a big twist - the return of Barbossa.

More to the point, Barbossa is reintroduced as a quasi-heroic figure, to help guide the assembled party to save Jack's soul from Davy Jones' Locker.

And so in the third film, At World's End, Barbossa indeed adopts a more heroic-adjacent tenor, even if by film's end he's scarpered with the Black Pearl in search of the Fountain of Youth.

Barbossa's allegiances certainly prove fluid throughout the rest of the franchise, though on the balance of his actions - teaming up with Jack to take down several mutual enemies - he's absolutely closer to hero than villain.