10 Unforgettable Character Introductions In Movies
The first step's always most important.
it doesn't matter if it’s for a villain, a hero or some fantastical beast with zero dialogue, the introduction to a character is just as crucial as the emotional impact of a death in determining whether or not they'll become cinematic royalty.
If you want to make a truly lasting impression with film fans, you have to make it quickly and spectacularly. That tends to mean the most memorably good are explosive or steeped in cool.
Unfortunately, there's also a second side to the coin. Some films try a little too hard to introduce characters in a cool, memorable way and end up over-shooting and achieving their goal for entirely the wrong reason. Because sometimes, those grand entrances are so laughably bad that they're just as unforgettable as the good ones.
And in the very worst cases, they ruin the legacy of entire franchises.
Either way, all of the most notable character introductions in movies prove that starting a journey off in the right way can be a quick tip for success. And when they get it right, they really get it right...
10. Santanico Pandemonium - From Dusk Till Dawn
One of the hottest scenes ever to be shot on film, Santanico Pandemonium’s entrance in From Dusk Till Dawn is clearly Tarantino living his fantasy by having a bewitching beauty stick her toes in his mouth while pouring alcohol down her leg.
In a horror movie that is equal to the Evil Dead trilogy in stupidity and silliness, Tarantino, George Clooney, Juliette Lewis, a priest and a Chinese boy walk into a bar and witness the breath-taking spectacle of Salma Hayek gyrating.
The way it's framed is provocatively seductive, but what gives the sexy dance a forbidden, symbolic and unnerving edge is the snake coiling around her body and hissing. There's no better foreshadowing of what's about to happen in that juxtaposition of sexy and terrifying.