10 Most Memorable Original Film Characters
Top 10 original characters that were created for the Silver Screen.
There are so many great movies populated by wonderfully unforgettable characters, it is quite hard to create a list of Top 100 Characters, let alone a Top 10. Empire Magazine did a related list a few years ago though without any rules, and that's where that list differs from my own choice of characters. Indeed, for me, if you talk about a movie character this character must have originated on the screen, not in a different source work. Therefore, for the intents and purposes of this list literary characters, real life characters, comic book characters, video games characters, characters from remakes, sequels, or spin-offs do not count. Were talking original, movie-only characters. Another rule that I have decided to apply is to pick one and only one character from a movie or a single movie universe. Without giving too much away, there are some movies where the hero is incredible, and the villain is even better - as Hitchcock said, The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture; I would even add: the better the villain, the greater the hero must be. Therefore, choosing a villain AND a hero from the same movie defeats the purpose of this list. It is enough - for me - to choose only the hero or the villain of a single film, with the implication that their nemesis was suitably great and had an impact on their inclusion in the list. Finally, the criteria I used to define a character as memorable are as follows: A great and catchy name A great backstory, verging on the mythological or legendary, making the character unforgettable and close to having-been-around-for-ever A great actor/actress to embody the character A great appearance costume, silhouette, or recognizable item in his/her get-up And so, without further ado, I present to you the list of my top 10 original characters that were created for the Silver Screen...