Uncharted: 10 Game Elements That Should Be In The Film

6. Eddy Raja

One of the more interesting aspects of the movie that's yet to be revealed is exactly how the filmmakers will be approaching the villain. Each game has its own individual main baddie with plenty of sub-baddies to spice things up, so there are certainly plenty to choose from.

But the best - and most logical - choice is Eddy Raja. For starters, he's one of those sub-baddies from the first ever Uncharted game, so if the movie is adapting the source material in order... he should be there anyway.

But even if the film is just an Uncharted adaptation in the broader sense and isn't a direct translation of one single game, he should still be present. Why? Well, as villains go, Eddy is about as charismatic and memorable as it gets.

He's very much the 'bad' version of Drake in many ways; constantly quipping and making jokes, desperate to grab the treasure at all costs and unafraid in the face of danger, and he and Nate have a history, something we've never seen before that the movie could explore.

Plus, audiences typically connect with the funnier, quirkier characters more than the ones that play it straight - look at why Iron Man is more popular than Captain America, for example - so the sake of mass-market appeal, Eddy would be the best choice for the movie because his eccentric personality is inherently appealing.

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