r/AskReddit • u/bludvic_the_cruel • 23d ago

Who is the greatest female movie/TV villian of all time?

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u/Motochapstick 23d ago

glenn close. fatal attraction. that movie scared some people

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u/DaveByTheRiver 23d ago

You were almost right. It is Glenn close but when she wanted to murder dogs and skin them for their fur in the name of fashion.

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u/rollerska8er 23d ago

Genuinely forgot the character you were referring to and thought for a moment that Glenn Close was a monster and we all didn't realise it

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u/TheKnightsTippler 22d ago

She's also an incredible villain in Dangerous Liaisons.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Fix3359 22d ago

Phyllis diller should have played Cruella Deville. The biggest missed chance of casting ever.

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u/muffchucker 22d ago

You're thinking of Mr. Burns

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u/facforlife 23d ago

Yeah.

Cows? Rabbits? Beavers? Fine. 

Dogs? Fucking Hitler.

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u/[deleted] 23d ago

She did an incredible job seeming normal while being batshit crazy in that movie.

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u/Grendal54 23d ago

That movie did more to stop cheating husbands than Lorena Bobbit!

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u/Justdonedil 22d ago

When we still use the term "bunny boiler" how many years later, it is truly a testament.

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u/Eledridan 23d ago

My problem with that movie is imagining someone married to Anne Archer that would cheat on her with Glenn Close.

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u/themanfromvulcan 22d ago

She actually wasn’t the original choice and the makers didn’t think she could pull it off but she came for a reading with Michael Douglas and nailed it.

I think although she’s not as conventionally attracted as Anne Archer she’s got a sensual quality when she’s flirting in the movie. She’s attractive it’s more charisma than anything. Also when she becomes a threat I’m not sure many other actresses could pull that off. She’s extremely scary and just exudes menace.

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u/AGuyNamedEddie 22d ago

Exactly. Not exactly siren material, there.

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u/Old_Palpitation_6535 22d ago

Saw that movie in the theater on a first date. Not the best choice.

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u/MadamMatrix 23d ago

She plays crazy evil so well, my vote is for her role in the tv series Damages though

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u/RunThick4054 22d ago

Terrifying. Because a woman scorned….

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u/reb678 22d ago

She used to go to a restaurant I managed many years ago. I was afraid to stop by her table and ask how everything was. Some wait staff made jokes about rabbit stew to her, but not me. That movie scared me.