Because I haven't done one...

in ages, and an interesting topic.

From fannish5...What five characters do you find the most interesting and why?

In no particular order:

Kronos (Highlander: The Series) Leader of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, leather, chains, sexy voice, scar...what's not to love? It could have been so easy to play Kronos as the standard two-dimensional evil guy, but Valentine Pelka brings great depth to this character that made him probably the most memorable "villian" in Highlander. There's a very strained menace about him that I love. The way he taunts Methos and yet dangles the bait to lure the ROG back to his old ways. At the same time, he's still the "angry adolescent," which can be seen in his joy at reuniting the Horsemen. The way his eyes light up when explaining his virus...total sociopath. Love him!

Kerr Avon (Blake's 7) One of the first characters that I became thoroughly absorbed with (despite overacting sometimes by Paul Darrow). Not a bad guy, not a good guy. He started out on B7 as the voice of reason balancing against Blake's ideological enthusiasm which had the potential to get everyone killed. He's a genius and he knows it. One of my favourite scenes comes in Season2...in Star One, when he argues with Blake's plan of throwing the galaxy into chaos (and killing millions probably) just to defeat the Federation. Then in the last 2 seasons (especially S4) how Avon descends steadily into total paranioa. The best scenes are always between him and Vila...in particular in Orbit, when he's hunting down Vila in order to lighten the load on the shuttle their on.

Brick Top Pullman (Snatch) I love all the characters in Snatch...all are wonderful in their own way, with wonderful idiosynchrasis. But Brick Top is just brilliant. He's old, he's ugly, he's got the ugliest glasses ever, he hasn't got one nice bone in his body, he feeds whoever gets in his way to pigs, he abuses dogs. What's not to like? This is one of the few bad guys that is brilliantly played (by Alan Ford) and yet it's impossible to find one redeeming characteristic about him at all. He is nasty, nasty, nasty. As he says himself. "Do you know what nemesis means? A righteous infliction of retribution manifested by an appropriate agent. Personified in this case, by a horrible cunt...me."

Robert Lovelace (Clarissa) The role where I really fell for Sean Bean. I'd seen him in Sharpe just before and quite liked him. Nice hero type of guy. Then I watched Clarissa and what a change! Such a wonderfully obsessive, scheming, manipulative bastard and he almost manages to convince that he might be a decent chap at times.

Attila (Attila (TV movie)) I had a hard time with this, as I could have picked about three Gerard Butler roles to answer this question with, but I picked Attila because not only was that where I first noticed him, but it has led to a fascination in learning about the real Attila. Yes, the movie isn't all that accurate historically, but it's quite amazing at what they did get (kind of) right. So in a way, Attila might be the one I find most interesting, because the interest has moved from fannish and into historical interest.