Scar from The Lion King
I stated early on in this article that Disney does not fuck around when it comes to its villains. Well, you know who doesn’t fuck around when it comes to playing one? Jeremy Irons. That dude just has one of those “colder than ice” airs about him, and you could see by his rendition of Scar that he carried that with him using only his voice. While I have already mentioned the uncle that molested you, this is the uncle that kills your Dad. Now that I type those two sentences side-by-side, I am not even sure which one is worse. But I digress.
Seriously, this dude drops his brother to his death to gain control of the Pride Lands. That is some Shakespeare shit right there, but with talking, animated lions. Also, let it be known that Scar sings a song and is STILL scary as hell. Disney helped me realize that anyone I loved could die at any time, and at the hands of someone else I knew and loved.
Thanks for that, Disney. I really needed to learn that at age six, right?