Dr. Pretorius is easily one of 1930s cinema's most shocking characters, which is no small accomplishment.
Still, this isn't the first shocking TV character re-casting to illicit fan rage.
You could be a Bond girl who captured the most shocking literary character.
"The crimes of Kaing Guek Eav were of a particularly shocking and heinous character based on the number of people who were proven to have been killed," the judge said.
One fear is that the 60-minute countdown format will, by pure default, mean a shocking dearth of character development for such good actors – Lennie James, Neve McIntosh, Claire Skinner, the relative newcomer Kimberley Nixon – which must perforce come in the tiny hinterland moments of at-ease banter.
The film does not in any recognisable sense enhance our knowledge of the 1960s Indonesian killings, and its real merits – the curiosity when it comes to uncovering the Indonesian cult of anticommunism capable of masking atrocity, and the good and shocking scenes with characters from the Indonesian elite, still whitewashing the past – are obscured by tasteless devices.
Just when we thought it was curtains for Jodi, her made-for-TV sex-murder-and-T-shirts trial ended with a real cliffhanger Thursday, shocking viewers and characters alike.
The people he interacts with on this bizarre odyssey include former lovers and pretentious nouveaux riches, leading to hints about his life, shocking revelations about his character, and reflections of the superficiality of upper-middle-class suburbia.
SCOTT HELLER FAKE FIGHT THAT FELT MOST REAL The alcohol-fueled fight in Ayad Akhtar's "Disgraced" initially seems like a war of words over politics and culture, but it becomes all the more shocking when the main character, Amir, hits his wife — and then continues beating her.
"It's very shocking — so out of character for everybody that knows her," Chichester told The Times.
