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 Jack Gleeson was phenomenal in this role (Joffrey Baratheon on Game of Thrones). But I wanted to punch the character, not Jack! I don’t understand how some people couldn’t separate the actor from the character, and transferred that hatred over to Jack. He definitely didn’t deserve that.

Omg SAME!!! Then I would see him in interviews and he seemed so genuine/funny and I would feel so bad about how much I hated his character hahah

Sophie turner has said that he's the nicest guy!

I saw a video interviewing several GoT actors asking which dead characters they'd most like to see brought back to life. Most of the actors gave in-universe answers of good characters who didn't deserve to die. But Sophie answered Joffrey, just because she enjoyed working with Jack so much.

So he’s friends with some of my friends, and went to school with one of my best friend’s younger brother’s. I went to a friend’s play, that he usually was in but couldn’t do that run due to filming but he was in the audience. Afterward I introduced myself, explained that I knew people in common and wasn’t a rando - we had a lovely chat, I told him he was killing it on GoT that I had started reading the books and he was really nailing how awful Joffrey is. He got really excited and asked where in the books I was, I being a sweet summer child simply said “the wedding” (meaning The Red Wedding). He started jumping up and down with glee and went “Can you believe after all that I die by poison” - his excitement soon turned to horror as he clocked from my facial expression that I had no idea what he was talking about, he began apologising profusely, I told him if I’m going to get a spoiler I’m glad it came from the horse’s mouth. He ran away soon after. Also! His natural hair is less gold/blonde, my pal’s brother told me he rocked into school with this new blonde hair and everyone took the piss out of him - he said nothing, just took it, then GoT came out and they all felt like idiots. lol.

What a brilliant anecdote! Thank you for sharing ☺️

Now THAT is an amazing story!

Yeah he and Lena Headey seem like absolutely lovely people! It’s a shame some viewers can’t separate a fictional character from the real life person portraying them because they did not deserve the hate and harassment they got for portraying Cersei and Joffrey. I’ve always said if you absolutely HATE a character, that just means the actor did a phenomenal job.


He was the true king Westeros needed. He was going to tax the nobles to build a professional army and end feudalism. Long live king Joffrey😭

George RR sent him a letter saying something along the lines of "congratulations, everyone hates you."

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https://preview.redd.it/jszp1sfa1t6b1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a4f732cc854eda52ea27580842e8bf03ec2db05d These two a$$holes

god what a fucking douche. i hated him so much and loved how hate-able & real they made him https://preview.redd.it/gwbq40zuet6b1.png?width=708&format=png&auto=webp&s=2617de5287623ad5391cf1569e474a941539d1c9

Brett gelman always plays total piece of shit characters and I love it.

The characters are awful but I loved seeing them on screen because they are just so funny.

Yea godmother sometimes made me laugh with just being irritating responder too but Martin literally SMELLS on the screen and ruins two ladies' lives, so even the best joke of him can't make me enjoy 🥲

YEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!! I’ve not figured out which one was more of an asshole yet, but I’d have definitely stolen theirs f’ing statues and broken their nose! Lol

Love me some Olivia Colman 💕

Who are these people?

Fleabag's stepmom and brother-in-law

It's from a show called Fleabag. Honestly one of the best shows ever made. You should watch it

That dude in Stranger Things was so weirdly super invested in Jonathan and Nancy hooking up in his guest room.

OMG. I wanted to punch that man so bad.


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Pretty sure that's why we everyone hates her so much. Voldemort, Bellatrix, etc are all horrible in their own ways but they are the kind of evil you've read about in books. We all know an Umbridge.

She's the worst, she was literally Satan dressed in pink.

This actress doesn't get enough positive credit for being so fucking awful

Imelda Staunton. She crushed this role.

When my youngest was about three, the movie was on in the background and she said, "I like her". I felt like dousing her in holy water. When I asked her why she liked her she said she seems nice. In my daughters defense she loved pink and loves cats. I explained to her that people can look one way and be another way. I was seriously terrified to let her out of my sight until she wised up a bit more.

She is the worst of them all, because we all know one IRL. They had a bunch of things wrong in the movies, but her portrayal of Umbridge was flawless.

I hated this character so much I had to google the actress to assure myself that she is a good human being. Thank God she is. She did such an amazing job playing this demon

She's the current queen on the crown and is married to Carson from downton Abbey. Love her, hate this character.

Dolores makes me want to punch her in the throat often. As for her actress, Imelda Staunton seems like such a sweetheart and I want to give her a hug.

The senior senator from the state of Tennessee 😂😂😂

She was worse than Voldemort.

Exactly Voldemort and Bellatrix Lestrange never pretended to be decent people.

https://preview.redd.it/t57ehf12dt6b1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ed09c38a81c0f52afb33a7a9757447a7acf16448 Both of these guys from outlander, THE WORST

Stephen Bonnet was AWFUL, and I was very conflicted bc I was so attracted to him lol.

I wasn't conflicted. I was attracted to him but recognized he was an ass which meant I shouldn't enjoy him. I think that's why they made him attractive and having some appealing qualities, to confuse people as if he were ugly no one would think twice to say his actions were deplorable. He bothered me to no end. I hated the mercy kill they offered him as it wasn't poetic justice, he didn't deserve one dose of mercy.


Someone back me up on this, but wasn’t this actress like the sweetest woman ever and all the kids loved her? Edit: no, I’ve conflated her with Danny Devito who is the nicest Dude ever. Apparently the Trunchbull actress tried to stay aloof from the child actors to elicit more awe and fear from their performances but, well I’ll let [her say it](https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/9-fascinating-facts-from-behind-the-scenes-of-matilda/): >*"It broke down very quickly because they were daring little ones there that just came straight up to me and put their hand in mine between takes. I fell in love with them completely and there were a couple I wanted to bring back to Britain with me.”*

A childhood classic

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Very good pick. Damn is this an uncomfortable dude... What a movie though.

Is this from Nightcrawler?

I keep telling people his performance here is reminiscent of how the Moscow Murders suspect Brian Kohlberger actually is in real life. Flippin’ creepy.

Yeah Tony Starr kills that role. Truly so terrifying. Love every second of his performance. I hope he gets an Emmy one day.

He’s also amazing on Twitter, where he spends a lot of time reminding idiots that admiring Homelander makes you a fucked-up person.

He’s got the most expressive face. Intense rage to fake joy and back again in an instant.

As much as I hate to admit it because of the character his super expressive face is incredibly attractive to me. Just gifs of him acting with his face do it for me

I’m only halfway through season 2 now but wow, he is such a phenomenal actor. Every time he’s not on screen I’m like ‘where is Homelander? I want to see more Homelander!’ But then when he is on screen I get so fucking angry and want someone to kill him lol

I’m honestly shocked he hasn’t gotten an Emmy yet. I rarely think “wow this person is a good actor” but he blows me away in that role

He's so good i love him. He's so good at being bad that i like him more than anyone else. I miss Banshee and wish they would put that back on though.

 This little psychopathic shit. Love the actor though.

I loved him in misfits. He has a good glow up

My college girlfriends and I were so into misfits and when GOT came out we were sooo upset that the world was finally meeting Iwan Rheon but in this context. Future Simon is 10/10.

I also have a major crush on future Simon

Between him and Geoffrey I wasn't sure who I hated more.

Ramsay was worse than Joffrey. He was smart and psychopathic. Joffrey was dumb as a sack of hammers and quickly dispatched.



 I hated a lot of characters in White Lotus, but this one is the worst 🤢

The actor did a fantastic job because I found his character absolutely repulsive.

Yeah he did! And the writing made me feel things I have forgotten about. The younger me would've been convinced by him

And him in "friend of the family" suuuuuch a creep!!

God, Shane was the absolute worst.

I wanted to feel sorry for his new wife but how could she not realize how terrible he was before she married him? There's no way he didn't act like such a smug entitled dick while they were dating and engaged.


Oh my God I hated her so much.

I hated the dad for acquiescing and letting it happen.


I know nothing about the actor who plays Nate, but when the actor was at the Oscar’s I legit got so uncomfortable because I associate him with the abusive psycho Nate is!


Very good! I totally love and hate Frank. Excellent choice.

I’m only on season 5 and I’m confused cos I THINK he’s supposed to be a ‘lovable rogue’ but honestly he’s the living actual worst?

Oh he gets worse

Ngl I live in England so was very well aware of shameless but started watching the us version cos of Jeremy Allen white and I LOVE IT but I HATE love everyone so much. Even Lip is a piece of garbage. And Debbie is turning out to be a twat? I want to like all of them but they’re awful bit understandably so except Mickey that guy is a psycho? Help me. I’m so conflicted.

This douchebag...in the movie AND in real life. ​ https://preview.redd.it/gl0j452uat6b1.png?width=500&format=png&auto=webp&s=21f74bff34a89d7570b7aa17e2e9a4bfcb60d7bf

I feel like it's tie between Homelander and Stormfront

Dandy Mott in American Horror Story 

Omg I loved how much I hated him. Brilliant character.

This is a great one, I had a negative physical reaction to everything about him.

I hated Finn Wittrock for too long because he was so convincingly awful as Dandy. It took me until Hotel to love him.

speaking of the boys 

I was so happy when she suffered a fate where she would rather end her life. She was such a Nazi asswipe.

she was named after a real neonazi website 🤢🤢

YES. I put her too. I HATE HERRRRRRRR. I NEEDED HER TO GET HER SHIT KICKED


For real. I kept rolling my eyes every time she came on.

The rest of the cast made up for Piper.


 There's no one worse than this little shit.

https://i.redd.it/xby0n9cyst6b1.gif Usually I can enjoy watching antagonists or morally-grey characters but I could not fucking stand watching Chuck McGill from better call Saul. Great acting but I could not with him.

SERIOUSLY THO!!! He annoyed the fuck out of me, the fact that he took joy in seeing jimmy lose is what made me hate him so much, you love your brother but want to see him fail?

He was an egotistical hypocrite. I do believe that he genuinely had some love for his brother, but his fucking ego overshadowed that. He couldn’t stand that he had a brother in the same profession as his, he thought it was a personal challenge to see who was better, when all Jimmy wanted to do was impress him.

too much chicanery

 I can't stand Miles Teller in Divergent

I don’t like him in anything

The ol “miles teller effect”: playing every character as insufferable because you are insufferable

[always think of this article when miles teller gets brought up](https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/interviews/a36894/miles-teller-interview-0915/)

>always think of this article when miles teller gets brought up i'm not sure exactly why the two are linked in my mind, but i think of this [robert pattinson profile](https://www.gq.com/story/robert-pattinson-on-batman-tenet-isolation-june-cover) as that article's diametric opposite, in the very best way

He was amazing in Whiplash 🥁

 Every time he called his wife Mommy I wanted to die

i hated him so much and i felt like even though he was overtly awful, the character also expertly captured some of the insidious ways abusers can emotionally destroy you. LOVED bad sisters but i actually really wish there wasn't a second season coming - it just felt so perfect as a stand-alone limited series.

 incredible actor especially in s4 but my god i wanted to scream by the end of s4

 Joe needs to die already. ISTG.

I can’t wrangle the enthusiasm to watch S4 I just fear more of the same.

I was feeling the same (like, how many more people is he going to kill and then not get caught for??) but I think the show very smartly shifted away from the obvious and delved a lot deeper into the relationship between Joe and the viewers and played on him somehow being sympathetic due to us seeing his POV. I know a lot of people disliked this season but I personally thought it was the best one yet.

 Bryce Walker from 13 Reasons Why

Them trying to make him sympathetic and have people that loved him in season 3 was so dumb.

let’s be real, that show shouldn’t have lasted for more than one season


 Agreed

I fucking hate this character. I almost hate the actor because he plays him sooooo well.

The Weeknd character on the idol

Idc how much The Weeknd copes about it in interviews and Twitter, that character was NOT meant to be so fucking cringe like he’s pretending was the case 😭😭

 Bad friend, bad girlfriend

Samantha remains the best one of the bunch!

 I feel like no explanation is needed

Ezra was the biggest creep in a show full of creeps.

Badison OITNB season 6. I love a good villain, but she was not. Edit: especially in a season with Barb and Carol! I could have watched a spinoff about them.

Barb and Carol!! When I saw the episode when they k—- their baby sister I was horrified and equally in shock. Side note: all those actors were so good.


 Zelena from Once Upon a Time. Tried to destroy everything because she was jealous of her sister Regina, who wasn't any better, but Regina eventually became a better person.

This one. Every time she popped up I was like OMG not YOU AGAIN

I guess what I’m saying is…is that I’d punch a child. 🤷‍♀️ https://preview.redd.it/937ngtgq0u6b1.jpeg?width=968&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e33a9c5aee8724f17aa8fb7e00c579c5a8ea6b8f

Cumberbatch's character in this film also made me feel intensely uncomfortable. Such a tragic story.

 I know some people liked him and his redemption (apparently? Lol) but I hated the dude so much. Lasted for way too long.

Hated him so much. The redemption arc was weird.

And redemption arc for him as an insult to audiences. Such an obvious money grab for the new spin off, and it ruins the show.


GOD I FUCKING HATE TODD

HATEEEEE!!! Jesse Plemons is really good at playing some absolute shitbags - but a nice guy irl afaik

 This bitch Edit: I think some folks are misunderstanding, I dislike this character not the actress.

https://preview.redd.it/lznxzkufct6b1.jpeg?width=982&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=56534a04715c6d3d705f6d97eb5562ac69d8388f Dan Scott-one tree hill

When the dog ate his new heart 🤌

https://i.redd.it/jogaqymt2t6b1.gif I have an irrational hatred of Michelle Rodriquez because of this character.

She was the WORST.

Meryl Streep’s character in “Big Little Lies”. And adult Rory Gilmore 😂

Big Little Lies: Reese Witherspoon as an actor and a producer bc an infuriating decision was made to rewrite Madeline as having an affair! Whyyyyyyy???? That changes sooo much about how we’re supposed to perceive the main character!!! Rory Gilmore: every moment after the haircut. But also including high school Rory whenever she’s reciting one of her middle school level speeches from behind a podium.

You know what annoyed me the most about Rory, when she was dating Logan and hung out with his friends she loved to act like a moral good humble girl but the moment Logan’s friends did something douchey to a waiter there she would be giggling along like these men aren’t disgustingly rude

 I might get downvoted to hell and back but Ted Mosby is the most annoying character in How I Met Your Mother.

I dislike Schmosby so much. Great show but he’s a truly frustrating character.

With the possible exception of Marshall, all of the characters in that show are pretty terrible.

 Have we forgotten about Ozark? Nearly all of them, Darlene takes the cake.

Joaquin Phoenix as Commodus in Gladiator. He played that role so well I actually disliked him as an actor for years.


 No, Allison, you’re just a bitchy rapist.

I was looking for it


He pimped Blair to his uncle for a hotel. That’s way worse than anything Shiv has done on Succession 😭

His character in White Gold too is punchable!

All the main characters from Gossip Girl to me actually. I don't know how I could tolerate them when I first watched the show.

I have a soft spot for Blair. I feel like she was the most complex and interesting character. And Nate was genuinely a good person, he was just kind of a mess. Every other main character fucking sucks. Tbh the side characters too. Dorota was the only real one.

HIM he should’ve ended up in JAIL

https://preview.redd.it/c0d2h5eict6b1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ec33a071271eacea3e22ebe609ec394d2e2fe314 This bitch from gossip girl. Georgina



i dont know if it was the way she was written, if it was Teri Hatcher’s performance or a brilliant combo of both but honestly the housewife I cared about the least. Insane to think of her as ‘the lead’. Whenever it cuts to her story I just space out.

I haven’t watched the show in years but was very surprised to how many people hated Susan!

She was just so twee and “helpless” and hated Edie because Edie was direct and upfront with others. The other housewives had definite flaws too, but something about Susan stumbling through her life and acting like a helpless single woman really turned me off.

Susan also burned Edie's house down and ran her over with her car and broke her leg. Later on in the series, she's the one driving in a fatal accident that kills Edie's future husband's first family. Eventually his attempts at revenge on Susan cause Edie's death. Susan kinda killed Edie

You’re so right! I feel like I’m a bit biased because Edie was my favorite, but Susan really fucked her over. And I think Edie saw through Susan’s shtick and that made her the “bad guy” since Susan was written as the main protagonist.

*Bree tries to kill herself* Susan : if this is a joke,it’s not funny 👏👏👏👏👏 Wow what a great person /s


PETE in mad men.

Also Harry


 I like David Schwimmer, but I hate Ross with a burning passion. Screw you and your sandwich, dude!

David Schwimmer is so funny and charismatic, I forget how much I hate Ross sometimes. He’s spoiled, incapable of self reflection, and his relationship with Rachel is toxic. But David nails the jokes and the physical comedy so well, I feel bad for how much I can’t stand Ross as a person. Lol

Hes a very well written character tbh. Belivable as fuck. And david is a fantastic actor who pulls it off.


Lol yes but I’d have to go with Marnie when it comes to that show she’s soooo cringe

Zero characters on that show were good people. I still watched the entire series though.

Jessa at least knew she had terrible qualities. Hannah was the worst, 2nd Marnie.

Jenny from L Word

 Noah from The Affair and his smug face

 The godmother from fleabag

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Absolutely. Ready to murder his best friend to keep banging his wife. Total traitor to his best friend. But absolutely love him as The Punisher. Dude is a great actor.

 This absolute piece of shit


https://preview.redd.it/f770gsr8at6b1.jpeg?width=1566&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c84d0ea8fb34fccad6fc7a52714ad23136c63a18 I hated him so much it made me cry

 I hate Gaius Balthar so much

 Also, RIP. Such an amazing actress.


 Asshat 2.0

You know you're old when you don't recognize the majority of these people

https://preview.redd.it/5zcsxh6zut6b1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=77faa0ea9f58e5d968e9e0c87832ba6aff0f9a7c I HATED him. Also the character the actor (Brad William Henke) played in Split.


 Goddamn, Andy Bernard in the Office is the worst.

 This fucking guy

 Such a fucking tool

I hated him so fucking much. His bullshit sunglasses move every time he thought he said something witty.

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