Some people were born to play villains: Christopher Lee, Alan Rickman, and Jeremy Irons, for example, are all memorable for their evil turns. A more recent entry to this list, Matt Smith, turned a career as the kookiest iteration of Doctor Who into a string of adversarial roles, from Prince Philip in The Crown to Daemon Targaryen in House of the Dragon to Morbius in Morbius.
At one point, Smith came close to securing the ultimate villain role: a Star Wars baddie. He was rumored to play a villain in The Rise of Skywalker, a rumor Smith later confirmed, but his role was cut before he could even get on set. Now, years later, he’s getting a second chance in the Star Wars universe — and, yes, he’s playing a bad guy.
