Some evil men in books are just rotten, like Voldemort. Others are ambiguous, like Snape. Malfoy in the books is more just a creep, but in the movies, you not only got *that* to look at, but they left out some of his rottenness.
Truth be known, I am distantly related to the gennemin who played Voldemort. I believe he also played in “The Red Dragon.” Feinnes? They run through my genealogy...
I have a tendency to get twitterpated if the baddie is sufficiently endowed with good looks and charm. I can name some movies that I saw 50 years ago, where I recognized the charm of the bad guy.
Oh, *GASP!* Is THAT why I picked the ne’er-do-well that I did???