Why Jon Hamm thinks 'Superman' can be kind of boring?
"I think people can relate to characters making bad decisions, because we've all made them," Hamm told The Hollywood Reporter, noting that he leans toward playing the bad guy in film and TV projects.
"My history of characters isn't exactly the saints; it's more on the sinner side of the equation," he continued. "But Superman can be kind of boring. No offense to the new Superman [David Corenswet], who I hope is a delightful person."
While the Mad Men actor has had turns playing all types of roles throughout his career, some of his most notable performances were as the villain, including Sheriff Roy Tillman in Fargo season five, Buddy in 2017's Baby Driver and tech billionaire Paul Marks in The Morning Show.
Hamm previously said his iconic Mad Men character Don Draper was actually more of a villain. "Jimmy Gandolfini, whom I knew a little bit, had a similar relationship to Tony Soprano, and Bryan Cranston had it with Walter White."
"The character got celebrated for the wrong reasons," the actor explained. "People thought that Don was this paragon of masculinity or whatever. There were so many think-pieces, and you go, 'Wait, he was pretty f****d up.' And I was very happy with how Matt ended the story, but it was also hard," according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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