Line #12 PlayingWith/MeanCharacterNiceActor


1	'''Basic Trope''': The character is mean and nasty, but the actor behind that character is not.
2	* '''Straight''': [[CardCarryingVillain Evil Elliott]] is played by Bob, an [[AllLovingHero all-loving]] actor who happily chats with fans and loves playing in the backyard with his kids.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** GodOfEvil Elliott is a detestable villain, but Bob, who plays him, is so kind, and so liberal a charitable donor, it's almost scary.
5	** {{Jerkass God\|s}} Elliott ends up [[ApocalypseHow destroying the]] [[DownerEnding world,]] but Bob literally saved the world, [[HeroicSacrifice at the cost of his life.]]
6	* '''Downplayed''': {{Fratbro}} Frank is a JerkWithAHeartOfJerk, but his actor Bob, being a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, enjoys chatting with fans and spending time with his family.
7	* '''Justified''':
8	** There's a difference between on-set and real life; just because a character is mean doesn't mean the actor is.
9	** [[ActingForTwo Bob plays a lot of roles in the show]] across the whole mean-nice spectrum… Elliot just happens to be one of the meaner roles.
10	** MonsterFacade
11	* '''Inverted''': NiceCharacterMeanActor
12	* '''Subverted''':
13	** Evil Elliott is played by an actor who is not mean, but also not very sociable.
14	** Evil Elliott's actor ''seems'' nice enough... but when he makes a convention appearance, [[BewareTheNiceOnes he's not actually nice]].
15	* '''Double Subverted''':
16	** But when Bob is with his family and/or close friends, he's very nice.
17	** ...Because he's hamming it up for the fans, who love watching him be a bad guy.
18	** Alternatively, a StrawFan has ticked [[BewareTheNiceOnes him]] off.
19	* '''Parodied''':
20	** [[CompleteMonster Evil Elliott]] rapes the LoveInterest to TheHero and [[PostRapeTaunt brags about it]], but off the set, Bob apologizes to Alice and buys her a nice dinner.
21	** [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Bob]] plays HeroicComedicSociopath characters frequently.
22	* '''Zig Zagged''':
23	** [[BewareTheNiceOnes Sometimes the actor in question is nice, sometimes he's mean.]]
24	** The actor in question is always a good person in real life, but he takes roles ranging from TheCape to CompleteMonster.
25	* '''Averted''':
26	** Evil Elliott is a cartoon character from a silent cartoon.
27	** Evil Elliott is played by an actor who is a complete JerkAss, and may be either [[GoodIsNotNice morally upright despite his antisocial attitude]] or else just plain evil.
28	* '''Enforced''':
29	** The director wanted the betrayal of Elliott to be extra-shocking so he cast [[TypeCasting an actor who was not only typecast for pacifists]] but also an incredibly nice philanthropist.
30	** Bob is kind of a {{Jerkass}} at heart, but he doesn't want to be blacklisted.
31	* '''Lampshaded''': "He may be a villain on the set, but when the cameras are off, he's the nicest person I've ever met!"
32	* '''Invoked''': Hoping to shake his image as a jerk, Bob starts being extra-nice off the set.
33	* '''Exploited''': Bob is a BitchInSheepsClothing who uses his reputation as a MeanCharacterNiceActor to deflect suspicion that he is just as amoral as his character, Evil Elliot.
34	* '''Defied''':
35	** In order to maintain Evil Elliott's BigBad image, the actor [[BecomingTheMask becomes a complete jerk]].
36	** Bob is actually a sweet and sociable guy, but he's also serious {{method act\|ing}}or and the character he's playing is a real asshole.
37	* '''Discussed''':
38	** "In real life, Bob would never act like Evil Elliott. He's just too nice."
39	** "Do you ever notice the people that play the villains are such nice guys?"
40	* '''Conversed''': "It's really unnerving, seeing Bob change from a really nice guy to the monstrous Evil Elliott when he is being filmed. He does do the part well though."
41	* '''Implied''': Bob has just landed the role of the BigBad in Troper Pictures' latest SummerBlockbuster. Everybody at the studio beams at him as he passes by them.
42	* '''Deconstructed''': Elliott's actor finds himself typecast into evil roles, and avoided by fans, who think he's really that bad in real life.
43	* '''Reconstructed''': Evil Elliott is one of the most popular characters in the show (TheHeavy and EvilIsCool, after all), and his true nature shines through at conventions, where fans get to know and love the actual Bob.
44	* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob in real life is nearly identical with Evil Elliot, [[EvenEvilHasStandards except he saves his villainy for the show]].
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