History AttentionWhore / LiveActionFilms

* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'': Jack Sparrow has a tendency towards this. When Elizabeth complains about him being the worst pirate she ever heard of, he just replies gleefully: 'But you've heard of me'.

* As mentioned in the comics section, The Joker. In Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/Batman1989'', when Vicki Vale asks what The Joker wants, he replies "My face on the one dollar bill" -- not to mention that he explicitly decries the fact Batman is getting '''his''' [Joker's] attention in the press. ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'' has Terry mention in his ReasonYouSuckSpeech that The Joker kept taunting Bruce because he (Joker) wanted to get "a laugh out of the old man." Even the incarnation from ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' isn't totally immune; once he gets a feel of what kind of person Batman is, The Joker makes it his goal to break him and does everything he can to make Batman see Gotham crumble into chaos. His [[TheCameo brief mention to exist]] in the ''Arrowverse'' during the ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' event (which shows a BroadStrokes version of ''Film/SupermanReturns'') has him massacring the whole staff of the ''Daily Planet'' (in an homage to ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'') because the ''Planet'' was not reporting his atrocities enough.

* As mentioned in the comics section, The Joker. In Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/Batman1989'', when Vicki Vale asks what The Joker wants, he replies "My face on the one dollar bill" -- not to mention that he explicitly decries the fact Batman is getting '''his''' [Joker's] attention in the press. ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'' has Terry mention in his ReasonYouSuckSpeech that The Joker kept taunting Bruce because he (Joker) wanted to get "a laugh out of the old man." Even the incarnation from ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' isn't totally immune; once he gets a feel of what kind of person Batman is, The Joker makes it his goal to break him and does everything he can to make Batman see Gotham crumble into chaos.

* ''Film/July22'': After Breivik is arrested, he lies about the possibility of there being other terrorist attacks to make sure the Prime Minister pays attention to him and his cause, he does Nazi salutes in the courtroom to aggravate everyone present, and he initially goes along with his lawyer's suggestion to employ an InsanityDefense purely because he knows it'll piss off the victim's families to know that he could avoid any prison time whatsoever.

* The killer in ''Film/{{Scream 4}}'', [[spoiler:Jill Roberts]], is a particularly noxious example. [[spoiler:Initially presented as a FinalGirl in the vein of her cousin Sidney from [[Film/{{Scream}} the first three films]], it turns out that this is exactly what Jill was counting on. Having watched Sidney become a celebrity as a result of her experiences, Jill sought to do the same by staging a killing spree of her own, murdering her friends and even her own mother as a "remake" of the events of [[Film/{{Scream 1996}} the first film]]. Once it was done, she planned on framing her her accomplice Charlie and her boyfriend Trevor for the killing spree, coming out of it looking like the FinalGirl and claiming Sidney's fame for herself. The worst part is, had she not slipped up afterwards and [[INeverSaidItWasPoison accidentally exposed her plan]] to Gale, [[TheBadGuyWins she would've gotten exactly what she wanted]].]]

* As mentioned in the comics section, The Joker. In Tim Burton's ''Film/{{Batman}}'', when Vicki Vale asks what The Joker wants, he replies "My face on the one dollar bill" -- not to mention that he explicitly decries the fact Batman is getting '''his''' [Joker's] attention in the press. ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'' has Terry mention in his ReasonYouSuckSpeech that The Joker kept taunting Bruce because he (Joker) wanted to get "a laugh out of the old man." Even the incarnation from ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' isn't totally immune; once he gets a feel of what kind of person Batman is, The Joker makes it his goal to break him and does everything he can to make Batman see Gotham crumble into chaos.

* The killer in ''Film/{{Scream 4}}'', [[spoiler:Jill Roberts]], is a particularly noxious example. [[spoiler:Initially presented as a FinalGirl in the vein of her cousin Sidney from [[Franchise/{{Scream}} the first three films]], it turns out that this is exactly what Jill was counting on. Having watched Sidney become a celebrity as a result of her experiences, Jill sought to do the same by staging a killing spree of her own, murdering her friends and even her own mother as a "remake" of the events of [[Film/{{Scream 1996}} the first film]]. Once it was done, she planned on framing her her accomplice Charlie and her boyfriend Trevor for the killing spree, coming out of it looking like the FinalGirl and claiming Sidney's fame for herself. The worst part is, had she not slipped up afterwards and [[INeverSaidItWasPoison accidentally exposed her plan]] to Gale, [[TheBadGuyWins she would've gotten exactly what she wanted]].]]

** As the God of Mischief, [[Characters/MCULoki Loki]] is utterly ''ravenous'' for attention. He prefers it to be positive (e.g. he strongly desires validation and affection from Odin in ''Film/{{Thor}}''), but he'll settle for the negative kind if he feels that he can't have the former. For instance, when he's at his lowest in ''Film/TheAvengers2012'', he thoroughly relishes the fear and submission he inspires from humanity. Tony Stark lampshades this when he labels Loki as a "full-tilt diva." After he supplants Odin as the King of Asgard, Loki commissions a huge statue to be built in his own likeness along with a self-aggrandizing play that exaggerates his heroism on Svartalfheim because he wants to be adored by his subjects. What Loki ''can't'' stand is someone being apathetic towards him (like Thor in ''Film/ThorRagnarok'') or being ignored (such as his [[Film/ThorTheDarkWorld incarceration on Asgard]], where Frigga was his lone visitor).

* Veruca Salt from ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'' is a SpoiledBrat who believes that ItsAllAboutMe, and her need to be paid attention to and obeyed cues her VillainSong "I Want It Now".

* [[Creator/RussellCrowe Sid]] in ''Film/{{Virtuosity}}'' is one hell of a "virtual" attention whore.

* As mentioned in the comics section, The Joker. In Tim Burton's ''Film/{{Batman}}'', when Vicki Vale asks what The Joker wants, he replies "My face on the one dollar bill" -- not to mention that he explicitly decries the fact Batman is getting '''his''' [Joker's] attention in the press. ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'' has Terry mention in his ReasonYouSuckSpeech that The Joker kept taunting Bruce because he (Joker) wanted to get "a laugh out of the old man.". Even the incarnation from ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' isn't totally immune; once he gets a feel of what kind of person Batman is, The Joker makes it his goal to break him and does everything he can to make Batman see Gotham crumble into chaos.
* Tony Stark in ''Film/TheAvengers2012'', good god. He's partly doing it to break the ice (and at one point, to implant a computer virus into SHIELD's network to find out what they're hiding from the Avengers), but he's also clearly reveling in his captive audience in order to show off and crack jokes nonstop.
** Loki also seems to delight in doing this. Tony's not amused when he realises the similarities between them.

* [[RussellCrowe Sid]] in ''Film/{{Virtuosity}}'' is one hell of a "virtual" attention whore.

* The killer in ''Film/{{Scream 4}}'', [[spoiler:Jill Roberts]], is a particularly noxious example. [[spoiler:Initially presented as a FinalGirl in the vein of her cousin Sidney from [[Franchise/{{Scream}} the first three films]], it turns out that this is exactly what Jill was counting on. Having watched Sidney become a celebrity as a result of her experiences, Jill sought to do the same by staging a killing spree of her own, murdering her friends and even her own mother as a "remake" of the events of [[Film/{{Scream 1996}} the first film]]. Once it was done, she planned on framing her her accomplice Charlie and her boyfriend Trevor for the killing spree, coming out of it looking like the FinalGirl. The worst part is, had she not slipped up afterwards and [[INeverSaidItWasPoison accidentally exposed her plan]] to Gale, [[TheBadGuyWins she would've gotten exactly what she wanted]].]]

* Tony Stark in ''Film/TheAvengers'', good god. He's partly doing it to break the ice (and at one point, to implant a computer virus into SHIELD's network to find out what they're hiding from the Avengers), but he's also clearly reveling in his captive audience in order to show off and crack jokes nonstop.

* Veruca Salt from ''WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory''.