Andrew Scott has always felt comfortable playing villains – not that he chooses to see them that way, preferring the term “anti-hero”.
A brilliant stage actor, he secured his entry into our living rooms as Sherlock Holmes’s nemesis Moriarty, playing opposite Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman in the BBC’s Sherlock. There were other baddies along the way, including James Bond’s sinister antagonist Max Denbigh in Spectre in 2015.
His witty turn as ’s “hot priest” lifted the shroud of villainy, transforming him into a sex symbol and enabling.
