# Actor targets ‘scarred villain’ screen stereotype

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/actor-targets-scarred-villain-screen-stereotype/
- Published: 2026-10-29T06:36:09+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-29T07:55:24+00:00
- Original publisher: BBC Entertainment (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6qxndy4jldno?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment

## Key points

- Robert Rhodes backs a campaign for more positive screen roles.
- Changing Faces says villain stereotypes can affect real-world attitudes.
- About 4.9 million people in the UK have a visible difference.

## Summary

Actor Robert Rhodes is backing Changing Faces’ campaign for more positive screen roles for people with scars and other visible differences. The charity says portraying visible difference as a sign of villainy can shape real-world attitudes, and is calling on film and television makers to tell more varied stories.

Rhodes, who has appeared in *Silent Witness*, *House of the Dragon* and *The Rapture*, was born with a facial birthmark and has scarring after childhood surgery. Fellow actor Beau Bradfield said people with visible differences should be shown in roles such as heroes, friends and parents. Changing Faces says about 4.9 million people in the UK have a visible difference, and cites research by the University of the West of England indicating that villainous portrayals can worsen perceptions of them.

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