Talk:Yuuya Mochizuki/@comment-6052796-20140708123715/@comment-397235-20140715002228

I dunno though, Chibiki's also crotchety and unpersonable, and Eccleston is fantastic at that.

Plus, there's the whole stealth act of casting an actor who is almost always a villain in what ends up being a heroic role.

Look at Urban Legend (or rather, don't, because it's not very good): they cast Robert Englund as the creepy college professor, convince you he's the killer, and then turn things on their head and show he's just as much a victim as everyone else.