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JokerMany villains in fiction have troubled childhoods, from Batman’s nemesis the Joker to Black Panther’s foe Erik Killmonger. Supposedly, such villains are driven to hurt people because they’ve been hurt in the past. But in DC and Marvel superhero movies, a rough childhood doesn’t always mean that characters become villains. “We know that when you have a hard childhood, there is a risk that you can have more challenges when you’re an adult,” says J…See the Story
For Movie Villains, Is a Bad Childhood to Blame?
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