Also, I didn’t know much about it going in and I guess I didn’t pay attention to the credits, so I didn’t know that he was in it until he appeared on screen. I loved the surprise, maybe I should make a habit of ignoring opening credits.

I would say that was playing against type, but it feels to me like his Shakespeare career seems to be more associated with villains. Maybe that’s not true, but he played Claudius numerous times, including two films, and his Macbeth movie seems to be one of the better known Shakespeare films these days. He played Shylock in multiple productions as well.