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Tony Goldwyn

posted 7 years ago by marialucia1985
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Anyone wish his character Carl Bruner wasn't a villain???

Tony was and still is gorgeous and I thought he and Demi had good chemistry.

I personally would've liked the plot to play out like it was just a regular mugging with intentional/unintentional murder.

And Sam's character seeking revenge, whilst protecting Mollie and Carl from the murderous Willie, with Oda Mae's help.

I liked the "Carl" character and thought he was a pretty nice guy and believable friend before he turned treacherous!

I would've liked him to stay that way throughout the whole film, also protecting Mollie.

It would've been a nice touch in the end, to have the 3 of them saying goodbye to Sam - with Sam giving Carl and Mollie his blessing to pursue a relationship. Having seen them develop romantic feelings for each other because they were both left behind to grieve Sam together. Also that way, neither of them would be alone.

I like the movie very much but would definitely have preferred Carl to not be the bad guy.

[–] Paisleyk 7 years ago

^Watched this today for the billionth time and again swooning over Tony Goldwyn! He just can't be a villainous dork. Too hot!

You never know when you may have to jam

[–] marialucia1985 7 years ago

Totally agree! Lol 

[–] XGothicLoveX 7 years ago

I've met Tony in real life and he's a nice guy too

[–] Para_Freako_1990 7 years ago

Tony's the hottest villain ever. He can kill me anytime. ;)

Hahahaha.

[–] Washingtonnative (2613) 5 years ago

Crazy! Murderers have no particular look.

[–] andreaahr (2332) 4 years ago

That would have been nice if Carl remained a good guy and it was Willie that they were after. I loved Carl and Sam's friendship; so sad that Carl turned out to be a villain.... :(

[–] TMC-4 (19410) 4 years ago

'Ghost' at 30: Star Tony Goldwyn says he was 'shocked and stunned by how much people hated my character' (exclusive)

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/ghost-30th-anniversary-tony-goldwyn-interview-175736042.html

[–] StrongRex (1286) 4 years ago

I don't think having Carl not be the villain would have worked. There's foreshadowing and subtle signs that Carl gives off even before Sam is murdered. Plus, I think having a storyline about your best friend betraying you works for a story like Ghost, especially since Sam finds this out in a way he never would have if he had been alive.

[–] Heisenberg (6313) 2 years ago

Fuck this noise.
So, goodlooking=good?
I wish Willy turned out to be the hero.

Not only that, I say that he's hotter than Carl.

[–] Drooch (5333) a year ago

Goldwyn portrayed one of the great movie villains with Carl. He goes from a likeable, funny guy to an oily scumbag who makes your skin crawl whenever he’s onscreen.

The way he’s cowardly and nervous as he does his evil deeds just makes him slimier. Sam nails it with ‘you snake’.

I love the foreshadowing of his greed early on. Molly says ‘Carl you’re obsessed’ when he talks about money at the start, and he’s clearly envious of whoever owns that red Ferrari outside the office. On rewatch you notice that he’s trying to find out where to have Sam mugged when he asks if they want to do something this evening, and look at the slimy fucker trying to smuggle the shoebox with Sam’s wallet out after he has died. Eww!

My only issue is that the film plays as if Carl wanted Sam murdered, and as a kid I thought that was the case, but now I see that he just wanted Sam mugged and his wallet stolen. Still an awful thing to do to a friend but not quite the Machiavellian sin I mistook it for.

The film does a good job of re-villainising Carl though when he starts making moves on Molly with his fake coffee spill trick 🤢🤢🤢