Yeah, I think Hollywood kind of missed the boat on that one. He does make a great villain, but there's so more he can do. (He did make a fine Odysseus, and a fine Boromir, too.)

The British certainly picked up on it, though. 15 movie-length episodes of wonderful, heroic, totally hot Sharpe. (Mmmmm... Sharpe.) Plus he's been heroic in lots of other British stuff that Netflix has been sending me: Lady Chatterly, Extremely Dangerous, Bravo Two Zero, etc. Oh, how I love Netflix.