"It was so much fun to play, that I've now had a taste for it and want to play more villains now"
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The subtext is career-savvy. Perabo came up in an era when leading women were routinely slotted into earnest romantic leads or the competent, principled protagonist. Wanting “more villains” reads as a bid to widen the lane: less ingénue energy, more agency, more texture. Villain roles can also be a quiet rebuttal to typecasting - a way of telling casting directors and audiences that the sweetness or steadiness they associate with her is a choice, not a limitation.
The phrase “had a taste for it” carries a playful danger: once you’ve been allowed to be ruthless, petty, seductive, or morally elastic on screen, it’s hard to go back to being the designated conscience of the plot. In a pop-culture moment increasingly obsessed with antiheroes and complicated women, Perabo’s appetite signals a broader shift: audiences don’t just tolerate female darkness now; they reward it. And actors, understandably, want to live where the best lines are.
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Perabo, Piper. (2026, January 16). It was so much fun to play, that I've now had a taste for it and want to play more villains now. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/it-was-so-much-fun-to-play-that-ive-now-had-a-90537/
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Perabo, Piper. "It was so much fun to play, that I've now had a taste for it and want to play more villains now." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/it-was-so-much-fun-to-play-that-ive-now-had-a-90537/.
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"It was so much fun to play, that I've now had a taste for it and want to play more villains now." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/it-was-so-much-fun-to-play-that-ive-now-had-a-90537/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.




