Thing That Occurred to Me Today for No Particular Reason:

Seeing an actor who normally plays villains in a hero role is actually much *less* jarring than seeing him/her in a neutral supporting role. With the latter I keep waiting for the character to suddenly turn out to be unexpectedly important to the plot.

This thought brought to you by "OK, so Roger Delgado really is just the hotel manager and not masterminding the kidnapping," and "Henry Daniell is a lawyer, but he's just a solicitor, not a gleefully malicious prosecuting attorney -- what's wrong with this picture?"