Sean Bean gave Snowpiercer Season 2 a much-needed charismatic villain

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Bean's Mr. Wilford gave "the series the charismatic, larger-than-life (human) villain it needed to really raise the emotional stakes," says Jennifer Ouellette, adding: "It's Bean's portrayal of Wilford that drives the main narrative engine in S2. He brings just the right mix of sadistic flamboyance and playful cruelty to the character—the proverbial match thrown into what was already a potentially explosive situation."