Collocations for villain - noun

movie, pantomime (BrE), screen
He wore a black cloak, like a pantomime villain.
He doesn't fit the standard stereotype of a movie villain.

evil
great
The Queen in ‘Snow White’ is one of film's greatest villains.

real, true
He felt that the insurance companies were the real villains in all this.

cast sb as
She seems to have cast me as the villain in her latest emotional upheaval.

play
He has played villains in most of his movies.

catch (esp. BrE)
The police still haven't caught the villain.

the villain of the piece
He changed his story to make his wife appear the villain of the piece.