Roy Stalin (played by Aaron Dozier in Better Off Dead)
The cocky blond guy in an ’80s movie is the too handsome, too perfect preppie, jock, bully or fighter pilot who offers himself up as a seemingly unbeatable rival for the protagonist.
The quintessential cocky blond guy in an ’80s movie may be Roy Stalin, the ski-team captain in the 1985 masterpiece Better of Dead who is introduced skiing the deadly K12, then smoothly stealing Beth (Amanda Wyss), the girlfriend of Lane Meyer (John Cusack).
You know Stalin is going to be a great villain from his name alone, but Aaron Dozier nails every single line, especially his opener to Beth: “You’ll make a fine little helper — what’s your name?”
He’s also as good at insults as he is at skiing, which almost makes you root for him. And he’s just the first cocky blond guy on this list to appear in a movie written and directed by the great “Savage” Steve Holland.
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