Originally Posted by blackshire

Andy Griffith played a villain (a real-life one, the murderous wealthy landowner John Wallace, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_in_Coweta_County ) in the 1983 made-for-television movie "Murder in Coweta County" (see: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085977/ ). He said afterward in an interview that he took on the role for the challenge as an actor, to see if he could be a convincing villain (he was--almost frighteningly so), but he also said that he didn't find it enjoyable, as he had to become evil in his mind for a time in order to portray John Wallace.