Ruthless Ruler: Van Meenen tries to find humanity in Richard III

Rob van Meenen vaguely remembers the first time he played a villain. It was Grade 3. He wore a black cape and a moustache in the vein of Snidely Whiplash. He remembers doing an evil laugh.
“I’m pretty sure I must have taken a delight in that,” he said.
Since then, the Saskatoon actor has racked up a resume filled with jerks, selfish lovers and characters who are pure evil. In his latest role, van Meenen takes on one of Shakespeare’s iconic villains, Richard III. In terms