>>100248886Sure, he's an insignificant character.
But if he's to be made the central villain in a summer blockbuster then perhaps they should have banked on the characterisation that made him work at all.
And as the OP post passively alludes to, there's something about the core character that doesn't lend itself well to a moderately cute girl.
Personally my own head canon would have leaned towards a pasty weirdo like Steve Buscemi, tell me how that wouldn't be a hundred times better?