I seem to recall in an interview that the writer who included him knew he wasn’t actually a bad guy, but he had bad memories fighting him in the game when he was younger. At least he’s being a nice guy in the movie despite being in the bad guy group.
It always annoyed me that Zangief was in the bad guy group. He’s not a bad guy! In either sense!
Ahem. Red scare.
Yet in spite of that, his characterization is not that of a bad guy. He just likes wrestling bears.
Right, it says more about the writers and producers including him than anything.
I seem to recall in an interview that the writer who included him knew he wasn’t actually a bad guy, but he had bad memories fighting him in the game when he was younger. At least he’s being a nice guy in the movie despite being in the bad guy group.