Withnail

Vivian Withnail, also known as Ponce and Withnail, is one of the titular main characters from the Withnail and I series.
== Charactah Account ==
Withnail is an unemployed (and largely unemployable) actor by profession and a flamboyant alcholic by choice. He was born into money, but lives in squalor due to his family's disapproval of his vocation and his own inability to land a job.
Withnail is an incredibly flamboyant, abrasive, rude, pretentious snob with immensely eccentric and bizarre mannerisms and a very over the top outlook on life. Although he is very arrogant about his talents it's shown that it's not exactly misplaced as he is proved to have excellent acting skills. Withnail although classically trained and educated also appears to be lacking in common sense and often doesn't think through his actions leading to regular disastrous results, he also is quite cowardly and will back out of a fight almost immediately if intimidated enough.
In spite of his bad qualities, Withnail does have some good in him and does genuinely like Marwood deep down and holds their friendship in high regard to the point of being completely heartbroken when the two finally have to part ways after Marwood gets the lead role in a play, he is also quite protective of him shown through his initial outrage at a man calling him a ponce in a pub. Ultimately he is a very depressed and lonely figure who tries to cope with his negative feelings through hard drinking and taking drugs to indulge in hedonism perhaps as way to deny himself from the truth that ultimately he knows deep down his career will never amount to anything thanks in part to his personality.
== Appearance ==
=== Movies ===
* Withnail and I
== Trivia ==
* Withnail was Richard E. Grant's breakout role.
* Withnail's portrayal as an alcoholic is ironic, given that in real life Grant has a severe alcohol intolerance and had never even been drunk before being cast in the film. The film's director and screenwriter, Bruce Robinson, told him to drink a bottle of champagne and half a bottle of vodka so he could experience drunkenness at least once before shooting the movie.
* In the film's original ending, Withnail was to have committed suicide by shooting himself in the mouth.
* Withnail was loosely based on and named after Bruce Robinson's former flatmate Vivian MacKerrell, who eventually died of throat cancer.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Withnail at Villains Wiki
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