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If you ran into Javier Bardem<\/a> in a dark alley, you\u2019d think your number was up. The Spanish actor has played some truly terrifying villains over the years, most notably hired killer and bad haircut enthusiast Anton Chigurh in the Coen brothers\u2019 No Country for Old Men. <\/p>\n If compressed air-wielding psychopaths aren\u2019t for you, then Bardem has always played adversaries in franchises like Pirates of the Caribbean and James Bond, as well as countless other one-offs.<\/p>\n The great irony in all this is that, on the surface, Bardem appears to be a very nice guy in real life. He is a noted pacifist, claiming he was put off violence at a young age after breaking his nose in a nightclub scuffle. He has campaigned for a series of human rights issues, including the under-publicised case of the Sahrawis, an ethnic group native to the Western Sahara. He even narrated the 2012 documentary Sons of the Clouds, which highlighted people living in refugee camps in the region. <\/p>\n You might think that a man like this would enjoy music of a softer nature. Perhaps some light classical guitar, or regional folk music about the plight of certain minorities, or maybe even just some birdsong to help him transcend to a higher plane of being. Well, as it turns out, Bardem\u2019s music taste actually has a lot more in common with the characters he favours. <\/p>\n On an episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the Oscar winner<\/a> was asked about a viral video<\/a> of him rocking out at a Judas Priest concert. \u201cJudas Priest were playing in Madrid,\u201d he recalled, \u201cI would call my friends and they would say, \u2018No, because I have to stay with the kids\u2019 or \u2018No, because I\u2019m studying\u2019. Bye-bye. And I went on my own.\u201d <\/p>\n The organisers of the gig put the well-known star in the middle of the audience, so he\u2019d have a bit of privacy. They also arranged to have a toilet located nearby, because, in Bardem\u2019s own words, \u201cheavy metal people, we also pee\u201d.<\/p>\n