A supervillain must continue to exist.

We must fight intolerance, racism and the far-Right.

All great characters, great icons, in literature are a bit of a riddle, and that's the reason we go back to them over and over.

What is there left once you have lost your manliness?

The beautiful thing is I have sort of grown up. I don't care if I'm highbrow or not anymore.

If you have an extreme character, you need normal characters to contrast them. Sherlock Holmes certainly needed a Dr. Watson. And Pippi Longstocking, who supposedly inspired Lisbeth Salander, needed Tommy and Annika, the normal middle-class neighbors.