I don’t know that is the case. I think hangout exactly what he wanted which was to have a villain far more charismatic as it works in the scene where Barry is trying to retrieve his tie pin. Audience actually feel rather slimy because we are almost rotting for him and it adds to the tension. If...
Indeed, it’s about as far from out fashioned filmmaking as one can imagine. perhaps Hitch in viewing his “pupils” found himself reinvigorated. It’s certainly reflected with the excellent script except this is truly the one film where the wrong man is the least appealing character in the film.