The star of The Phantom of the Opera, most famously played by Michael Crawford (original cast) and Gerard Butler (
2004 movie). The Phantom lives beneath the opera house, and tries to win
Christine's love after hearing her sing as an understudy. He has faced a world of hatred and everyone thinks of him as nothing more than a
cold-blooded murderer. Behind his murders, he is just an emotionally insecure man who had been outcast from society because of a facial defect when he was born, which he covers with the classic half-face mask. Truly, behind the mask, there is a beautiful man and a genius in
music, art, and magic, whom most outcasts can relate to.