Despite the public’s opinion of him, portrayer Zachary Garred loved how much fans hated his character.

The fans made it really enjoyable for me," he told the outlet.

“I laughed a lot and really got a great experience out of it from them.”

Zachary Garred smirking

And it’s part of the fun.

Because it ceases to become just a job."

If you do that it’s fun, but it really does not have much consequence.

Levi holding Maxie hostage

But if you play it with that sort of duplicitous angle underneath it becomes really infuriating.

People out there know guys like this!

The audience’s opinion of Levi was decidedly negative, but that wasn’t a problem for Garred.

Levi holding Maxie and Lulu hostage