I'll admit, the producers could have gone a different way (say, more like the first Xfilm)with Sabertooth, but I've always seen him as a redneck version of Hannibal Lecter. He's extremely smart (not the same as 'educated') and he knows how to mess with your head before he kills you just for laughs. Liev Schreiber has the right voice for Creed and I think he can pull off the personality pretty well. Just don't go in there expecting Tyler Mane (I still don't like his casting). I just hope they don't screw up Deadpool and Gambit.