a bus on fire, but he ended up dying in the blast. Reception Rob was nominated for "Best Bad Guy" at the 1999 Inside Soap Awards. In October 1999, Merle Brown of the Daily Record branded Rob evil and said "Just when will he get his comeuppance and stop terrorising poor Lucy (Kerrie Taylor)?" What's on TV included Rob in their list of the 50 most evil soap villains of all time. They said "One of Hollyoaks' earliest villains, Rob Hawthorne (Warren De Rosa) got Lucy Benson hooked on drugs and tried to kill her. But he didn't bank on brother Kurt getting in his way..." During a feature on Hollyoaks psychos, E4 remembered Rob and said "Holding Lucy and gang hostage in a disused naval base - you can certainly credit Rob Hawthorne at being original! Not sure the harpoon was quite as effective as Toby's spanner though!" Rachel Tarley of the Metro placed Rob fifth in her list of the top five soap villains. Tarley said "A heroin addict and all-round bad guy, Rob was perhaps not the most original of soap villains, but he certainly knew how to strike fear into the heart of any young female in the Hollyoaks vicinity." Tina Baker, writing for Soaplife, said Rob was gorgeous and looked like an angel, but he behaved like "a demented devil." See also List of soap opera villains References External links Character profile at the Official Hollyoaks website Hollyoaks characters Television characters introduced in 1996 Male characters in television Male villains