Yesterday I showed my 14yo The Edge of Tomorrow. In the scene towards the end where Rita says
Listen to me. Listen to me. Neither one of us is getting out of here. Thank you... for getting me this far. You're a good man, Cage. I wish I had the chance to know you better.
I suddenly realised that from Rita's perspective, she's the hero. Up until the battle of Verdun she relived the same day over and over, then this Cage character shows up and in 24 hours gets her close enough to kill the Omega. He's just a side-kick who fulfilled his purpose and will die like countless other people around her.
I told my son that they could make a sequel from Rita's perspective which had only one day in common with this version.
I didn't think of this when watching the movie the first time. It may be that I gained this perspective from reading Scalzi's Redshirts.
What are other movies which have this kind of dynamic?
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead has a similar theme I wonder if this is more widespread than I realised.
Edit: On second thought this is a stupid question, since "Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story" any well written character should have this perspective. This is what always bugs me about the bad guys' henchmen and which Austin Powers made fun of so brilliantly.