Post by Edith S. Baker on Aug 18, 2006 13:23:28 GMT -4
henryrocks said:
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Ahem. Aside from that... I should stop being surprised at how good his acting is. But it's fun getting chills
The only thing I would say is - have any of you seen him cry actual tears in his work? I've seen a few "crying" scenes of his, now, and doesn't look like he does. Not that I'd knock him for it - crying on cue looks, and purportedly is incredibly hard to do (which I guess is why those who CAN do it are so lauded.... and so quickly lined up for oscar noms
)I don't know... I remember reading comments about Alexis Bledel's acting on TwoP's Gilmore Girls forum - people were kind of making fun of her unsuccessful, almost painful-looking attempts to produce tears in crying scenes. They mentioned some interview with Alexis and her "Traveling Pants" costar America Ferrera, who began talking about how she hates actors who do crying scenes and never actually cry, just pretend to, and Alexis is supposedly sitting next to her with this frozen, funny smile.
It just seems unfair to me - for whatever reason, some actors can, and others don't - they probably could, but the fact that they don't, can't, or simply don't THINK they can says nothing about their acting ability. (Their emotional openess, maybe...)
Sorry to hop on a soapbox/bunny trail for a moment, but I've always found the topic interesting.
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Crying on cue is difficult, especially for guys. You show that you are vulnerable, and it drains you emotionally. Many of us spent a lifetime not to show tears in public, and there you are in front of 20-30 crew members and who knows how many other gawkers, and you are being emotionally drained. It's hard.
