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kookoo-nut:
celerysticks4life:
showerthoughtsofficial:
Unfamiliar actors in movies seem to make the characters feel more real
I firmly believe that this is because most “popular” actors and actresses aren’t necessarily good at acting. They happen to play one part very well in something that gets popular, then they become desirable and get cast in rolls they don’t suit and aren’t pushed by the directors because their name is enough to sell tickets. I think that truly great actors actually disappear when they’re onscreen, because they become their character and they aren’t relying on their popularity to carry them through.
I think it has more to do with tbe fact famous actors look like… well, themselves. When you see them in movies, all you think about is the person behind the character, and its harder to feel connected to the character theyre supposed to convey. When you see some Hollywood actor (a multi millionaire) play a poor, average person with everyday struggles, its harder for you as a viewer to buy that illusion, no matter how well the performance was.
Im not saying some of those famous actors weren’t poor before, or that their lives are perfect with no struggle or even that they dont suffer from similar issues some of their characters do. But that’s the illusion Hollywood sells, therefore its movies always feel somewhat fake.
I don’t think it’s that they ‘look like themselves’ though. Like….I find it hard to suspend disbelief when I’m watching Simon Pegg or Martin Freeman in films because they don’t tend to change that much of their characters, or themselves. I’m always aware that I am watching an actor doing a thing. But when I watch a film with - for example - Gary Oldman, he is a chameleon. He changes completely. I think it comes down to a certain physicality. When an actor relies on the same facial expressions, the same way of holding themselves and physically acting, it limits the transformation, and that makes it harder to forget that they’re an actor playing a part.
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kookoo-nut:
celerysticks4life:
showerthoughtsofficial:
Unfamiliar actors in movies seem to make the characters feel more real
I firmly believe that this is because most “popular” actors and actresses aren’t necessarily good at acting. They happen to play one part very well in something that gets popular, then they become desirable and get cast in rolls they don’t suit and aren’t pushed by the directors because their name is enough to sell tickets. I think that truly great actors actually disappear when they’re onscreen, because they become their character and they aren’t relying on their popularity to carry them through.
I think it has more to do with tbe fact famous actors look like… well, themselves. When you see them in movies, all you think about is the person behind the character, and its harder to feel connected to the character theyre supposed to convey. When you see some Hollywood actor (a multi millionaire) play a poor, average person with everyday struggles, its harder for you as a viewer to buy that illusion, no matter how well the performance was.
Im not saying some of those famous actors weren’t poor before, or that their lives are perfect with no struggle or even that they dont suffer from similar issues some of their characters do. But that’s the illusion Hollywood sells, therefore its movies always feel somewhat fake.
I don’t think it’s that they ‘look like themselves’ though. Like….I find it hard to suspend disbelief when I’m watching Simon Pegg or Martin Freeman in films because they don’t tend to change that much of their characters, or themselves. I’m always aware that I am watching an actor doing a thing. But when I watch a film with - for example - Gary Oldman, he is a chameleon. He changes completely. I think it comes down to a certain physicality. When an actor relies on the same facial expressions, the same way of holding themselves and physically acting, it limits the transformation, and that makes it harder to forget that they’re an actor playing a part.
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