In Reply to: There are two schools of acting... posted by mkuller on February 23, 2009 at 09:29:58:
think actors with incredibly strong persona, like Penn, don't do well when they attempt roles very different from what you know is their personality. We tend to see the artifice and think, "Wow, that must have been very hard!"
With good character actors, we are only aware of the character.
Streep is another example.
I think Penn and Streep should just stick to what obviously are their larger-than-life personalities.
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- The Rourke of "Body Heat," or, "9 1/2 Weeks," is very different. Personally, I - tinear 16:38:34 02/23/09 (1)
- "9 1/2 Weeks" was 22 years ago... - mkuller 21:27:57 02/23/09 (0)