Just wondering
Apr. 20th, 2011 07:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
andurilDisclaimer: This post is the result of reading a discussion in D-A, and other places.
Is it viewers' responsibility to forget about an actor's previous role?
Because you see, so far, I always thought it's the actor's responsibility to change themselves in order to inhibits the role. When they do so, the viewers will automatically forget about his previous roles. And that's a mark of a good actor.
Say...
-Cillian Murphy in Sunshine and Cillian Murphy in 28 Days Later are two different characters. They talked differently, they stood differently and not once, you thought you're seeing Jim in a spaceship. Both films have the same director.
- Takeru in BECK and Q10. He plays a high school student in both. Koyuki is a weak boy who discovers his love for music, while Heita doesn't really care, but he's also discovering about love through his encounter with a robot. Not once, I see Heita in BECK, or Koyuki in Q10.
- Even Masha, in what seems to be the most surprise casting ever in a taiga drama (seriously, the whuuuuuttt???? reaction is still around), has managed to show how Ryoma is different from Yukawa-sensei. Not once, has people ever accused him of acting like Yukawa in Ryomaden. That's probably because his accent is different, his walk is different and even his voice is different (Ryoma is more hoarse).
The script and the directing may contributes to this. However, it is the actor the viewers ultimately see. They are the first person to get praise when a project is successful. But they are also the first person to get the blame if it fails. It's a tough job.
Is it viewers' responsibility to forget about an actor's previous role?
Because you see, so far, I always thought it's the actor's responsibility to change themselves in order to inhibits the role. When they do so, the viewers will automatically forget about his previous roles. And that's a mark of a good actor.
Say...
-Cillian Murphy in Sunshine and Cillian Murphy in 28 Days Later are two different characters. They talked differently, they stood differently and not once, you thought you're seeing Jim in a spaceship. Both films have the same director.
- Takeru in BECK and Q10. He plays a high school student in both. Koyuki is a weak boy who discovers his love for music, while Heita doesn't really care, but he's also discovering about love through his encounter with a robot. Not once, I see Heita in BECK, or Koyuki in Q10.
- Even Masha, in what seems to be the most surprise casting ever in a taiga drama (seriously, the whuuuuuttt???? reaction is still around), has managed to show how Ryoma is different from Yukawa-sensei. Not once, has people ever accused him of acting like Yukawa in Ryomaden. That's probably because his accent is different, his walk is different and even his voice is different (Ryoma is more hoarse).
The script and the directing may contributes to this. However, it is the actor the viewers ultimately see. They are the first person to get praise when a project is successful. But they are also the first person to get the blame if it fails. It's a tough job.