#an actor who acts!!!!

[wilwheaton]

Q: Why hasn't the SAG-AFTRA strike been resolved?

A:

#yep that's right it's because of four greedy billionaires #four greedy billionaires who have publicly stated their goal is to starve us out of our homes and make us lose our health insurance #four greedy billionaires who spend more on shoes than most actors make in a year #this is why we need to break up the entertainment monopolies #bring on usa vs paramount act 2 #union strong #sagafta

[marisatomay]

i’m so sick of writers who proudly proclaim that they don’t read and directors and actors and other filmmakers who smugly say that they rarely watch movies or any artist who acts like an audience is stupid for connecting with their work like what the fuck is wrong with you that you hold such contempt such derision for the art that you have chosen to make the art that so many people dream of the opportunity to make the art that brings meaning and connection to people’s lives it’s unbelievably disrespectful to both your audience and the art-form and if you can’t muster basic respect for either your art-form or your audience then kindly fuck off and do something else

#i hate how rare it is to have an actor be like ‘yeah i just really love movies and going to the movies it’s the best i love what i do’ #to the point where when an actor or director IS like that people are like ‘wow what a freak…they’re faking it for attention’ like!! no!! #that’s what it’s SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE!! you WANT creators who are obsessed with their medium!!! #and what gets me about the people who don’t feel that way is the clear Pride they feel like they’re Better for not caring #that uk ya author adapting the odyssey and admitting that they’ve never read the odyssey or the iliad #that writer on twitter saying that telling writers to read is ableist #the russo brothers saying that the theatrical experience is elitist and auteurism should bow to the disney/netflix model #christain bale and any number of other actors who proudly announce that they don’t watch movies #sam levinson who talks about tv like it’s a long movie because he can’t hack it as a filmmaker like his dad but he doesn’t actually LIKE tv #like i get not wanting to consume your own work after it’s released unless it’s for research or self reflection purposes #but you do not exist or create in a vacuum and it’s SO disrespectful and arrogant to act like you do

[warlenys]

hugh laurie purposefully gay acting and rsl completely obliviously gay acting is why they’re such a good holmes and watson

#the stars aligned when they cast hugh and rsl #the universe gifted house md two incredible gay actors who mirrored holmes and watson in their gay acting styles so beautifully lmao #house md #hilson #+

[turtleblogatlast]

I think a lot about Leo’s tendency to push his way into the spotlight despite clearly being a natural in the shadows. Hell, you could argue that his worst moments are when he’s forcing himself onstage, and his best are when he does things no one notices until it’s already been done.

#rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt leo #rottmnt headcanons #rise leo #His aptitude with subterfuge sleight of hand stealth and speed really push how being a ninja really comes naturally to him. #it’s arguable that his desperation for the spotlight and validation is an act of subterfuge against himself #note that when he’s offered a job as a mascot he’s fine being unknown #when he and splinter win the battle nexus Leo immediately says ‘they love YOU pops’ #idk I think so much about how good a ninja Leo is #and how much his persona is more an actor #Leo as a tot is shown a natural skill at katana too so hear me out- #every Leo is a natural ninja but every Leo’s route in life is directly tied to their splinter so #since rise splinter is an actor Leo too aims for it #and he brings it into his whole life - masking always because a Leo makes what they do who they are #I think that Leo naturally falls more in line with that of a typical ninja #his eccentric performer self is his subterfuge skill just set to an 11 at all times #not that that’s NOT him - like I said it’s still undoubtedly a part of Leo #but? idk I think about little moments like Leo being the only one to choose stealth in bug busters #or Leo being the only one to almost get Gus’s dog tags in The Ninja Art of Hide and Seek (he was so close but luck was against him alas) #like- he’s clearly in his element there and he falls into those skills so easily #it’s like how everyone has skills in so many things but some exceed more in some than others do #like Raph? Raph’s the biggest Hero of the bunch of them let’s be perfectly real here. Raph is THE Hero #All the boys are smart in their own rights but Donnie is THE Genius. #and they all have mystic powers but Mikey is THE Mystic Warrior with immense untapped potential #likewise Leo I feel is THE Ninja #but yeah I love how much Leo goes for the spotlight anyway for better or for worse #he IS a performer again make no mistake! but again the way he does it still lines up with his natural ninja aptitude and I love it #Leo loving magic tricks and magicians so much works doubly well here because like #you’d think he’s focused solely on the performance flair - no it’s ALSO and ESPECIALLY the DECEPTION

[heyitsspaceace]

rent was due. they had a dollar between them. heating gone. they did what they had too

#the homoeroticism of it all #sometimes a couple are two genderfluid beings of space and time who try to kill each other on multiple occasions #twissy and spydoc got such nice photos but tensimm is over in the trenches of early 2000's quality #me when actors ACT #when is it my turn #doctor who #dr who #dw #the doctor #tenth doctor #10th doctor #12th doctor #twelfth doctor #13th doctor #thirteenth doctor #missy #missy doctor who #missy!master #the master #the master x the doctor #master x doctor #the doctor x the master #doctor x master #thoschei #spydoc #tensimm #twissy #dhawan!master #gomez!master #simm!master

[one-time-i-dreamt]

My school put on a Doctor Who play. All of the actors were students except for the Doctor, who was actually Matt Smith. I hid backstage with my instrument as per usual and he aggressively winked at me.

#dream #doctor who #school #play #school play #student #actor #acting #the doctor #matt smith

[theabigailthorn]

If you had an employee who was perfectly civil and did all their work but just didn't want to be your friend what would you do?

I actually had a similar situation a while ago, not with an employee but a colleague! I was on a show with an actress who was really, really cold to me - to the point that some of the crew even commented on it like, "I can't believe I've just seen her do that, she's never this rude to anyone else!" After one incident I asked her whether I had done something to upset her and she denied it in a very odd, stiff way, so I was scratching my head a bit.

I reflected on my own behaviour and eventually I hypothesised (never found out if this was true, so it might all be in my head) that I might be accidentally activating her insecurities for a cluster of reasons, some of which weren't within my control but some of which arguably were. For example, I was pretty sure my being trans was part of it and that definitely indicated some shit she needed to work through! But I'd also been talking excitedly about my upcoming work on another show, which might have come across as bragging; I like to share my excitement, and I'm learning that some people take it as boasting when I don't mean it to be. I'd assumed she'd share my excitement because in my eyes she's much more successful than me, but you never know how people view their own careers - she might not have had anything lined up after that project and could have been really anxious about her career even though from the outside it looked good to me! (I also found out much later she'd been going through some difficult personal stuff during the shoot, so maybe she wasn't at her best - it happens!)

So having done that reflection I considered taking it to the producers but then I was like, "Y'know what? I've only got 2 weeks left on this thing, I don't have to see her much, let's just get through it." I finished the shoot with no more incidents, gave her plenty of space whenever we had to be together, and then afterwards I chatted to my agent about it too and we agreed yeah, not worth picking a fight over :)

Not sure if I'll ever run into her again but I'd be happy to start afresh if we ever did! We all have bad months sometimes <3

#no I won't tell you who it was #acting #actor #just trying to be maximally compassionate y'know

[armoralor]

Emily Swallow’s face when d*nbo shippers in the crowd started yelling at Katee Sackhoff for saying Bo-Katan Kryze and Din Djarin have "no romantic undertones:"

Please don’t harass actors. Katee has been humoring inappropriate questions about a fictional romance for MONTHS. She has made jokes and played along to diffused awkward fan situations; ship what you want online but please don't bother actors with it (image from a different angle of this panel).

#Katee joking about having a good rapport with Brendan Wayne on set while filming does not give you the right to tell the professional actor #who has been playing this character for a decade that *they* are wrong in how they interpreted the scene THEY ACTED IN JFC #no means no. move on. you don't need the actor's blessing to ship something. go have fun by yourself and stop trying to get actors to agree #with you headcanons. if actors choose to talk about it or take part in fandom shipping discourse themselves- great. but DO NOT harrass them #for the answers you want and get mad when they disagree with you. fucking wild. #din djarin #bo-katan kryze #bo katan kryze #the armorer #the mandalorian

[earlgodwin]

“I’ve kind of got a track record of playing quite nasty people. I’ve never sort of seen them as bad people. I’ve always seen them as people trying to reach objectives and sometimes having to do less than savoury acts in order to do it. I think they're more complicated. What's great fun is convincing people to fall in love with you when you're committing atrocities. And they always just have more fun and they do ridiculous things." — DAVID OAKES

#see this is why david oakes is my favorite actor ever bc he's basically not just playing “villains” but also sympathetic ones #or ones who are willing to commit heinous acts to seek validation from loved ones....he's everything to me #david oakes #the borgias #juan borgia #earl godwin #vikings valhalla #george plantagenet #the white queen #perioddramaedit #tvfilmsource #cinemapix #tvarchive #tvseriessource #tuseraixa #userzaynab #userlenna #davinciae #dilfgifs #by jen

[celluloidbroomcloset]

Exceptional emotive work by Rhys Darby. You can see the emotions shift. The excitement (and the fun, because Stede does like doing this) of the escape moving towards the memory of where he is and where Ed is and what he needs to do. The tears in his eyes that he doesn't let go on deck but holds until he's next to Ed's body. The break in his expression when Izzy tries to thank him, that little surge of anger as he turns to go below deck. It's a single, fairly static shot, which means that it all depends on the emotions on his face.

Something this show does exceptionally well is managing that shift between comedy and more serious emotions - yes, Stede is a silly little guy, and he's also a guy with a deep well of love and pain and hope. He will make an ass of himself by belly-flopping into the ocean and he will save his crew because he loves them and he will hold his emotions in check until he can sit by Ed and grieve alone. There's a great fluidity to his characterization - he's the guy who came up with a fake death scenario involving a fight with a leopard and a piano, and the guy who wrote a thousand love letters and threw them into the sea, and the guy who will shove Blackbeard up against the wall for the purposes of hot gay sex*.

All of that works because the show doesn't treat him as an object of derision or like he has to prove anything or change himself to be loved or treated right. He changes, but he changes organically and neither in the writing nor in Darby's performance does he lose his earnestness and his whimsy and his silliness. In fact, the show clearly indicates that that's what endears him to the crew and why Ed fell in love with him in the first place. But he does feel, and he feels deeply.

It's a very hard needle to thread, both in terms of writing and in terms of directing and performance, but dang they pull it off.

*Not my phrase, but it looks like the original poster may have removed the post?

#ofmd #our flag means death #stede bonnet #rhys darby #gif #ofmd season 2 #apologies for my gifmaking skills they are not quite there yet #and the video version i have of this is quite dark #but you get the idea #there are not a lot of actors who can hit this mix just right #and not a lot of writers and directors who can make it work onscreen #as someone who only knew darby from flight of the conchords and his voicework on bob's burgers #this whole show was really a revelation #dude can act

[lesbow]

While the teaser trailer for the live action looks fantastic and the stills released on Twitter look amazing (APPA LOOKS SO GOOD!!!), I just cannot and don’t think I ever will get over Katara and Sokka having immensely lighter skin compared to their animated originals.

I’m not gonna go into the Ian Ousley Situation™️, but just wanted to speak on the colorist choice to cast paler indigenous actors for darker skin roles. This is no hate to the kids, but indigenous peoples (including Asian-based communities) with brown/darker skin do exist and it’s unfortunate that both live action adaptations fail to acknowledge them.

And before my notifications start getting spammed with that SAME picture of Kiawentiio sitting under the warmest toned lighting possible at a convention, the trailer and released stills have now shown us what they will look like in the actual show. Regardless of lighting, Katara and Sokka were very visibly brown and darker than Aang and Zuko in the original show. Not simply one shade tanner, but brown and this is an important distinction.

I make this post just as a reminder that while the trailer looks promising, and it’s good actual Asian and Indigenous actors were cast (mostly), colorism is still a very real problem that shouldn’t be ignored or dismissed.

#atla #atla la #avatar the last airbender #atla live action #babbles #I already know some knucklehead is going to repost that released still #of LA Katara & Sokka in a dark cave with ‘brown skin’ as a gotcha #stop using lighting as an excuse I am begging #brown skin indigenous folk do exist brown skin actors are there ready and waiting pls stop acting like they’re not #disclaimer: I am not indigenous just a brown skin POC who is tired

[ivorysodapop]

Gives my most nd moment ever to him

#coming from someone who is mostly adhd #it was very intense. sorry to my smouses SHDBDNDNRNF #digital #a3! act! addict! actors! #a3! #a3! kazunari #kazunari miyoshi #natsugumi #stickiness is a thing you must have a consenting relationship with

[dramaism]

I was so scared to be the club head. I was afraid I’d lead our band to failure. I was afraid our club would get canceled because of me. But my biggest fear was that I’d make you disappointed.

Fourth Nattawat as Gun MY SCHOOL PRESIDENT (2022-2023)

#my school president #my school president the series #fourth nattawat #tonanons #userjaehwany #usertaeminie #usernuria #bledit #lakornedit #thai drama #lakornet #mufaloedit #myspedit #fourth said: i’m the actor who acts #wow i was exhausted watching it can’t imagine how it was for them

[alchely]

I'm trying to analyze why I'm so entranced by Gallavich kisses and not as much by other couples (not just Shameless,from other shows as well), and it's not just the actor's chemistry, I think it's a combination of body movement, as they seem to be attuned to each other, but also there's something in the angles and the way they act when they kiss, like suddenly giving the camera the best view has become a secondary objective?

So the camera is sort of chasing the action rather than the actors putting it directly on camera.

For the most part I think they really just... get you with the kisses, and then you stay cause these two could literally have an apocalypse happening around them but they wouldn't notice as long as the other was around.

#gallavich #shameless #mickey milkovich #ian gallagher #Cameron and Noel are Actors who Act™ #even their most ordinary scene of them just bickering or discussing stuff #they're so focused on each other and what the other has to say #my post

[stainedglassthreads]

Also can we just give Amber Lee Connors an extra big round of applause for being the best voice actor in all of Genshin Impact? Not just because of perfectly capturing Furina, but of having to give the same character three very different voices that nonetheless are all identifiable as being the same person. From the bombastic and larger-than-life facade Furina puts on, to the more subdued but still completely recognizable Focalors, to how young Furina, and her inner monologue, started out as earnest and polite if uncertain, but became more quiet and dejected.

Like. The way Focalors did the same weird inflections in her words as Furina does, but subtler and calmer--it was really cool and I admire every single actor who has to do several versions of the same character and rely mostly on body language or tone of voice to differentiate.

#other examples of actors who earn my undying admiration for this acting achievement #include d'arcy carden and thomas sanders. genuinely #genshin impact 4.2 spoilers #fontaine spoilers #furina #focalors

[barb-l]

While im on the topic, the seething hatred by a huge chunk of this fandom towards Vaggie is so baffling to me. I'm not saying I expected her to be popular. I'm not new to loving an unpopular/ignored character. But the way some of these people go out of their way to misinterpret her so badly to justify their very vocal hatred for her is just such a huge shock.

#sometimes i feel like i see more people hate on vaggie than i see people hate on Valentino #yunno. the man who abuses and rapes one of the main characters on the reg? that one?? #meanwhile Vaggie's just a latina lesbian who's maybe a lil too dedicated to her gf #and she gets such vitriolic hate #my brother for example doesn't really like her much cuz he's really picky about voice acting #and im fine with it. to each their own #but even he's confused about the majority's reception of her #hazbin hotel #wait no that sounds mean #ummmm more like #he said he would have liked her a lot more if her voice actor was different #so he likes her fine #and no he doesn't hate ms beatriz. he just would have preferred someone else