Wearing a perfume made of blood and excrement, stopping blinking or even lying down in a horse carcass… what do all these method acting trends have in common? If you look closely, they were all made by men.
“Call me Jackie”
For Natalie Portman this is no coincidence. The Oscar-winning actress recently spoke out about this sometimes very controversial acting technique, saying it was a “luxuries that women cannot afford” It’s so difficult to balance family responsibilities. Unlike some of her male colleagues such as Robert De Niro, Jared Leto or Jude Law, Portman explained that she has never tried this technique, fearing its impact on his family life.
In an interview given to Wall Street Journalthe actress, who played Jackie Kennedy in the biopic on Pablo Larraín, explained:
“I really committed to the roles, but honestly I think so [le method acting, N.D.L.R] a luxury that women cannot afford. I don’t think my kids or my partner would understand if I asked everyone always calling me ‘Jackie Kennedy’.“
Actresses and acting method
It is clear that the most common method of acting is anecdotes controversial they often concern the actors. Let’s think in particular of Christian Bale’s extreme thinness The train driverhas Robert De Niro who, a month before the filming of Taxi driverwas hired as a taxi driverAl Pacino pretending to be blind Scent of a woman or Leonardo DiCaprio snacking while eating raw bison liver during the filming of the avenger.
However, it also happened that actresses tried their hand at it acting method. Hilary Swank, for example, transformed into a man for a month to play a transgender character Boys do not Cry. Regarding this experience, the actress also reported that her neighbors did not recognize her when she came and went in her building. Meryl Streep tried too, adopting an execrable character on the set of The devil wears Prada…an experience that she then abandoned because she was so fond of it isolated and depressed.
So, we ask ourselves the question: acting method Is it really a male privilege?
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Mary Crossley is an author at “The Fashion Vibes”. She is a seasoned journalist who is dedicated to delivering the latest news to her readers. With a keen sense of what’s important, Mary covers a wide range of topics, from politics to lifestyle and everything in between.
