The Dangers of Method Acting: Actors Who Lost Themselves in Their Roles
It's possible to take character acting too far.
Acting is a strange trade.
By nature of the profession, an actor is supposed to don various masks, completely immerse themselves in a role to the point that they can convince audiences that they're someone else entirely, then discard it all as soon as the show or movie is done—only to start up again as a different character.
Many actors do this effortlessly, but others have dived too deep into their roles, losing touch with their real selves in the process. These actors have taken character acting a bit too far.
3. Michelle Williams — My Week With Marilyn
For her role as the iconic sex symbol, Michelle Williams spent weeks listening to transcripts of Marilyn Monroe speaking. She also took things a bit further—even tying a belt around her legs in order to force herself to walk like Marilyn. "There was a sort of a sense of a figure eight to her walk, that her shoulders were back, it looked like she had a sort of – like a balloon was attached to her breastbone," she told CBS. "That was the work that I wanted to start as early as possible, because I don't want any of those thoughts to be anywhere in my mind when I'm in the middle of a scene."
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