He is just the most beautiful crier I have ever seen. And he didn't even have anyone to act or react off of, here, which makes this scene all-the-more impressive. How does he do that? And is it just me, or have his ears gone a little pinker with his crying, along with his eyelids and tip of nose? And why is it fair that he has the most beautiful lips in the whole wide world? And why do we only get one more episode in which to enjoy all this beauty? Why?! X
And he didn't even have anyone to act or react off of, here, which makes this scene all-the-more impressive.
That's the first thing that blew me away about him, particularly his scenes with Freya. He's looking at a rock when he sets the boat on fire, but you'd swear she was sailing out on to the lake right in front of him. Same thing in 3x13 when they're reunited and he sees her in the puddle. I think he said he was looking at an axe that was reflecting light into his eye or something when he was doing his half of the lines? Yet there he was tearing up and his voice cracking at the very 'sight' of seeing her again. Having to pretend something isn't there isn't new to acting, but Colin makes it seem so unbelievably genuine that he manages to maintain some element of "wow" when you find out all the technical aspects to a scene as they seem more like a hindrance than anything helpful. What he's able to make the audience feel versus what he's actually dealing with during filming isn't something he can create using directing cues and
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Yes, it's always the appropriate type of crying, which I think is what makes it feel that much more real because it's something you connect with. You've been there before, you've seen it. It's just feels natural (at least, now it does. It's a lot stronger now than it was before, in my opinion). He seems to be able to recall how people cry in certain situations and made it a part of Merlin's own psyche. That's why I'm always gutting myself with an imaginary knife every time I see him tear up because I know he could be a few words away from full on sobbing at any moment like in 4x06 when he can't even look at Arthur after he's convinced Gaius is a traitor. He takes you through the mental and physical build-up of that type of reaction in a sort of out of body experience. It gets hard to watch sometimes because it hits really close to the viewer in its delivery (especially with Merlin because you know what he goes through on the daily basis, and when the man can't even get a proper moment to cry about his father, it just hurts - both for
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The first time I saw him cry was when I knew that he was an absolutely incredible actor. (Before then I knew he was 'just' amazing!) There's nothing that pulls me out of a TV show or movie more than an actor that can't cry.
When an actor can't cry, and they have to use the glycerine drops, it always looks fake, because when you cry it's not just about the tears, but also about what it does to your face and body. I also hate when actors use a single crying scene to showcase their entire emotional range---so they end up sobbing and wailing when the scene would have been so much more effective had they been more controlled and subtle about it. X
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That's the first thing that blew me away about him, particularly his scenes with Freya. He's looking at a rock when he sets the boat on fire, but you'd swear she was sailing out on to the lake right in front of him. Same thing in 3x13 when they're reunited and he sees her in the puddle. I think he said he was looking at an axe that was reflecting light into his eye or something when he was doing his half of the lines? Yet there he was tearing up and his voice cracking at the very 'sight' of seeing her again. Having to pretend something isn't there isn't new to acting, but Colin makes it seem so unbelievably genuine that he manages to maintain some element of "wow" when you find out all the technical aspects to a scene as they seem more like a hindrance than anything helpful. What he's able to make the audience feel versus what he's actually dealing with during filming isn't something he can create using directing cues and ( ... )
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