Garbage Day! Months Later Andy Serkis Chimes In On the ‘Rub and Tug’ Debate

[doriiansz]

Andy Serkis "vehemently disagrees" with the backlash Scarlett Johansson faced for planning to play a trans person in "Rub and Tug": “Actors should be able to play anything" https://t.co/K330fC7oKQ
- Variety (@Variety) December 1, 2018

I bet you remember that time when Scarlett Johansson was attached to star in the ‘Rub and Tug’ movie, portraying a

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[demented_21]

funny how an actor like him, who has been typecast not even as a "type" but in terms of an extremely specific technology (motion capture) thinks actors can play anything. serkis himself can play like 3 things. and irl he can play one thing (mildly creepy).

[therearewords]

Who asked you and why did you feel like you were in the right here

Are the hypothetical questions of the day

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[doriiansz]

[mercystars]

LOL

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[sandstorm]

Actors should be able to play anything, and that’s why I love this [performance capture] technology.

YOU'RE PLAYING APES

[genbu_no_miko24]

Actors are greedy lol. They’re wanna do anything that enriching/elevates them as an actor and if brings awards attention even better.

[holyfrijoles_2]

lmao exactly. This wasn’t a passion project for Scarjo, she probably just wanted to do a ~transformation~ so she could finally get an Oscar nom.

[genbu_no_miko24]

Yeah exactly. And even if it was passion~ project…they hope and want it to bring awards too. Like actors really ain’t as slick as much as they wanna convince us they are.