Mads Mikkelsen on Method Acting: "It's Bullshit"

Apr 08, 2022 19:01


Mads Mikkelsen on method acting: “It’s bullshit. What if it’s a shit film - what do you think you achieved? Am I impressed that you didn’t drop character? You should have dropped it from the beginning!“

Full interview: https://t.co/MeC0ok1RYO pic.twitter.com/wJIUI9H2DU
- Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) April 8, 2022

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genbu_no_miko24 April 8 2022, 20:18:41 UTC
I think to me Robert Pattinson still has the best quote regarding method acting.

But lol I’m loving all these actors coming out and taking a dump on the pretentiousness of it.

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trekkiepetrelli April 8 2022, 20:22:39 UTC
Yessss something along the lines of “you never see someone method acting a nice character” he was so right

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genbu_no_miko24 April 8 2022, 20:37:36 UTC
Yeah I had a whole realization of it cause prior the only criticism was how pretentious and annoying it was.

But he tacked it on great by highlighting that no one ever uses it to play nice pleasant people. Which is true, it's usually morally corrupt, mentally insane, difficult characters that you'll hear about method acting.

No one prior to him had highlighted that ever.

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miniglik April 8 2022, 20:57:20 UTC
I agree with his comment, but deep in my Christian Bale phase I know he (Bale) talked about the characters his wife liked when he “brought them home.” There was the definite implication that he went a little method even with kind and sweet characters.

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janetdkd April 8 2022, 20:19:54 UTC
Method acting posts are always good because people write essays about something so unimportant like acting

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janetdkd April 8 2022, 20:20:12 UTC
Yes, I know this is ontd and not BBC news

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gloeden2 April 8 2022, 20:24:43 UTC
And yet you still wrote that


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janetdkd April 8 2022, 20:33:19 UTC
I live in delusion, please respect my boundaries

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avingnon April 8 2022, 20:20:09 UTC

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drnilescrane April 8 2022, 20:43:27 UTC
i would love for these two to work together. i'm pretty sure jeremy would lose It!

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squidlord April 9 2022, 06:22:54 UTC
LMAOOOOOO!

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gloeden2 April 8 2022, 20:20:11 UTC
As long as it isn't fucking you up, why do you care?
His complaints about another actor's way of getting to a character are just as annoying as he claims them to be.
Pure wank. Fuck off.

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crystalzelda April 8 2022, 20:23:09 UTC
Woof that’s aggressive lol

The man’s a professional actor. I’m sure he’s dealt with method actors at some point in his career and has a first hand account of how insufferable it is to work with someone who refuses to break character, ever.

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gloeden2 April 8 2022, 20:32:15 UTC
Woof, he ain't here to be offended.

That man has an opinion about his own approach to what he does. I respect that
I don't respect him shitting on how some other actor gets their work done.
If this was about Method actors who disrespect cast and crew, make a nuisance of themselves *cough* Jared Leto *cough*, I would totally agree with him
But he's being a little bitch about how a colleague works because he doesn't personally work that way. Not breaking character may my the colleague less fun socially to interact with off set. But that's just a minor annoyance that doesn't have to affect him. Y'all wanking like crazy about this when you know damn well you've had work colleagues you didn't have any personal connection with but got your work done together regardless.

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lolitalockheart April 8 2022, 20:37:46 UTC
damn you really mad about this lmao

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altheablue April 8 2022, 20:20:31 UTC
I love how "whatever" he is about literally everything. What a chill king

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