Do you think it is more difficult for actors to act?
By kk_84in
@kk_84in (1686)
India
April 9, 2007 11:02am CST
when they do not get to speak. for instance in much of the movie castaway with tom hanks he is silent, and in the movie "the bellboy" with jerry lewis his bellboy character never speaks. i think that this kind of acting requires much more talent because it eliminates the actors main tool, the voice. the actor has no lines to remember no way to put the proper inflection or emphasis on a word they have only the body with which to purvey all of what they are trying to get across. what do you think?
1 response
@pinokkio (352)
• Bahrain
9 Apr 07
Yes, but you've forgotten an important point!
Movies were originally silent. Actors didn't even have the choice of talking back then. So it was the normal thing to do for an actor to just plain act.
These days the emphasis on dialogue is really big. Most of the time people remember actors because of their lines than because of their facial expressions. I think dialogue is much more necessary today.
By the way, most critics hated Castaway cause Tom Hanks just kept talking to a ball. So they can't always get away with it.
