Actors or Actresses that are method acting always how would they even go about portraying a prisoner? Would they ask a jail to make them an inmate for a month or something?

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When I think of method acting I think of Daniel Day Lewis. And him trying to act like a prisoner and what lengths he would go for the “realism”

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Tujio@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
There’s a famous (possibly true) Hollywood story where Brad Davis meets

Laurence Olivier at a party. Davis is filming Midnight Express and is struggling with the role. He’s been starving himself, sleeping as little as possible, doing everything he can to get in the mindset of an inmate at a brutal prison, but still isn’t satisfied with his performance.

Meeting a Hollywood icon and one of his idols, he asks Olivier for advice.

Olivier looks down his glasses at his and says “well son, have you tried acting?”

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Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I’m pretty sure some have done exactly that.

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BreadOven@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Tobias Fünke did exactly this.

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jenesaisquoi@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
With newer films having 100 million USD budgets, they could just build a cell for the actress or actor to stay in.

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