Very briefly, for those who might not be aware, Kurt Russell was a successful child actor in the 60s, where he appeared in multiple TV shows and movies, even starring in his own television series for a time. In the 70s, he was Disney's biggest star in both TV and film. By the 80s, he hooked up with John Carpenter to create some of the most iconic characters in cinema - Snake Plissken, Jack Burton and RJ MacReady. And he just kept rolling from there, moving easily between action, comedy and drama, picking up accolades and awards, until today, when he is unquestionably a major star.
Oh, and he played pro baseball in the minors for a bit.
We often hear stories of those child actors who crash and burn, failing to make the transition to adulthood, but there are a handful who do make it and make it successfully. But I'm hard pressed to think of another who has been equally - or more - successful than Kurt. (Actually, as I write, Jodi Foster comes to mind. But that's pretty much it from me.)
Anyone else have thoughts on this? Is there someone who did it better?
Russell Crowe
I can’t believe this is happening! I’m a huge fan!
This has been bugging me since Alison Brie was forced to apologize for voicing Diane Nguyen, a Vietnamese Amercian character from BoJack Horseman.
Simply put, I find the entire situation ridiculous. It is the nature of actors' job to play someone they are not! "Cancelling" performers for accepting a role when character's race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, or other feature doesn't match that of the actor is just as absurd as, say, charging Claire Foy with lèse-majesté because she, a commoner, played Queen Elizabeth II.
Can you explain the reasons for outrage and change my view?
They don't order anything, because between the three of them they don't have a dollar to their name.
Okay. I've seen a few comments doubting Melissa Lee's reaction to her Internet-breaking slip of the tongue, partly because it lasts for so long, and I'd like to address this.
I'm an actor, and for once, for once, I feel like I actually have valuable information to contribute to this sub. I got super into Paul Ekman's work on microexpressions when Lie to Me came out, and I studied and taught Alba Emoting, which is an acting technique that uses specific universal breath patterns and postures to make you feel an emotion almost instantly, out of nowhere. (People who are great at this can have tears rolling down their cheeks in three breaths. It's super cool. Humans are cool.)
Basically, these are two sides of the same coin: Ekman's work identifies the universal human expressions of emotion in order to identify what someone is feeling, and Alba Emoting uses those expressions to work backwards, creating emotions by correctly going through the expressions. Here's a good overview, if you're interested.
These two concepts aren't very widespread in the acting world, but I latched onto them because a lot of acting training is basically mystical, arrogant, frustrating woo; there isn't a hard, identifiable baseline of data. Dancers have an encyclopedia of steps and terminology; musicians have an arsenal of notes and notations. Wanna know how acting gets taught, even at the graduate level? Imagine teaching someone to play a sonata by ear, without knowing how to interpret or explain sheet music. I thought this was fucking stupid, and wanted some sexy motherfucking verifiable data.
So. DATA. YAY.
Alba Emoting teaches that there are six basic emotions (tenderness, fear, laughter/joy, grief/sadness, anger, lust), plus neutral.
Here are two handy dandy diagrams to break these six down for you:
Everything else is a mix of those six. What you see on Melissa Lee's face is shock, which is mostly fear. If you take what we normally think of as fear, with its quick shallow breathing, the darting, bulging eyes, the raised eyebrows, the open mouth, plus the get the fuck out of here physicality, and you es
... keep reading on reddit ➡If you could only pick 10 existing AHS actors from any of the past seasons for a season of your choice, what would your cast list look like. Also, pick two new actors you'd think would fit in the AHS universe.
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Jessica Lange
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Lily Rabe
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Billie Lourd
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Chloë Sevigny
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Kathy Bates
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Finn Witrock
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Evan Peters
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Matt Bomer
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John Carroll Lynch
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Cody Fern
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Jamie Lee Curtis (I loved her on Scream Queens!)
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Regina Hall (yess, the queen of Scary Movie; just think she'd bring some great laughs and iconic lines. Would sort of be the Denise Hemphill of AHS (having said this, if she's not available, I'd love Niecy Nash too!)
Huge Grant.
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