Comments on: It’s Not Cool to Hit Your Co-Stars to Get a More ‘Authentic’ Reaction https://popculturereferences.com/its-not-cool-to-hit-your-co-stars-to-get-a-more-authentic-reaction/ Brian Cronin takes a look at interesting pieces of pop culture history from the worlds of TV, film, music and more. Tue, 05 Sep 2023 23:05:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: Brian Cronin https://popculturereferences.com/its-not-cool-to-hit-your-co-stars-to-get-a-more-authentic-reaction/#comment-12777 Tue, 05 Sep 2023 23:05:17 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=2295#comment-12777 In reply to Duggy.

Right?

]]> By: Duggy https://popculturereferences.com/its-not-cool-to-hit-your-co-stars-to-get-a-more-authentic-reaction/#comment-12664 Sun, 03 Sep 2023 00:58:16 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=2295#comment-12664 I’m surprised by how often there are “funny,” “For one take (actor) was really nude to get a real reaction” stories.
Is exposing yourself to other without thier permision really a funny story?

]]> By: Brian Perler https://popculturereferences.com/its-not-cool-to-hit-your-co-stars-to-get-a-more-authentic-reaction/#comment-3357 Mon, 16 May 2022 19:46:55 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=2295#comment-3357 From what I understand (and I’m sure you’ll find out if it’s accurate), the way Hoffman tells the story, Olivier made the comment, but then followed it up by saying how he sometimes did stupid and unnecessary things for movies, too. (Also, Hoffman’s excuse that he stayed up for three days to play his character as tired wasn’t really true; he had actually spent the time at Studio 54, and probably stayed awake due to… shall we say, chemical assistance?)

The one observation about method acting that always sticks in my mind is: why doesn’t anyone who claims to be method acting ever method act as a NICE person? Why is it always an excuse to be a jackass?

]]> By: Brian Cronin https://popculturereferences.com/its-not-cool-to-hit-your-co-stars-to-get-a-more-authentic-reaction/#comment-3348 Mon, 16 May 2022 11:12:31 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=2295#comment-3348 In reply to Allen Winstead.

I’ve been meaning to do a legend on that Hoffman story for years now. I thiiiiiink it didn’t happen, at least not the way that it is reported. Either way, though, the basic concept of the legend (that Olivier thought Hoffman’s method acting was dumb) seems legit, I just don’t think it came out in a piece of banter like the legend goes.

But yes, method acting to the extreme of hurting people (even yourself) is dumb.

]]> By: Allen Winstead https://popculturereferences.com/its-not-cool-to-hit-your-co-stars-to-get-a-more-authentic-reaction/#comment-3343 Sun, 15 May 2022 20:38:56 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=2295#comment-3343 I always thought method acting was a sham – just my opinion – don’t slap me over it. And from what I remember, Sir Laurence Olivier felt the same way. When Hoffman went into his whole method acting thing on the set of Marathon Man, Olivier is reported to have responded with “My dear boy, why don’t you just try acting?”

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