Is Nicholas Cage a Good Actor?
Sam LeFay
2011/06/18 03:19:11
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Perhaps if he acted in only one movie.
But, personally, that stagnant, reoccurring persona that he plays in every single movie not only gets old, but just makes him a terrible actor all together. His inability to reshape for the role and play a completely different person, with different actions and reactions doesn't do much to establish his credibility as an actor. :/
I have acted in several theatre performances and have gotten training from a variety of different directors and professors, so my opinion, while just mine and humble, does not go without it's merit.
So, Nick Cage. Sound off.
But, personally, that stagnant, reoccurring persona that he plays in every single movie not only gets old, but just makes him a terrible actor all together. His inability to reshape for the role and play a completely different person, with different actions and reactions doesn't do much to establish his credibility as an actor. :/
I have acted in several theatre performances and have gotten training from a variety of different directors and professors, so my opinion, while just mine and humble, does not go without it's merit.
So, Nick Cage. Sound off.
While I certainly appreciate the ability of actors to morph and disappear within a plurality of roles, there is absolutely no reason to dismiss the concept of a recurring persona, refined and played with exquisite precision time and again. Chaplin did it for decades. So did Cary Grant, Greta Garbo, John Wayne (with modest variations), James Stewart, Joan Crawford, Toshiro Mifune, Jean Gabin, Charles Boyer and many other luminaries. They were not simply "stars" but actors with appealing personalities that captured the imagination of a cinematic audience.
I love the Method, but the dismissal of persona is a post-Stanislavski fallacy and blight on our ability to understand movies and movie acting.