35 Times Actors Gave Unscripted Authentic Performances
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Publish Not your original work? Add source Hollywood screenwriters toil over what each character in the story will say no matter if they're working on romantic comedies, dramas, and even kids' movies. The lines are then often debated and rewritten many times before, during, and after a movie is shot. But they are not the ones who decide what ends up in the final cut. Directors do. And if they like an improvised scene better than the scripted one, the writers just have to deal with it. It's part of the process. In fact, you'd probably be surprised to know that some really iconic moments in movie history have been authentic. Here are some of them. This post may include affiliate links. #1
But when it came time to film the scene, the stunt didn’t look realistic enough. So Elwes suggested that Guest knock him as hard as he could using a real metal sword.
"Because of the angle, we couldn't sell a fake blow well enough for the camera, so I told him to just hit me hard," Elwes wrote in his book, As You Wish.
"And that’s the last thing I remember. I woke up in the hospital." 20th Century Fox Report Final score: 154points POST James016 James016 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago "Hit me as hard as you can with this real metal sword" "As you wish" 93 93points reply View More Replies... View more comments #19
The old guitar, which was made in 1870, was actually on loan from a museum. Dick Boak, the museum's director, changed their policy because of this mishap and said, "As a result of the incident, the company will no longer loan guitars to movies under any circumstances." The Weinstein Company Report Final score: 125points POST Grant Barke Grant Barke Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Why not just use the replica for the entire scene. The real one didn't even need to be there. 109 109points reply View More Replies... View more comments #27
The plan was for him to use his hand to keep the noose from tightening around his neck and actually strangling him. In practice, he couldn’t get his hand into position and actually blacked out for a minute, until the crew realized what was happening and saved his life. universalpictures Report Final score: 123points POST Berry Budgie Berry Budgie Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Scary 38 38points reply View more comments #28
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POST K Witmer K Witmer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Some of this is abuse. The poor kids 48 48points reply Vicky Zar Vicky Zar Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Not only the kids 16 16points reply Load More Replies... Marnie Marnie Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Everyone on this list is a kid to me :-) -3 -3points reply Jo Choto Jo Choto Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago There seems to be a lot of "directors do something horrific to get a 'genuine' reaction". I mean, isn't the whole point of acting the ability to portray convincing reactions? 43 43points reply Mike Crow Mike Crow Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. As a legit experiment why don’t you hire an actor (someone from a local production house or acting school) and try both ways and see what happens. I am genuinely interested in the results (I wish I could do it but I am in a small town with no actual actor around us) -7 -7points reply Load More Replies... Kirsten Verbeek Kirsten Verbeek Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago A lot of morally grey stuff in this one 22 22points reply Load More Comments POST K Witmer K Witmer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Some of this is abuse. The poor kids 48 48points reply Vicky Zar Vicky Zar Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Not only the kids 16 16points reply Load More Replies... Marnie Marnie Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Everyone on this list is a kid to me :-) -3 -3points reply Jo Choto Jo Choto Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago There seems to be a lot of "directors do something horrific to get a 'genuine' reaction". I mean, isn't the whole point of acting the ability to portray convincing reactions? 43 43points reply Mike Crow Mike Crow Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. As a legit experiment why don’t you hire an actor (someone from a local production house or acting school) and try both ways and see what happens. I am genuinely interested in the results (I wish I could do it but I am in a small town with no actual actor around us) -7 -7points reply Load More Replies... 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35 Times Actors Gave Unscripted Authentic Performances
Rokas Laurinavičius andIlona Baliūnaitė
Publish Not your original work? Add source Hollywood screenwriters toil over what each character in the story will say no matter if they're working on romantic comedies, dramas, and even kids' movies. The lines are then often debated and rewritten many times before, during, and after a movie is shot. But they are not the ones who decide what ends up in the final cut. Directors do. And if they like an improvised scene better than the scripted one, the writers just have to deal with it. It's part of the process. In fact, you'd probably be surprised to know that some really iconic moments in movie history have been authentic. Here are some of them. This post may include affiliate links. #1
In Monty Python s Life Of Brian The Soldier s Reaction During The Famous Biggus Dickus Scene Is Completely Genuine He Was An Extra Who Had Been Told Simply Not To Laugh And Had No Idea What Was About To Happen
swild92 Report Final score: 278points POST J. F. J. F. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Now...anyone else feel like a little giggle reading this? 140 140points reply View More Replies... View more comments #2In Die Hard 1988 When Filming Gruber s Death Scene Rickman Was Told He Would Be Dropped On The Count Of Three The Director Counted To Two Before Dropping Him Making His Reaction Genuine
Jwgt32 Report Final score: 258points POST Airis Malfoy Airis Malfoy Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago R.IP. Alan Rickman.... You will ALWAYS be in our hearts forever. 181 181points reply View More Replies... View more comments #3In The Chronicles Of Narnia The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe 2005 When Lucy First Enters Narnia Her Reaction Is Genuine The Director Purposefully Never Showed His Actress The Set He Also Did The Same With Edmund s Actor
Tokyono Report Final score: 258points POST Carmen Sandiego Carmen Sandiego Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That was an amazing movie! 55 55points reply View More Replies... View more comments #4For The Chestburster Scene In Alien 1979 The Effects Used To Achieve The Scene Were Deliberately Kept Secret From The Actors Who s Reactions Of Surprise And Shock Were Completely Genuine
Stonewalled89 Report Final score: 229points POST Ripley Ripley Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Still one of film's most iconic scenes. 69 69points reply View More Replies... View more comments #5Et Was Filmed In Chronological Order And None Of The Kids Had Seen The Puppet Before Filming So Their First Impressions Were Totally Real
Universal Pictures Report Final score: 217points POST Laura Mende (Human) Laura Mende (Human) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago And Spielberg let ET act like it was real. At the end, Drew Barrymores tears as it seams ET was dieing, were real. She thought her friend was dieing. 60 60points reply View More Replies... View more comments #6In Rocky 1976 When He Runs Through The Italian Marketplace The People s Amused Expressions As They Look On Is Genuine As They Had No Idea Why A Man Was Running Back And Forth Being Followed By A Van The Man Who Throws Him The Orange Was Completely Improvised
Chief_DaVinci Report Final score: 202points POST Emma Byrne Emma Byrne Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago You can hear this photo. 69 69points reply View More Replies... View more comments #7The Lineup Actors The Usual Suspects - Benicio Del Toro Kept Farting During Filming And The Actors Laughter Made It Into The Final Cut
Gramercy Pictures Report Final score: 196points POST James016 James016 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Keyser Fartze 60 60points reply View More Replies... View more comments #8In The Fugitive 1993 Harrison Ford Playing The Framed Dr Kimble Was Not Provided A Script For The Interrogation Scene His Answers And Mounting Frustration With The Detectives Were Improvised In Order To Seem More Genuine
chefr89 Report Final score: 186points POST Mary Rose Kent Mary Rose Kent Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Such a gripping performance! 32 32points reply View more comments #9Julia Roberts Pretty Woman - Richard Gere Unexpectedly Snapped The Jewelry Box Shut And Her Surprise Was Real
Buena Vista Pictures Report Final score: 181points POST Vicky Z Vicky Z Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Since Julia's laugh is really characteristic i think you can tell that she is genuinely laughing! 56 56points reply View more comments #10In The Dark Knight 2008 Joker Is Constantly Licking His Lips This Is Actually Because Of The Prosthetic Scars That Heath Ledger Wore They Kept Falling Off So Heath Would Lick His Lips To Keep Them In Place Gradually It Became A Part Of The Joker s Character
Russian_Bagel Report Final score: 174points POST Vorknkx Vorknkx Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Deranged characters often have peculiar tics, so this fits well. 58 58points reply View more comments #11When Julia Stiles Read Her Poem At The End Of Ten Things I Hate About You 1999 It Was Done In One Take And She Wasn t Supposed To Start Crying
klsi832 Report Final score: 174points POST Lauren Caswell Lauren Caswell Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Not even a little.. 55 55points reply View More Replies... View more comments #12In Django Unchained Leo Dicaprio Accidentally Cut His Hand Open But Kept Acting Between Takes They Cleaned It Up And Replaced The Real Blood With Fake Blood Which He Smeared All Over Kerry Washington s Face
Leo said that the cast and crew gave him a standing ovation after the scene was finished, and he kept acting in the scene because "it was more interesting to watch Quentin's and Jamie's reaction off-camera than to look at my hand." The Weinstein Company Report Final score: 171points POST Max Max Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I hope Kerry Washington was OK with that. 23 23points reply View More Replies... View more comments #13Will Ferrell s Reactions During The Jack-In-The-Box Scene Were Genuine The Director Surprised Him Every Time By Triggering The Toys With A Remote Control
Ghostss412 Report Final score: 170points POST Jo Choto Jo Choto Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago One of my favourite movies. 36 36points reply View More Replies... View more comments #14Steve Carell The 40-Year-Old Virgin - He Really Got His Chest Waxed And Those Screams Of Agony Are Genuine
Universal Pictures Report Final score: 170points POST Lauren Caswell Lauren Caswell Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago The woman they hired wasn't actually a beautician, so she just winged it. Poor Steve 96 96points reply View More Replies... View more comments #15Dustin Hoffman Midnight Cowboy - Hey I m Walkin Here Was His Reaction To Real New York Traffic
United Artists Report Final score: 168points POST Mary Rose Kent Mary Rose Kent Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Makes sense... 26 26points reply View more comments #16Now You See Me
In the movie Now You See Me, Isla Fisher's character performs a magic trick that requires her to be in a tank underwater that she needs to escape from. In the scene, she struggles and starts to drown, unable to get out. While filming the scene, Isla was actually in the tank, and she wasn't pretending to drown — she was actually drowning. Her release chain got stuck on her costume, and she wasn't able to get out quickly. Everyone thought she was just acting really well, however, she was actually panicking, struggling to get out of the tank for nearly three minutes before she was rescued. https://www.lionsgate.com/ Report Final score: 165points POST Lauren Caswell Lauren Caswell Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Holy crap they should have had a safety signal or something! 214 214points reply View More Replies... View more comments #17Viggo Mortensen The Two Towers - He Broke His Toe While Kicking A Helmet In Frustration Eliciting A Real Scream Of Anguish
warnerbros Report Final score: 159points POST Vicky Z Vicky Z Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This one I've heard so many times by now that it feels like i was there myself!! 49 49points reply View More Replies... View more comments #18Cary Elwes Wasn t Acting When He Got Hit In The Head In Princess Bride
In one scene in Princess Bride, Cary Elwes’ character Westley gets clonked on the head pretty hard by the six-fingered man, played by Christopher Guest.But when it came time to film the scene, the stunt didn’t look realistic enough. So Elwes suggested that Guest knock him as hard as he could using a real metal sword.
"Because of the angle, we couldn't sell a fake blow well enough for the camera, so I told him to just hit me hard," Elwes wrote in his book, As You Wish.
"And that’s the last thing I remember. I woke up in the hospital." 20th Century Fox Report Final score: 154points POST James016 James016 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago "Hit me as hard as you can with this real metal sword" "As you wish" 93 93points reply View More Replies... View more comments #19
Stallone Reportedly Told Lundgren To Really Go At Him For The First 15 Seconds Just Bomb Away He Asked Well Lundgren Did The Resultant Chest Punch Which You Can See In The Movie Sent Stallone To The Hospital For Nine Days
United Artists Report Final score: 149points POST Mieke Mieke Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago If u aren't smart, u just aren't smart I guess...... 43 43points reply View More Replies... View more comments #20To Prepare For Saving Private Ryan All The Main Cast Members Were Sent To A Harsh 10-Day Boot Camp Except For Matt Damon Who Stayed In America Matt s Character Was Resented By Everyone And He Was Purposefully Excluded So That The On-Screen Hostility Would Be As Realistic As Possible
Camp may be the place for bonding, but this boot camp was really tough, and the fact that Matt was at home relaxing definitely created a divide. It was so horrible that after day four, everyone wanted to quit, but Tom Hanks encouraged them to stick it out. Matt said that when he eventually showed up on set there some resentment from the guys, and it translated onto the screen. Paramount Pictures Report Final score: 141points POST Mieke Mieke Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That's cruel 43 43points reply View More Replies... View more comments #21In The Princess Diaries 2001 The Scene Where Mia Trips And Falls In The Bleachers Wasn t A Part Of The Script Anne Hathaway Had Accidentally Slipped In A Puddle Director Garry Marshall Liked It So Much That He Decided To Keep It In The Movie
Numerous-Lemon Report Final score: 132points POST Lucas Lucas Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago When Julie Andrews ankle gives way when approaching the von trap house for the first time, that was real as well. 43 43points reply View More Replies... View more comments #22To Recreate The Revolutionary Spirit The Cast Of Les Miserables Were Told To Build A Barricade In 10 Minutes The Cameras Were Rolling And What They Made Ended Up Being Used In The Final Film
The actors didn’t know where the cameras were placed and it looked like complete chaos, but the structure turned out to be quite realistic and just needed a bit of drilling to remain held together Universal Pictures Report Final score: 131points POST J. F. J. F. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That's actually a cool concept to do 39 39points reply View more comments #23In Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory 1971 When The Kids First See The Chocolate Room Their Reactions Are Genuine Director Mel Stuart Took Great Care To Ensure That None Of The Child Actors Saw The Gigantic Set As It Was Being Built
Russian_Bagel Report Final score: 130points POST Jo Choto Jo Choto Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I'd have the same reaction. 26 26points reply View More Replies... View more comments #24In Se7en 1996 Fincher Never Told John C Mcginley That The Corpse Used For Sloth Was Actually A Living Actor In Heavy Makeup Mcginley s Character s Initial Shock When Sloth Wakes In The Movie Was In Fact Mcginley s Genuine Surprise From The First Take
DaveInLondon89 Report Final score: 128points POST K Witmer K Witmer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That scene is forever burned in my brain it was horrifying 48 48points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective #25Everyone On Titanic Knew That The Water Was Gonna Be Cold But They Weren t Prepared For Just How Freezing It Was The Water Was So Icy That Kate Winslet Couldn t Stop Shaking During The Axe Scene
20th Century Fox Report Final score: 126points POST Mary Rose Kent Mary Rose Kent Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Which is how it would have been... 53 53points reply View More Replies... View more comments #26Due To A Miscommunication On The Set Of The Hateful Eight Kurt Russell Accidentally Smashed A 140-Year-Old Antique Guitar Instead Of The Prop
In the scene, you can see Jennifer Jason Leigh break character and scream and look at the crew because she was in disbelief when the antique guitar – which was supposed to be swapped out with a prop in between takes – got smashed.The old guitar, which was made in 1870, was actually on loan from a museum. Dick Boak, the museum's director, changed their policy because of this mishap and said, "As a result of the incident, the company will no longer loan guitars to movies under any circumstances." The Weinstein Company Report Final score: 125points POST Grant Barke Grant Barke Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Why not just use the replica for the entire scene. The real one didn't even need to be there. 109 109points reply View More Replies... View more comments #27
Michael J Fox In Back To The Future Part III
In one scene, Marty gets strung up on the famous Hill Valley clock tower. In what was without a doubt something he later regretted, Fox said “Sure” to performing the stunt himself.The plan was for him to use his hand to keep the noose from tightening around his neck and actually strangling him. In practice, he couldn’t get his hand into position and actually blacked out for a minute, until the crew realized what was happening and saved his life. universalpictures Report Final score: 123points POST Berry Budgie Berry Budgie Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Scary 38 38points reply View more comments #28
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It was hard for the actors to say goodbye to Steve Carell. That's why in the scene Pam rushes in the airport to say goodbye to Michael the emotional performance by Jenna Fisher was not a performance at all TheThings Report Final score: 119points POST Crochet lady Crochet lady Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I cry every time I watch it. 2 2points reply See Also on Bored Panda Overworked Employee Quits Because He Wasn't Getting A Fair Wage, Costs The Company $40 Million 40 Embarrassing Moments People Didn't Know Who They Were Talking To And Made A Fool Of Themselves #29Matt Damon Good Will Hunting - The Fart Story Was Improvised And Damon s Laughter Was A Real Reaction
Miramax Films Report Final score: 111points POST denzoren denzoren Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This story was so integral to him trusting Williams later on in the movie. Brilliant! 17 17points reply View more comments #30In The Graduate 1967 Final Scene The Director Got The Actors Expression For The Scene By Just Not Telling Them When He Was Going To Cut There Was Nothing In The Script That Would Imply Their Facial Expressions Changing He Just Had The Camera Running To Feel Their Energy Naturally Dissipate
SilDaz Report Final score: 106points POST David Frost David Frost Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Katherine Ross was so beautiful!! 37 37points reply View More Replies... View more comments #31In The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975 When A Corpse Is Revealed Under The Dining Table The Actors Were Genuinely Shocked None Of Them Knew That The Body Was There – With One Exception Tim Curry Because He Was The One Who Had To Whip The Tablecloth Off
Numerous-Lemon Report Final score: 105points POST Jo Choto Jo Choto Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Uh.. yeah, except the guy that wrote the damn thing is also in the scene. Pretty sure he knew about it. 35 35points reply View More Replies... View more comments #32At The End Of Pirates Of The Caribbean Dead Man s Chest 2006 When A Certain Character Returns From The Dead The Cast Shows Genuine Surprise The Character s Return Had Been Kept A Secret By The Writers- They Even Went Uncredited
Tokyono Report Final score: 103points POST Vorknkx Vorknkx Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago As a viewer, I was pretty surprised as well. 28 28points reply View more comments #33The Moment Katniss Sees Peeta s Sunken Face On TV After He s Abducted By The Capital Is Dark What s Even More Heartbreaking Is That Katniss s Reaction Is Actually How Jennifer Lawrence Responded To Seeing The Video For The First Time The Director Knew J Law Hadn t Seen Josh Hutcherson In A While And If She Was Shocked With The Video They d Be Able To Capture Her Genuine Fear On Camera Talk About Intense Method Acting
TheThings Report Final score: 102points POST Vorknkx Vorknkx Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Talk about an insanely long and unpunctuated title to this entry... 165 165points reply View More Replies... View more comments #34Jason Segel Didn t Know His Character s Father Was Going To Die On How I Met Your Mother
CBS Report Final score: 100points POST N G N G Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago They'd rehearsed a few versions (including Lily being pregnant - which would have made no sense with Alyson Hannigan crying delivering her line, but does add to the confusion). 12 12points reply View More Replies... View more comments #35The Shining
The meticulousness with which the film was created had a cost: Shelley Duvall’s wellbeing. Kubrick tormented the actress, making her do relentless takes, while verbally abusing her and dismissing her acting talent. This was intentional, as revealed in The Making of The Shining. Stanley Kubrick’s daughter, Vivian Kubrick, described how her father terrorized Duvall in order to make the insecurity of her character viscerally apparent. warnerbros Report Final score: 84points POST JennyLaRue JennyLaRue Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Surely there has to be a better alternative than messing with someone's mental wellbeing. 227 227points reply View More Replies... View more comments Note: this post originally had 58 images. It’s been shortened to the top 35 images based on user votes. Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing! Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Add New Image Add Your Photo To This List Please use high-res photos without watermarks Upload Photo Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB. Not your original work? Add source Publish Change image Upload Photo Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB. Upload Upload Edit Image Error occurred when generating embed. Please check link and try again. Render conversationUse html version
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POST K Witmer K Witmer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Some of this is abuse. The poor kids 48 48points reply Vicky Zar Vicky Zar Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Not only the kids 16 16points reply Load More Replies... Marnie Marnie Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Everyone on this list is a kid to me :-) -3 -3points reply Jo Choto Jo Choto Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago There seems to be a lot of "directors do something horrific to get a 'genuine' reaction". I mean, isn't the whole point of acting the ability to portray convincing reactions? 43 43points reply Mike Crow Mike Crow Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. As a legit experiment why don’t you hire an actor (someone from a local production house or acting school) and try both ways and see what happens. I am genuinely interested in the results (I wish I could do it but I am in a small town with no actual actor around us) -7 -7points reply Load More Replies... Kirsten Verbeek Kirsten Verbeek Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago A lot of morally grey stuff in this one 22 22points reply Load More Comments POST K Witmer K Witmer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Some of this is abuse. The poor kids 48 48points reply Vicky Zar Vicky Zar Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Not only the kids 16 16points reply Load More Replies... Marnie Marnie Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Everyone on this list is a kid to me :-) -3 -3points reply Jo Choto Jo Choto Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago There seems to be a lot of "directors do something horrific to get a 'genuine' reaction". I mean, isn't the whole point of acting the ability to portray convincing reactions? 43 43points reply Mike Crow Mike Crow Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. As a legit experiment why don’t you hire an actor (someone from a local production house or acting school) and try both ways and see what happens. I am genuinely interested in the results (I wish I could do it but I am in a small town with no actual actor around us) -7 -7points reply Load More Replies... 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