Hi Penny! yeah I wonder if Eddie wants to do film because he's a film nut and just wants to do it, or if he really wants to tell the story. A good film actor must know exactly what each scene is, how it furthers the story, what the characters are doing on the surface level and what they are doing underneath. In a good movie there is so much going on in a scene, and I get the feeling he isn't always totally prepared. Of course he has been in so many movies which were cheaply done, with extremely tight schedules, and often, bigger stars. MORE (click) -- Eddie Pedantic Gasbag Discussion Group

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Date Posted: 21:51:54 12/26/01 Wed
Author: spoot with diarrhea of the mouth!
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Hi Penny! yeah I wonder if Eddie wants to do film because he's a film nut and just wants to do it, or if he really wants to tell the story. A good film actor must know exactly what each scene is, how it furthers the story, what the characters are doing on the surface level and what they are doing underneath. In a good movie there is so much going on in a scene, and I get the feeling he isn't always totally prepared. Of course he has been in so many movies which were cheaply done, with extremely tight schedules, and often, bigger stars. MORE (click)
In reply to: Penny 's message, "I agree with the comment about Eddie needing to chase the lead roles less. He's not a natural lead, physically or otherwise. He's still too self-conscious as an actor and I think he finds it difficult being on stage with other people and reacting to them as people, rather than just as an audience. He comes into his own when interacting with an audience. Pride gets in the way of him starting properly at the bottom with acting. But it interests me to see him act, because there IS such potential there. I just don't think he'll ever get the space to breathe with it as other comedians have in straight roles, he's too big and simulataneously too "small" in celebrity terms. If I ever get to interview him, one of the questions I would ask would be how he finds film acting, because there isn't the energy of the audience to bounce off and give him adrenaline and truth (click)" on 14:49:08 12/26/01 Wed

But I have to say that during the Joe Egg previews, Eddie came close to what I was hoping for, he was working on his performance, really crafting it, each night a slightly different shading. I wish I could see it now, but I got the feeling that the experimenting is over and for whatever reason, Joe Egg is more comedy than drama. Oh and I just read your message under *CLICK* - I have seen actors prepare for a take in film, it is VERY hard work, they must concentrate and meditate on the role, the scene, everything, so that their performance fits into the jigsaw puzzle that makes up the story. Of course the Director, if he knows what he is doing, helps the actor a lot, as well as the other actors in the scene. Film is tough, much tougher than stage, and the actor cannot control what take makes the edit. Tony Curtis had a tough time in Some Like It Hot, he was great in the first takes but wore down in the latter ones, whereas Marilyn only started blooming after many many tries. Guess which takes made it into print?

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