Do you think that actors taking extreme measures to commit to a character is a good thing, or a bad thing? Examples such as: Christian Bale drastically changing his muscle mass and weight in the span of a few years for various roles. Or this one, where Jonah Hill seems to keep gaining back an immense amount of weight for all the films he's in after he's gotten himself in shape.
It adds authenticity to the film, and improves the viewing experience for the audience but at the cost of the actor's health. Is it worth it?
Jonah Hill now has a better body than 95% of Sup Forums.
Nolan Ward
I think it's a talking piece for fans and good publicity for the actors but as far as adding to the 'authenticity' of a film goes it is not nearly as important as you'd think.
Connor Myers
this guy's weight fluctuates like a fucking yo-yo, bet he won't make it to 45.
Logan Morgan
typical Sup Forums poster. Hates to see a young, handsome man emerge from his bloated cocoon and become a beautiful butterfly-guy all because he is too lazy to exercise and so spends his day wishing weight gain upon former fatty studmuffins.
Ryder Perry
Did you even fucking read the post you meme-spouting simpleton?
Julian Fisher
i hope it gets to the point where actors are dying on camera for real, it would be epic.
Liam Ross
Not really. I think he originally lost weight for 21 Jump Street. He was heavier looking in 22 Jump Street but not too bad. He only gained a lot of weight back for War Dogs which seems silly considering the real guy wasn't fat.
Luke White
get a load of this newfag. There have been a ton of on camera deaths already, pleb.
Alexander Ward
Shut up you fat dick head
Anthony Kelly
>epic le epic 4 the win!
Logan Stewart
unintentionally, and I don't think it ever makes it in the movie.
No, I want actors willingly dying for the art.
shut the fu*k up
Christian Walker
I'll stick my fat dick head into your mum you daft illiterate fuck
Adam Lopez
>No, I want actors willingly dying for the art
Only a pathetic simpleton would agree to that.
Call Brendan Fraser
Kayden Taylor
>Do you think that actors taking extreme measures to commit to a character is a good thing, or a bad thing?
More towards bad, especially when it becomes the movie's main selling point ("Wow, look how skinny Bale got for the Machinist!") I just don't really see the point. Stage actors the world over can bring characters to life, regardless of not being the right age, race, religion, culture, etc.
It tends to come off more as a gimmick, even when it has nothing to do with physicality (Jared Leto's "method acting" in Suicide Squad for example.) They should get the broad strokes right, like if a character is a basketballer he should probably be tall, but for the most part it's not necessary.
Christian Mitchell
You would be too nervous you fucking square
Carter Rivera
He looked like this not too long ago mate and he was skinnier before. that can't be healthy
Gabriel Cooper
Those wrists are perfect for onion ring bracelets. Musclemen will never experience this pleasure
Angel Nguyen
Don't forget Wolf of Wall Street, pretty fat in that even though it released a few months before 22 Jump Street.
Luke Hill
Yeah but wasn't that while he was shooting War Dogs? At least he's lost it since then.
Brody Perez
You said onion rings?
Thomas Martin
>I have never seen Ben Hur And that is just one example
Jeremiah Cook
>digits he was pretty big for hail caesar, but i don't think he was war dogs big.
Thomas Morgan
)))Snopes((( is telling me that's false.
Carter Carter
That's the point. Gaining so much weight and then losing it can't be healthy even if he just gets liposuction. When Bale did it at least he gained muscle mass, this tubby shit just gains fat.
I mean, his heart will eventually give up.
Blake Butler
It's not healthy. Just look at his arms, they're tiny. He's lost all muscle mass through starving himself, where proper fat asses have some strength.
Angel Perez
We are all gonna die, one way or another.
Bentley Watson
the only person i'd be concerned about at this point would be arnold swollenpecker. if he lives to be 80 then it just goes to show that you can roid out for years and still keep your heart pumping decades after.
Colton Lee
He'll be 34 this year so while he's not super young, I think his body will recover provided he sticks to his current diet and exercise regimen.
Wyatt Scott
that's not saying a lot
Noah Russell
The older I get, the more sense method acting makes. Actors fool themselves into thinking something is real, and method acting is just the extreme version of that. You can do it in your own life and pretend to be a fucking pirate, and eventually by pretending to be a pirate, you have experiences that you could bring to a character to make it more believable.
It makes watching the movie more interesting too, because it blurs the lines between reality and on screen, if Sherlock Holmes is wandering around off set looking for coffee and a bagel.
Adam Allen
Method acting can be useful but the ones that go overboard with it(Leto) seem like they'd be insufferable to actually work with. I've worked film crew before and it's long ass days of hard work so I'd rather not deal with some retard that refuses to break character for no real reason.
Tyler Lopez
Dude already has a heart condition and is still going strong, so who knows. I also think the 70's juice (or dose amount) wasn't quite the same as the shit we see nowadays.
Robert Cox
is fluctuating weight method acting though? i mean does an actor get to understand a character better by gaining/losing 50 pounds?
William Sanchez
people have stated to hate daniel day-lewis with a passion on set due to his methods. dude's god tier though, and i wish he'd reconsider his hiatus.
Owen Foster
It's essentially a way for an actor to show that he's really, really serious about the role and willing to suffer for his "craft". It's hilarious how accurate Tropic Thunder ended up being.
Thomas Cox
>mfw jonah fuckin hill has better bicep insertions than i do
not gonna make it brehs
Brandon Johnson
Arnold had the best roids money can buy, fool. He will live to be 90 i bet.
Worry about those other juice monkeys that roid indiscriminately.
Brayden Bennett
user, I don't know how to tell you this...
Jackson Robinson
He's doing another movie with PTA.
Aaron Thomas
i think that dude on the right should worry about the synthol he injects more than the bullshark testosterone.
Jason Lee
>mfw i just fucking saw this i had no idea. faith in this year's movie lineup restored.
Xavier Richardson
Rain Man best method actor
Owen Scott
>Playing a severely paralysed character on screen, off screen Day-Lewis had to be moved around the set in his wheelchair, and crew members would curse at having to lift him over camera and lighting wires, all so that he might gain insight into all aspects of Brown's life, including the embarrassments. Crew members were also required to spoon-feed him.
Well, given that most regular people sacrifice their health in some way for their job, I'd say I'm fine with it since they make much more.
Mason Davis
>You can do it in your own life and pretend to be a fucking pirate, and eventually by pretending to be a pirate, I do this all the time. life is a joke
Camden Roberts
>I'M GABE DAY LEWIS AND I'M ABOUT TO GABE DAY LOSE-IT absolute madman
Michael Jones
>years in between films >somehow don't spend this time raising your son wtf DDL
Asher Taylor
That's what happens when your father is an artsy fag that goes to extreme lengths to play pretend.
Angel Moore
yeah i get that, but does matthew mcconaughey understand a redneck with aids better if he loses 40 pounds? weight gain/loss isn't the same as going to a war film's "boot camp" or starving yourself and not sleeping to make yourself feel like a heroin addict (pic related).
Cooper Walker
>GABE DAY LOSE IT
Isaac Ortiz
Didn't he already try to be skinny once by gave up because no one would hire him when he wasn't a funny fat guy any more?
Carson Evans
yeah something must have happened
Logan Baker
>Day-Lewis returned to the stage in 1989 to work with Richard Eyre, in Hamlet at the National Theatre, London, but collapsed during the scene where the ghost of Hamlet's father appears before him. He began sobbing uncontrollably and refused to go back on stage; he was replaced by Jeremy Northam who finished the performance word-and-action-perfect and received a standing ovation. Ian Charleson then formally replaced Day-Lewis for the rest of the run, except that Charleson's ill-health forced Northam to stand in again many times. Although the incident was officially attributed to exhaustion, Day-Lewis later claimed to have seen the ghost of his own father. He has not appeared on stage since.
Jesus fucking Christ.
Charles Bennett
Didn't he grow up without friends and isn't he rumored to have aspergers?
>Didn't he grow up without friends and isn't he rumored to have aspergers? idk about that one but it does seem like the best actors have some sort of mental issue combined with a non normie upbringing.
Jayden Harris
what the actual fuck
he needs to seek help, or he's going to end up killing himself some day
Charles Brooks
>Paul Dano, who starred opposite Day-Lewis in the turn-of-the-century drama, said: "They start flying and I realise he's getting into it. Then a ball bounces up and hits me in the leg, and I'm thinking: 'OK, those are heavy; this is getting serious - I'd better duck.'" CLASSIC
His dad lives in Ireland, his mom lives in France, and he grew up in America. his parents hate and ignore him poor guy
Andrew Reed
His mom is the chick from The Possession.
Josiah Jenkins
I know. She lives in France. Are there any photos of them together?
Julian Gomez
I wonder how horrible all his loose skin is, probably looks like a deflated elephant
Robert Evans
Um, no. He most certainly does NOT have a better body than I do.
Tom thanks his lucky stars every day that he has Colin.
Jose Taylor
Thought it was a woman in the thumb
Turns out it was a bitch
Connor Ramirez
>mfw your pants aren't tight enough
Christopher Lewis
Tv Actor Colin Hanks? Yeah that's comforting.
Dylan Hall
Damn, he's got some really skinny legs.
Jeremiah Hill
He got his tits surgically fixed lmao
Jace Butler
...
Henry Taylor
Colin seems like a nice, normal dude. Unlike Chet, who is the real life version of B-Rad from Malibu's Most Wanted lol.
Colton Brown
He's also a 6'2 irish man, can't ask much of the lad.
Jackson Perez
How can DDL be so effay while dressing like shit?
Elijah Lewis
Height, Face, Frame. He's like 6'3".
Charles Ross
>tfw after 2 years of working out/running/etc. this is now my body type
I'm not happy about this. My shoulders are a bit more defined/wider though, so at least there's that. Also I don't have the hanging losse skin nips like Jonah, since my skin genetics are top notch
Kayden Watson
Were you fat? If so, you've already improved a lot! Keep going!
Easton Ward
he is manlet
Asher Campbell
>the best roids money can buy There were only a few different roids in his time, which are still overwhelmingly used today due to their effectiveness. If you don't take them by the boatload (like your pic), and cycle on and off regularly, they really aren't too bad for you
Juan Rivera
one of my friends in the army had deflated man titties. weirdest part of it was that his nipples would bleed from the chafing every time we had a distance run.
Brandon Collins
No woman of quality goes for a guy who looks like this much of a faggot. quality women like daddy-archetypes, not sawed off little Elliot roger gays who look like they wear cologne and comb their pubic hair
Aaron Lopez
I was a fucking hamlad. Dad got S-IV pancreatic cancer 2 years ago after a lifetime of treating himself like shit, so it lit a fire under my ass.
Almost makes me feel bad whenever I see since I'm sure he knows full well it was his shit way of living and subsequent health issues that inspired me to not be a chunkass like him.
Julian Howard
>but does matthew mcconaughey understand a redneck with aids better if he loses 40 pounds?
No, but it makes the character seem more believable to the audience, since that's what an aids infected fag would've looked like in that situation. We wouldn't be nearly as immersed if he looked strong and healthy
Thomas King
Arnold had a squad of doctors and phenomenal once in a generation genetics. Nigga is practically perfect physically.
Plenty of dudes I worked out with went on roids, now we're 30 and easily half sees a psychiatrist on a regular basis
Daniel Diaz
It's a neutral thing. If a person is not the absolute master of their own body, than what are they the master of? Nothing apparently.
If Christian Bale wants to starve himself for a role I can say he's crazy and his doctor can say he's crazy but that's 100% his right and fuck anyone who says he CAN'T.
I doubt he would tell others they should do so either, it was undoubtedly a taxing thing. I think it made him just a little unhinged.
Thomas Allen
I genuinely think Bale is a bad actor despite all the appearance changes. He's a mess of corny ticks and bad accents, and his one role to completely embrace that fakeness is his best
Levi Scott
*6'1
Henry Hall
You can't possibly watch The Machinist and say "WHOA THIS GUYS IS A SHITTY ACTOR".
Jace Stewart
Maybe just a mediocre actor
Nathan Bell
Why not? Outside of the weight loss he doesn't do anything memorable with the character
Michael Anderson
>tfw first think I thought were that his legs were huge
who else /chickenlegs/ here
William Sullivan
It's time to stop Jonah
Owen Turner
do you not agree with his acting style?
Robert Stewart
if a woman has a piece of shit father, she will go for piece of shit men.
Luis Bailey
There are limits. Film actor Laird Cregar underwent a gastric bypass operation in the hopes that quickly losing weight would nab him some romantic lead parts. He died a few days later from a heart attack.
Michael Scott
>be raging nerd with social anxiety disorder >dad forces me to work for his security company >be first night as bouncer, dad leaves >b-b-but dad i c-c-ant do it >tells me to sack up and fake it till i make it >realize the power of pretending >suddenly i am bouncer, am stronk and nobody do me a harm >10 years later i'm still convincing myself every time i go to work >life is splintering, sometimes i wake up thinking i am still bouncer and yell at gf >i am become aggressive fuckhead but now social anxiety is coming back full force >splitting in middle >soon ill be punching myself in the face like that mma boxer Sup Forums pissed off
