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Dec. 4th, 2010 02:51 pmLet's talk about actors who are really good at acting in love.
Because I was just rewatching Deathly Hallows Part I and even though it was really, really poor quality, I was flailing all over the place because (and for some reason this shocked me) Rupert Grint's face when he's looking at Hermione just MAKES MY SOUL SWELL. It reminds me of how Enver Gjokaj would have poor Victor look at Sierra. And how JM and SMG would have Buffy and Spike look at each other, especially in S7 (though Spike's face in pretty much all of "Afterlife" is beyond, beyond perfection. I can't even. Best faces ever). They make me clasp my hands with joy and squeal, "OMG LOOK HOW MUCH S/HE LOVES HIM/HER! OH MY HEART MY HEART MY HEART!"
Julie Delpy is really fantastic at it in certain moments in the Sunrise/Sunset movies. And then there's the way David Boreanaz just grins so big at Cordy and it just kills me dead (and is probably the single biggest reason I ship them because it's when Angel seems most alive to me and so I like him best then).
I guess I just really like it when a person can't hide how they feel, probably because I am so epically bad at hiding how I feel. I haven't ever been in love, but I know that if I ever was, everyone would know it. Because it would all be there. In my eyes. In my face. I do remember having quite a big crush on this guy in my youth group back in early high school and one day I was just looking at him, and another girl (who I was not in any way close to) took one look at me and started dying laughing. "YOU LIKE HIM! HAHAHA!" And I was horrified (though thankfully he didn't hear), but this was just a little girl crush! I can only imagine what I would be like if it was real love! Oh, self.
This is one of the zillion reasons I relate to Spike. It's all there. He shows everything. And I love actors who can do that. Lorena Crichlow as Annie on Being Human? With her it's not romantic love since that hasn't been part of her character arc, but she just radiates emotions in general. She's so easily overtaken by them, and I just get her. My girl. Why I love her. And Andrew Garfield in The Social Network? Poor guy, he just feels so very deeply, and there's such a genuine, raw quality to his every feeling. Or hey! Alison Brie's Disney eyes! Best thing ever!
This is not at all to discount actors who are much more subtle. I mean, 3/4 of what I love about SMG is that she still manages to communicate what Buffy's feeling while not seeming to give anything away (woman is a genius). Or think of Amy Acker as Illyria: it's a very physical performance, but at the same time, it comes from a place locked away, and it's fantastic. I've found that I really love to write characters who keep it all inside and are...emotionally unavailable, to an extent. Probably because it's so different than who I am. But I don't relate to those people when it comes to emotions. Because did I mention that I have a lot of them? And find them difficult to control?
Which actors can you think of who are fantastic at this? At emotions in general or at just radiating "I'm in love!" in particular?
Because I was just rewatching Deathly Hallows Part I and even though it was really, really poor quality, I was flailing all over the place because (and for some reason this shocked me) Rupert Grint's face when he's looking at Hermione just MAKES MY SOUL SWELL. It reminds me of how Enver Gjokaj would have poor Victor look at Sierra. And how JM and SMG would have Buffy and Spike look at each other, especially in S7 (though Spike's face in pretty much all of "Afterlife" is beyond, beyond perfection. I can't even. Best faces ever). They make me clasp my hands with joy and squeal, "OMG LOOK HOW MUCH S/HE LOVES HIM/HER! OH MY HEART MY HEART MY HEART!"
Julie Delpy is really fantastic at it in certain moments in the Sunrise/Sunset movies. And then there's the way David Boreanaz just grins so big at Cordy and it just kills me dead (and is probably the single biggest reason I ship them because it's when Angel seems most alive to me and so I like him best then).
I guess I just really like it when a person can't hide how they feel, probably because I am so epically bad at hiding how I feel. I haven't ever been in love, but I know that if I ever was, everyone would know it. Because it would all be there. In my eyes. In my face. I do remember having quite a big crush on this guy in my youth group back in early high school and one day I was just looking at him, and another girl (who I was not in any way close to) took one look at me and started dying laughing. "YOU LIKE HIM! HAHAHA!" And I was horrified (though thankfully he didn't hear), but this was just a little girl crush! I can only imagine what I would be like if it was real love! Oh, self.
This is one of the zillion reasons I relate to Spike. It's all there. He shows everything. And I love actors who can do that. Lorena Crichlow as Annie on Being Human? With her it's not romantic love since that hasn't been part of her character arc, but she just radiates emotions in general. She's so easily overtaken by them, and I just get her. My girl. Why I love her. And Andrew Garfield in The Social Network? Poor guy, he just feels so very deeply, and there's such a genuine, raw quality to his every feeling. Or hey! Alison Brie's Disney eyes! Best thing ever!
This is not at all to discount actors who are much more subtle. I mean, 3/4 of what I love about SMG is that she still manages to communicate what Buffy's feeling while not seeming to give anything away (woman is a genius). Or think of Amy Acker as Illyria: it's a very physical performance, but at the same time, it comes from a place locked away, and it's fantastic. I've found that I really love to write characters who keep it all inside and are...emotionally unavailable, to an extent. Probably because it's so different than who I am. But I don't relate to those people when it comes to emotions. Because did I mention that I have a lot of them? And find them difficult to control?
Which actors can you think of who are fantastic at this? At emotions in general or at just radiating "I'm in love!" in particular?
