Worst Actress I've Seen In Years
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Tracy Spiridakos
mattylb38-1 — 13 years ago(October 02, 2012 04:05 PM)
I haven't logged into IMDB in years, but her lack of acting skills has motivated me. She is completely ruining Revolution. Even if the show is lacking, her lines are lacking, and her character is whiny and annoying, she could be doing better. Just another case of a pretty girl getting away with bad acting because everyone wants to stare at her model looks? I now fastforward thru half her scenes. I'm not a troll, I'm annoyed. Who agrees with me?
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wysoft — 13 years ago(October 03, 2012 12:58 AM)
I don't know, I don't really see the same bad acting in her character that a lot of people are bitching about. I'm not really attracted to her either, so I'm not giving her a break based on looks. I just don't think the writers have done much to properly develop the character, despite Charlie sort of being the lead. All that we know is that her dad was killed, she believes her mother is also dead, her brother is lost, and we've really been told nothing much else at all.
It's not disinteresting enough to ruin the show, but they'd better throw her a bone. -
kmanmtnbiker — 13 years ago(October 20, 2012 10:44 AM)
wysoft, I agree, h5b4er character doesn't appear as much of a "whiner" as people think she is. But regardless of that, I think the writer purposely left out a lot of the past so that the viewers can try and imagine there own version of her, much like reading a book. To often TV shows characterize the main roles so much there is no room for the human mind to imagine and create that character they relate to. This maybe the reason that people view Charlie as a whiner, they themselves need something to complain about, so they create this image of Charlie as a whiner themselves. This show is, and of course this is only my opinion,written to stimulate the creativeness in us, thus is a great show. It is like a hybrid of TV show and a book and is why so many people can create there own diverse opinions
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zandylovesRISK — 13 years ago(October 03, 2012 12:00 PM)
The scene with her talking to Miles about why he should help her felt weird. I think it was her trying to deliver the lines but that's really it. The character has some rough edges but I don't think she is a bad actress.
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alpha-tango — 13 years ago(October 06, 2012 10:23 AM)
I don't know if we can say that she's a bad actress. We haven't seen her in a lot of roles, and quite frankly this is the only extensive role she's had thus far. I think it's too early for such a statement. I do agree that her acting thus far has been nothing spectacular, but I do attribute a lot of that to what you mentioned also. The lack of her character and the show in terms of writing and depth is what it generally comes down to.
She's fairly young, so she can grow and come into her own still. The show has a good concept, but the execution is done horribly wrong. I was looking forward to it, but now, it probably deserves to go on the Sci-Fi channel and kept to a maximum of 2 hours as a made for tv movie as opposed to an attempt to a long standing National tv series on a major Network.
Unless they fix things up in the writing and some other execution points, I would really not want this to last a year. But, who knows - people certainly has watched worse things than this.
I've been thoroughly disappointed thus far. -
solpsizm — 13 years ago(October 08, 2012 10:53 PM)
Yeah have to agree. It's apparent she watched a lot of Alias and tried to model her acting style on Jennifer Garner/Sydney. In every dramatic scene no matter what the situation cry or make it look like you're about to cry. And try to be as earnest a possible.
The show is far from great but I can't see it lasting a longer than a season with a lead who's downright annoying and borderline laughable. -
makton — 13 years ago(October 09, 2012 01:29 PM)
Even the sad fact that Revolution is a world class disappointment isnt nothing compared to the fact that she has no acting skills what so ever. Close up from last episode of her staring to the emptiness for 10s was just cherry on the top.
Seems to be a trend now days, tho. Low budget series with cheap casts. But this girls is something else, she has lowered the bar even from that.
When ever she on the screen, its nothing but agony to watch. -
dragonlee29 — 12 years ago(September 03, 2013 06:28 PM)
I guess the show isn't a world class disappointment since they gave it a 22 episode second season and I'm really not sure why some people are criticizing her acting ability. I do think the writing in many instances and especially for Tracy's character is not all that great.
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jacobdtober — 13 years ago(October 15, 2012 04:23 PM)
The OP is unmistakably spot on. But, having said that, I'm going to start a new thread on the same topic. Maybe, she'll see all the threads and stop acting.
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jlp937 — 13 years ago(October 16, 2012 11:04 AM)
I am absolutely appalled by the comments about her acting ability. I think that she is an amazing and fresh face. Her emotion is so raw and real on the show. Obviously because of the ratings several other millions agree with me!
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Iam_Misanthropical — 13 years ago(October 16, 2012 10:17 PM)
She does kind of grate on my nerves, I found myself fast forwarding scenes with her doing most of the talking.
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collinsjamesl — 13 years ago(October 29, 2012 10:34 PM)
I couldn't disagree with you more. I think Tracy Spiridakos is one to watch.
I think she's done some pretty amazing work, so far. There's a couple of scenes where I was literally choked up and moved by her performance. I think there's a lot more great work to come. I often wonder what possesses someone to go out of their way to write something nasty about someone on a public forum. I gotta be honest, it's really hard to take your post seriously, when you've billed her as "worst actress I've seen In years".. To not like an actress is one thing, but to make such a statement, well, again, it's hard to take you seriously.