Do actors have a say when it comes to the characters they portray?
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amalzia19 — 9 years ago(November 03, 2016 03:24 PM)
I can see how Cavill might be too "shy" since he is not that experienced but someone like Affleck? Couldn't/wouldn't he intervene when at one point, he doesn't like the direction of a certain scene or his own character?
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CichlidAsh — 9 years ago(November 03, 2016 03:29 PM)
Depends on the actor/director usually but yes they can have sometimes a lot of say actually. Jack Sparrow was not written anything like what Depp turned him into he was meant to just played straight. Other times actors can add their own lines like in the famous scene in Blade Runner.
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swtpepsigirl9577 — 9 years ago(November 03, 2016 03:48 PM)
i think Affleck out of all of them has the most say in what direction he wants Batman to go in. If he didn't want Bruce to be damaged or as damaged as he was in BvS, he probably could've approached Zack & Geoff and voiced what he wanted.
Henry,Gal,Jason,Ezra & Ray don't have that kind of clout. Oscars do make a difference. (he also could've gone to Terrio who was his writing partner on Argo and went over things with him)
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Hassan_Scarborough — 9 years ago(November 03, 2016 04:22 PM)
It depends on the director. Some just shoot the film and let the actors do what they want like with Deniro in Taxi Driver. He basically adlibbed the whole film.
Others stick to the script. And Snyder is directing and doing the story so I doubt any actors have input on much of anything.
But many of these actors audition for these parts understanding that once they get the part they need to adhere to whatever the director says.
In other cases the scripts are sent to specific actors who are wanted or in demand. Most of those times changes are done per the actor.
Like in the case of Denzel stating from the door that he wanted his character in Book of Eli, to be different than what was in the script.
On a side note Jodi Foster stated when she worked with Deniro she had no clue about making up dialog and that she wanted to stick to the script.
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The_Sentry — 9 years ago(November 04, 2016 12:03 AM)
Henry Cavill wanted Superman to have chest hair, so yea, they have a say. They might not always get what they want, but they have a voice. Most actors get to read the entire script before they sign on, so I don't see why they'd suddenly change their mind when it came to shooting. Russell Crowe read the script for MoS twice before he signed on. If they have an idea for shooting a certain scene, I imagine they'd talk to the cinematographer or the action choreographers, depending on what sort of scene it was, and then they'd take it under advisement and decide on whether or not to bring it to the director's attention. They might decide to do two takes and see which one looks better in motion. Zack is known as being a pretty flexible director and encourages collaboration, so I don't think it would be that hard to bring something to his attention.
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amalzia19 — 9 years ago(November 04, 2016 06:55 AM)
I don't think the movie was horrible but I can see the same problems everyone else saw. So I was just wondering if some of them do have a say and not just "say your line and get back to your trailer", why is the movie they way it is? Because with all your answers I just can't imagine none of them said "well, I don't think that makes much sense". I haven't watched the UE by the way.
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deadpixel128 — 9 years ago(November 04, 2016 08:34 AM)
There's a lot of possible reasons. Snyder is said to be very enthusiastic and energetic on set; when you have someone that passionate calling the shots, it can be easy to think that they have the skills to back up their passion. It's also possible the script made the character motivations and actions more clear by having text describing what the characters' mindsets are. Maybe Snyder explained what the characters should be going through during any given scene, and the actors assumed that he'd make that clear in the final edit. Or they just didn't care and just did their job and took the paycheck.
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