She can not act
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dan-508 — 15 years ago(October 15, 2010 03:45 PM)
Totally agreed. She has one facial expression: squinting and straight-faced. One tone of voice: vaguely whiny and sarcastic. She can project exactly one emotion: annoyed boredom. She's the worst television actress I've seen.
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obsessedwdrama — 12 years ago(April 07, 2013 11:13 PM)
I've watched a wide body of her work and this is absolutely not true. What most people think of as good acting is subjective anyway. I haven't met too many people that actually give me any good reason for why someone's acting is "bad" other than the actor annoys them, but in reality it's usually a specific character they just don't like for whatever reason. It's something the actor does in the portrayal of the character that turns the viewer off, not the actors capability to emote "properly". Your average person usually has a preconceived notion of what a certain character archetype should behave and sound like. Breaking out of that box isn't a bad thing artistically, but some people don't like their boxes broken.
Holly is a talented film actress, but I could never see her doing much theatre. The styles are very different and she really excels at subtle nuance, playing each individual beat inwardly. I, personally, respond to this type of acting the most as it seems so real. Plus I'm just a people reader by nature. I am no2000t big on overly presentational styles of acting which work much better in a theatre setting where even gestures must be projected to the back of the auditorium. I feel like lots of tv actors push too hard trying to emote for all they're worth and it just seems so false and plastic. That's what I find "bad".
Also, Holly can certainly do much more than look annoyed. She really became the heart of the show on Charmed. She was the every woman, the one you could relate to. She was ballsy, sarcastic, neurotic, and funny (Piper, that is.). And if you want to see some barbiedoll teen actress get schooled in emoting, you should watch Holly cry. I'm not saying she's the best actress there ever was. Just pointing out that your claim is overly simplistic and subjective with no basis in any acting theory. -
charmed-palace — 15 years ago(January 17, 2011 03:48 PM)
Whoah are kidding me? She was BY FAR the best actress on Charmed, se was brilliant at everything they gave her; emtional scenes, funny scenes, serious scenes, intense scenes. She rocked them all, and she's still doing that now on PLL.
"This isn't funny Dean, the voice says I'm almost out of minutes." - Castiel, Supernatural.