HANNAH'S ACTING IS SO BAD - WHY IS NOBODY TALKING ABOUT IT ??!
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — 28 Days Later...
edesrochers-28511 — 10 years ago(August 10, 2015 01:15 AM)
The actress playing Hannah was so bad I wanted to get infected, bleed from the eyes and not be human again.
The other actors are good
The script is good
The music is good
The movie as a all is good
SHE IS SO BAD
Why was she cast in this ?
Who's to blame?
AND WHO SERIOUSLY THINKS THIS IS OK ??
I can't sleep
This is too much
I searched, on this board, on different panels. I typed in Google "28 days later hannah sucks so bad painful acting" and nothing came up
I'm not crazy, I can't be the only one.
WHO'S WITH ME ? LET'S UNITE
and for the record the actress didn't do any other movies after that and now she plays in a goth band. So good for her. But this was torture. -
fred-seguin20 — 10 years ago(August 10, 2015 07:50 PM)
Even if I think you could have kept your temper while writing your review, I must agree (in milder and more politically correct terms) that the actress playing Hannah does impact the movie negatively.
No wonder she did not have any more roles after this one that she should not even have got at the beginning, for the sake of this movie.
I do suggest you to calm down and drink some tea. -
timdazjef — 9 years ago(April 05, 2016 01:48 AM)
I always thought that was why she's made to take downers by the other female character towards the end - to give a reason for her terrible acting. In the finale she would have been required to show some extreme emotions which was beyond her acting abilities. So they make the excuse 'Oh she's been drugged.' Pretty lame. She ruined the whole film.
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M_Exchange — 9 years ago(May 04, 2016 12:05 AM)
I always thought that was why she's made to take downers by the other female character towards the end - to give a reason for her terrible acting.
Precisely. "Your awesome dad just died." Your reaction? Acting like you couldn't get ice cream that day? wtf?
At that point Boyle to use an American football term called an audible when he looked at the dailies. "SOMETHING NEEDS TO CHANGE HERE."
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand she never worked as an actress again. -
E_nineteen — 9 years ago(April 23, 2016 10:43 AM)
Oh man, she's painfully bad. I wondered how such brilliant actors like Brendan Gleeson and Christopher Eccleston could take her seriously or even keep a straight face when on screen with her. Was her mum or dad in the crew, or something? Surely she didn't get through an audition for that part? I also couldn't work out her accent - it seemed very exaggerated and unnatural, possibly Brummy but occasionally bordering on Australian.
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johdousha — 9 years ago(June 08, 2016 02:12 PM)
Yeah, I asked my wife what accent she was going for, because it definitely didn't sound natural. To be fair to her, I did hear Brendan Gleeson's Irish slip through a couple of times. But maybe that's because he was delivering a line right after she did and my mind was adjusting.
Die Tasche. -
nsd4 — 9 years ago(August 11, 2016 05:05 AM)
Her first role and last role, so perhaps acting wasn't her thing.
I dont think she ruined the film at all and her acting wasn't that bad either, perhaps she realised the role should have been played like that - 'the world has gone to beep and she's over it after 4 weeks of seeing death and the collapse of society' not all roles can be played like american scream queens crying and shouting and taking everything like a hammer to the head.
I did notice and now always notice that when she's on the balcony talking about how much they all need each other, her accent almost hits a soft irish note, very bizarre. -
dltcwebb-184-63055 — 9 years ago(November 17, 2016 01:16 PM)
The fact that all of these people that are dissing on her are stroking their Oscars or Emmy waitthey are just stroking something else. No she is isn't very good but it is better then anything these morons could produce.
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lunchboxattacks — 9 years ago(January 31, 2017 02:57 PM)
She was pretty wooden now that I think of it, but I hadn't thought of it until seeing this thread. Yeah, they could have cast someone better, but she didn't ruin the film by any means. She only had a small part.
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angiedaylewis — 9 years ago(September 24, 2016 05:56 PM)
Haha!
Rewatched 28 days and 28 weeks back to back this evening, I think it is less her acting and more her weird accent, trying to work out what it was supposed to be did distract me somewhat!
I did wonder if she could possibly have been the best actress they auditioned?? -
negativec07 — 9 years ago(October 02, 2016 08:20 AM)
If I'm being generous I'd say she was trying to create a character who was traumatised from what she'd seen so was withdrawing. But yes, it is really distracting how flat she is, and surprised a director as good as Boyle didn't do something about it
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paulg-67221 — 9 years ago(January 25, 2017 05:49 PM)
Yeah her "acting" was terrible. I don't think it ruined the film (I still think the movie is great, for the most part) but it definitely ruined Frank's death scene. Once I saw the film in a class on my course and people laughed at her line delivery.
Considering she hasn't acted since this film (she only appeared in one other film before this one) I guess acting wasn't her thing.
I never knew she was in a goth band but it seems to be going well for her and I wish her luck.