Episode 3. The American emphasis on transformational acting
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The guys debate America's fascination with character acting. We respond to Ira Sach's comment on our last pod! Oh, and we discuss Phantom Thread in depth, and the differences in acting style between Daniel Day Lewis and Vicky Krieps. Also... The stylistic differences in what Ryan and David look for in performances. And the most revealing topic of discussion...how would we each go about playing a medieval queen who believes she's ordained by god for the throne? We debate. Then we get into what we're working on right now as actors, all things happening at Adult Film, and David's play. Before we end we talk about figuring out our dynamic on the pod and what we actually want out of this career.... and this life. Okay bye. 1:00 Ira sachs listed to our pod/responding to his comment 3:35 Transformational acting discussion begins 8:00 Meryl Streep and Daniel Day lewis (Very contentious 🧛‍♂️) 11:00 Filling characters that are emotionally much bigger than you 12:40 Making “character Choices”  adding unnatural tension to your body 14:00 Working with your own body awareness to create character vs external character “ideas” 15:30 Phantom Thread discussion. Difference in acting style between Daniel day lewis and Vicky Krieps 22:00 Actors Positive vs negative responses to life 33:00 Using Substitutions w/ examples 36:00 How we would go about playing The Queens, who believes she’s preordained by God to be the queen. Very nice debate ;) 42:00 How Ryan cries for hours on end in play readings 💦 47:00 Brando’s performance shifting the balance in streetcar 48:00 Jungian breakdown of Phantom Thread 50:40 Ivanov reading at @adultfilms.nyc How Ryan makes super Long text blocks engaging 58:30 David’s gonna teach a non-comedic improv class at @adultfilms.nyc 1:00:14 David’s play at @WP Experiences, What he’s working through in rehearsal 1:08:10 Ryan playing Konstantine in the Seagull in @adultfilm.nyc upcoming production, rehearsing in public. 1:13:37 We went back to talk about more personal matters :) Differences in our approach, figuring out our dynamic on the pod “Being good at acting” vs booking. Insecurities. What we want our lives to look like.
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