What makes an Actor or Actresses Legendary

An actor and actress shouldn't focus so much on sex appeal to draw audiences to watch your film, pick a screenplay or story that has really interesting characters and one that has a good or interesting story. If your gut tells you this is not something I'd go watch, then don't select to be a part of that film. As an actor you're breathing life into a story. (They will respect you more as an actor or actress by focusing on this than on focusing on only merely sex appeal, Actress like Helen Mirren (there needs to be more women actresses that don't take on roles that are merely sex appeal and take on roles with interesting, good stories and unique characters) and Actors like James Earl Jones and Morgan Freeman amd Sean Connery even though have aged are appealing to audiences don't depend on sex appeal but select film projects based on interesting characters and good story in the films they select to be a part of, that's why they'll leave behind a legacy in film history long after they pass)

Take on characters that are dynamic, interesting people you would want to meet or know, complex characters (like bad guys that seem good, good guys that seem bad), or take you on a journey to new cultures and worlds, or take you on an emotional journey, characters with a good back story, characters with many layers to their personality, interesting life experiences in story, or interesting story format that hasn't been told in that way before.

These are some of the things what I think about when writing a story for film.

If you're a writer or filmmaker or actor or actress hope this helps you in selecting a film project that will really transform your audiences view of different people and different cultures whether it be business or organizations or communities or global cultures and transform the way view the world and society and allow people to experience something they may have never experienced personally or experience through the film something they will never experience ever in their personal life.

These are just elements of a good story and literature and film should have these elements and allow people to experience all this and maybe create a change in an individual that watches the film through good storytelling and dynamic, interesting characters in the movie or film they watch.

My point don't focus so much on sex appeal that goes away eventually over time as we all will age.