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His acting isn't the problem


It's his voice, he has a really high pitched voice and sounds like a girl when he screams. He's actually pretty good at showing emotions, his voice is his downfall though.

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Yeah I forgot: EVERY man on this planet has to have some deep macho man voice like Arnold Schwarzenegger or Sylvester Stallone. Is it so bad if someone has a soft voice? My voice sounds like that when I scream too.

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Is it so bad if someone has a soft voice?

No it's not. It depends on the role and what kind of character the "man" is playing. It was fine when he was Spiderman because Spiderman is a teen and has a soft voice. So his high pitched scream was tolerable in that.

However the same high pitched scream in Brothers was really distracting. It's almost like the sound of a girl crying. It was meant to be serious but it just took me out of the scene.

My voice sounds like that when I scream too.
For your sake I hope people take you seriously when you cry or scream with that high pitched voice.

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Oh yeah that hurt. Ooh! REALLY hurts. As a matter of fact, they don't really seem to care whether or not my voice breaks when I scream.

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"Yeah I forgot: EVERY man on this planet has to have some deep macho man voice like Arnold Schwarzenegger or Sylvester Stallone. Is it so bad if someone has a soft voice? My voice sounds like that when I scream too."

That is quite unfortunate. I'm very lucky that I have a deep manly voice.

Girlyman.

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Agreed, the cracking voice worked when he was still playing teenagers, but a 40 year old man should have found his voice by now. Leonardo Dicaprio also has the same problem. I always feel like I'm watching a boy play a man's role.

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You a Lil b1tch that's why. In Sparta they would have dropped you off a cliff.

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Similar to how your mother dropped you as a child?

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He is a character actor so his voice does not really matter




Class is Pain 101. Your instructor is Casey Jones

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