In real life, I'm sure he's great, but as an actor, in both Sherlock and Spectre there's something that makes the audience instantly hate his character.
What is it? Is it something about his voice or body language? He's doing something, right?
Haha, I am not quite sure what it is but I've been studying his body language and expressions for a Moriarty-impression I've done at acting school and what I think may have something to do with it is what he's doing with his eyes (although I have no idea what exactly it is he's doing). It's like he's able to make his eyes (that are really full of expression) completely empty. That combined with a very blank way of speaking makes those persons he likes to portray in that way very annoying.
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shareWow, that's what I call a very thoughtfull, interesting and important point to the topic. Sure, that's it, thanks for pointing it out.
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I think Andrew Scott have a very dominant screen presence. (Not talking or face-making involved)
In Hollywood standard, we are used to see bulky men as the dominant character. (rambo anyone?)
In Andrew Scott's case, his body stance combined with his dominant stare
( Hannibal Lecter-ish)can make the audience fell uncomfortable.
(Casting reason why he is Moriarty!)
Next thing, not only does he have a dominant screen presence, but he also have a "sexual" presence-type. This have nothing to do about sexual orientation.
Directing actors tip: when you want the audience to feel the sexual desir between two characters you can:
1) ask the actor to stare without blinking.
2) ask the actor to stare at his co-star mouth/lips.
3) ask the actor to have no respect of personal space.
4)ask the actor to express desire with his mouth ( slightly open, showing a bit of tongue)
Just my two cents...
regards!
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Absolutely yes to your points as of screen presence and sexual presence (if he wants it, of course).
I'm not quite sure about your arguments though, as good acting isn't just about making a certain face to make the viewers believe that you have a sexual tension f.e. Posing always comes across as fake.
And many of Andrews performances were able to really touch me, so it certainly wasn't just a faked emotion.
I don't hate Moriarty or find him awful. I think he's startling and compelling and pretty scary but AS's performance is masterful and worthy of all the noise he got from it. It served the story for him to die but I'm glad every time they manage to use him and I look forward to see if they manage to make him a part of Series four.
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shareWEIRD! I thought I was the only one. I've only seen his performance in Spectre and Sherlock, and in both instances, I found his character to be very annoying.
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