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What Makes Mia Special

posted 9 years ago by Weber4278
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After seeing Mia in Crimson Peak for the second time, I was just thinking about what makes her special as an actress.

And ironically enough I think it's the thing that people tend to bash her for...subtlety.

Her style of acting requires you to pay attention to her and what she is doing, all of her emotion is in her eyes BUT you have to watch her, you can't just zone out.

Mia never overacts...and some people tend to mistake that for 'dullness' and call her wooden, when the truth is she is far from being wooden.

And I will humbly confess that the first time I saw Mia, I didn't get her...it took watching her several times before I finally understood her style of acting, and then all the emotion I first thought was missing was clear as day to me.

Her acting is much like her personality...more understated, but it's all there. I think people these days just like big emotions, outgoing personalities and larger then life performances. Mia's acting is more modest and realistic and I think that puts some people off.

Just my opinion.

[–] yakirue 8 years ago

Like you said, her acting is realistic. She understands her character well and portrays it as the character would...not merely imitating or overdoing her acts. It's more like she becomes the character herself.
She's far from dull. If being an actress only means 'crying/shouting', those who've seen her in In Treatment would testify that she's more than capable of it. But Mia is more than that. She offers us real acting. Subtle but real.