You are correct, I have a terrible time separating reality from fiction. I know in my head that things are just movies, but I get sucked in (if the actors/script is any good) and get emotionally involved. Isn't that what they want? And especially when things are based on true stories. Another example was when I watched The People vs Larry Flynt. The scene where he finds his wife dead in the bathtub. I cried. I was watching it with my boyfriend at the time and he's like "ooooh I get to see Courtney Love naked" and I'm like "you jerk his wife just died" and he's like "it's a movie" and I'm like "but it's a super sad scene that really happened" So of course I don't actually "hate" this actor, I don't know him personally, his performance was so real that he brings up very strong emotions and it's hard to separate the face from that. It may not be fair but I think that's part of being an actor. People assume they know so much about you or how you are because of your characters. How about actors that play nice guys and then they have to be nice all the time or the one time they aren't someone will say "that guy is a jerk in real life" Yes I'm just rambling now.
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