I honestly didn't think he looked too old in the film, but I agree about the quality of his performance. I assume you saw him in the show off-Broadway, unless you saw an understudy. Did you find his work significantly different in the film or was it just a case of that which worked on stage not working on film? To me it seemed like a passive/aggressive version of emoting. Internalized but still too much.
I had liked the show very much on stage but with a different actor as Evan. |