| re: Crying On Command | |
| Last Edit: PlayWiz 01:37 pm EST 03/02/24 | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 01:31 pm EST 03/02/24 | |
| In reply to: re: Crying On Command - KingSpeed 10:34 pm EST 03/01/24 | |
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| I think years ago, Sylvia Sidney was rather famous for crying (and quite effectively) in many of her films. There are stories of some young child actors like Margaret O'Brien being told by a director that her dog has been run over to get her to cry before a crying scene, which was really a very cruel thing to do to anyone, especially a child. Then again, O'Brien later on said that she and June Allyson had the reputation of being the best at crying on the MGM lot and would somehow make it into a competition. But wasn't it Bette Davis who supposedly said she plucked a nose hair? I've heard that story before, but she was too good an actress I think to have to rely on that. Besides, would she do that before the director yelled "Action" or would she turn away from the camera to do the plucking once the scene had started filming? Some folks use the substitution method, whereby they think of something quite sad that has made them cry in the past. Others can summon it, like our friend KingSpeed above, by focusing on physicality of other things that happen when he cries, leading to an organic physical manifestation of crying. Whatever works. Frankly, if I were doing a really heavy show like "The Iceman Cometh" or "Long Day's Journey Into Night", I'd be backstage trying to save my sanity from depression by trying to temper things by keeping things light enough for myself, that I could switch on and off as necessary the darkness required for the stage. | |
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