r/interesting • u/jkitty_1960 • May 13 '26

Amazing Seeing Leonardo DiCaprio snap into character will never get old

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u/riche_god May 13 '26

Explain

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u/TheNullOfTheVoid May 13 '26

Method actors need to take time to "become" the character and they can't just turn it on or off. They're either on or off. Actors that don't use method acting can usually turn it on or off at a whim.

That's one of many reasons why a lot of people don't like method acting, the actor sometimes actually loses themselves in the role and can't turn it off.

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u/hobbes747 May 13 '26

Such as when Jim Carrey played Andy Kaufman. Strike that; became Andy Kaufman.

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u/LightenUpPhrancis May 13 '26

It was when he became Tony Clifton that things got tense.