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The Life and Mind of DamnBlackHeart
This is to help me stay actively writing. So expect to see rants, tips on writing, thoughts on subjects, me complaining of boredom, reviews, anime, movies, video games, conventions, tv shows and whatever life throws at me.
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Maybe some people have noticed this or not, but there are a lot of actors and actress that get typecast. Being typecast is pretty much a double-edge sword because on one hand, you can be fairly sure you'll always get work. On the other hand, if your breakthrough roll was "naked Asian guy" or "badass villain with laser death glares", you can look forward to a long career of playing characters that are similar or exactly the same. No matter how wonderful it is to get recognize, eventually you'll get annoyed with people always remembering you for your breakthrough roll, calling out from across the street, "Hey, naked Asian guy" or "It's the villain of death glares".
For those that don't know what is typecast or typecasting is, it's a term in the filming/theatre world where certain actors and actress become strongly identified with a specific character; one or more particular roles; or characters having the same traits (or coming from the same social or ethnic groups). For example: John Wayne, he was usually cast in the leading hero-type roles. We always remember him for it and can't see him in any other type of roles.
For some actors and actress, being so strongly identified with a role makes it difficult for them to find work playing other characters. Some of them attempt to escape typecasting by choosing roles that are opposite the types of roles that they are known for; alternatively, a director may choose to cast an actor in a role that would be unusual for them to create a dramatic (or sometimes comedic) effect.
The best example for this is actor, Anthony Anderson. He didn't want to be typecast as the fat funny guy or the comic relief. He wanted to show everyone that there is more to him than he's funny. So he started with telling his management team that he wanted to do different roles. So they targeted serious roles and/or roles that are opposite of what most known him as. Then he reached a larger audience in Law & Order, playing Detective Kevin Bernard. A serious, sardonic character with a smart-aleck tone in his voice. When you compare that role with one of his funny ones it's really different and goes to show everyone that he's capable of being more.
Of course there are some actors/actress that are always typecast and do not seem like they are planning anytime soon in breaking out of it such as actress, Michelle Rodriguez. She always plays the tough action chick in pretty much every badass action/sci-fi movie. Whether she’s a dangerous driver, a dangerous pilot, a dangerous cop, a dangerous solider, or a dangerous female boxer, she really only has one setting, and that’s one that you don't want to mess with. I admit she does play that type of roles very well but it wouldn't hurt for her to play some other roles, a serious one, at least to show us all that she's more than that.
 DamnBlackHeart · Mon Mar 28, 2011 @ 09:13pm · 0 Comments |
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