A
look at the best method acting performances ever
Laurence
Olivier, the English Academy Award winner known for his limpid adaptations of
Shakespeare, once claimed to be thinking merely and deeply of wine during his
scene when a fan gushed at his stirring rendition of “To be, or not to be.”
Whether Olivier was jesting or blushing, we know of the deep contempt he felt
for the less technical actors of method loyal to Lee Strasberg. To be or not to
be a method actor, then, is what our actors must have asked themselves. Surely
these performances firmly establish their position on the Shakespearean
pendulum. Read more
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