They're more like
actors than monsters, but I intentionally blur the line.
Not exact matches
This aesthetic permeates every aspect of Foul Play — enemies are not
monsters but extras and
actors in costume; sets come and go as they would in a real stage production; and props and larger -
than - thespian beasts are constructed from wood and rope.
Natalie Portman has hinted at being a versatile actress, willing to go deep to access the emotional soil for a part, but never has she committed this fully and completely, giving herself over as
actors sometimes do — Robert DeNiro is Raging Bull, Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice, Vivien Leigh in A Streetcar Names Desire, Charlize Theron in
Monster, Marion Cotillard in La Vie En Rose, Dustin Hoffman in Midnight Cowboy (Tootsie, Rain Man, etc.) These are those rare occasions when the
actor is eclipsed by the character, the performance that then reaches something more
than likable, believable; it becomes moving art.
It's not just kind of latex and a costume; it would be a motion - capture performance of the
monster — I can give away maybe not too much by saying there's more
than one in our version — and then I would go to Europe, shoot the movie, do scenes with the real
actors and I would be able to see the motion - captured
monster in real time due to SimulCam, so yes that is our technological VFX paradigm for Frankenstein.»
Believe it or not, despite the fact that Christopher Lee played Dracula more
than any other
actor in the history of film, he actually didn't approve of the most of the incarnations of his famous
monster.
SEE THIS MOVIE IF: you are a
monster movie fan or a follower of the Godzilla legacy OR you need proof that a lead
actor can be less engaging
than Matthew Broderick was in the 1998 Godzilla film.
A secondary commentary with
actors Aussie Richard Roxburgh (Dracula), Shuler Hensley (Frankenstein's
monster), and Britisher Will Kemp (Wolfman), however, plays like an acerbic, martini - dry Mystery Science Theatre episode, and though it's the first time the trio have seen the completed film, their collective jesting regularly bristles with sexual double - entendres, and is far more enjoyable
than the Sommers / Ducsay pairing.