Aaron Eckhart on method acting

[mzkhadir]

Ouch! Taking method acting too far
Aaron Eckhart is willing to suffer for his art.

The ?Thank You For Smoking? star is appearing in a film called ?Bill? with Jessica Alba, and he says he put clothespins on his private parts to help his acting.

?I had to pretend that my nuts hurt, so I put a clothespin on my nuts,? Eckhart told Men?s Journal. ?Otherwise, you?re just learning your lines and saying them. There?s no art in that. People say, ?Why do you want to put a clothespin on your nuts?? You know why? Because that?s what I do for a living.?


msnbc.com

 

[Fourier Transform]

No pain, no gain.

 

[Lorax]

he probably had to, or he'd be "enlarged" for every scene with alba.

 

[Qwest]

also Harvey Dent / Two Face!

 

[torpid]

You should see what he did to get in character for the movie In The Company of Men. That deaf woman's ears will never be the same.

 

[eplebnista]

Originally posted by: Lorax
he probably had to, or he'd be "enlarged" for every scene with alba.

LOL

 

[EvilYoda]

I'm glad to see him working more now...I also enjoyed Conversations With Other Women, but it's a somewhat similar role to Thank You For Smoking's. Can't wait for Harvey

 

[mooglemania85]

why did he need the clothespins? wouldn't your balls already be aching if you had to spend that much time around alba?

 

[SirStev0]

Originally posted by: Qwest
also Harvey Dent / Two Face!

exactly!
and kinky testicle torture isnt really method acting...

wonder if he is planning to horribly burn a half of his body with acid and go insane for the third?

 

[dennilfloss]

Not a fan of method acting. I prefer the old-fashioned way and think this has much to do with my preference for British actors and actresses.

Anecdote: While making Marathon Man, Dustin Hoffman kept running to get into his character. Sir Laurence Olivier is said to have told him: "Why don't you try acting?":laugh:

 

[DangerAardvark]

The guy already bangs Katie Holmes in Thank You For Smoking. Now Jessica Alba? Totally worth the ball pinch.

 

[Jschmuck2]

Originally posted by: dennilfloss
Not a fan of method acting. I prefer the old-fashioned way and think this has much to do with my preference for British actors and actresses.

Anecdote: While making Marathon Man, Dustin Hoffman kept running to get into his character. Sir Laurence Olivier is said to have told him: "Why don't you try acting?":laugh:

One of my favorite quotes ever. I am an actor...like...that's what I do and I've personally never bought into method.