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Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 08-31-18
Replies: 30
Which actors have the tendency to overact or ham it up?
Posted By SeeingisBelieving
He'd have to go some way to surpass David Suchet...

He'd have to go some way to surpass David Suchet – or Peter Ustinov for that matter.

He looks okay in Henry V – I saw a scene around a year ago and I liked his steeliness. Maybe there's something...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 08-31-18
Replies: 30
Which actors have the tendency to overact or ham it up?
Posted By SeeingisBelieving
It's funny that after I said this I saw a bit of...

It's funny that after I said this I saw a bit of the episode Faceless Killers and reconfirmed my indifference :). I always get the sense of a cast going through the motions, like they have a barrier...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 08-29-18
Replies: 30
Which actors have the tendency to overact or ham it up?
Posted By SeeingisBelieving
With Branagh it seems to me more a lack of oomph,...

With Branagh it seems to me more a lack of oomph, of energy. I said recently elsewhere on the forum that I found him unwatchable in the British Wallander. People raved about him in Macbeth as well...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 08-29-18
Replies: 30
Which actors have the tendency to overact or ham it up?
Posted By SeeingisBelieving
I'm most familiar with Star Trek Season 1 but...

I'm most familiar with Star Trek Season 1 but I've seen the other two series and it seemed to me that William Shatner got more over-the-top towards the end. I think he was great personally :), and...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 08-29-18
Replies: 30
Which actors have the tendency to overact or ham it up?
Posted By SeeingisBelieving
I think that's carried over from his being in the...

I think that's carried over from his being in the theatre – he supposedly liked to shout there just to make sure people were still paying attention :).

Patrick Troughton wasn't a big theatre...