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AllstarSniper32 posted...

Uhm, I meant for the first movie they are in how many of them knew and cared about the characters? Like RDJ, did he care about Iron Man the comic book character, or was it just a pay check?

You mean RDJ, the actor pretty much everyone on Earth said was the single most appropriate actor to play Tony Stark, who pretty much lived every second of the role, who was borderline method acting for half the film, and who made an entire world that barely gave a fuck about Iron Man wind up seeing him as one of their favorite characters ever?

Yes, I'd say RDJ cared about the character.

Keep in mind, I'm not saying an actor needs to be a huge fan of the character and who they were before they took the movie (that's not what "caring" means). I'm talking about the difference between taking the character you are given and really trying to get into that character's head, make them seem like a real, vital person, and make people care about that character... versus showing up, reading the lines you're given, doing what the director tells you, and then clocking out completely because you don't care. One of those mindsets tends to give you great films. The other gives you the Star Wars prequels.

You can usually tell which actors care about a character and which don't. It's especially obvious when you see them on press tours - the actors who seem genuinely excited about their own movie and willing to engage with interviewers and fans tend to be the ones who actually tried to put something of themselves into a film, while the half-assers tend to come across as if they wish they could be anywhere other than where they are at that moment.


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