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Olivier Awards - Larry was crap 11 Years, 3 Months ago
After looking at his film performances, I've decided Sir Laurence was ham. Understandable. In that era when movies and TV were so young they were babies, actors used theatrical over show to covey grief, happiness, sorrow, anger... to reach the back of the Dress Circle.
Converting to film they still overacted to a porky level.
But that's no reason to turn the practitioners into idols.
Re:Olivier Awards - Larry was crap 11 Years, 3 Months ago
I do agree. He wasn't too bad early on, in things like Rebecca, but once he was glorying in his 'world's best actor' fame he was allowed to wildly over-act in front of the movie cameras. He always seemed to need a silly false nose, or a fake moustache, or a gimmicky accent or an eye-catching walk. And many people in Hollywood fell for it. Actually the same happened with his widow Joan Plowright - she had a spell where she'd appear as a range of exotic 'foreign' characters, all with the same OTT accent and the eye-popping over-acting, and she was feted by the critics. I bet she couldn't believe she was getting away with it.
Re:Olivier Awards - Larry was crap 11 Years, 3 Months ago
Yes; Rebecca was fantastic (I'm wondering whether I'll be asked to star in the "remake" called Rebekah) but Olivier (in a very difficult part) over shadowed by Fontaine, Sanders and the utterly divine UNDER acting Mrs Danvers. I thought even the dog had a better part.
Re:Olivier Awards - Larry was crap 11 Years, 3 Months ago
Funnily enough, at this moment on BBC2 - A Man For All Seasons, a movie of similar era illustrating superb acting by Paul Scofield, Leo McKern and, finest of all, Wendy Hiller.