firstly, I find connecting method acting with "not making the movies about you and being a part" illlogical,
making it my, me, myself by any actor has zero correlation with the actors approach to the role and completely about their ego
an akshay has definetly not considered anything method and may still have talked and thought only about himself
bb2 was all about KA and I think he followed no method there
in fact I would argue that an actor who somewhat approaches a role methodically is thinking about the movie, what is method, in simple words it is just a process where you absorb the character, try to change your body language, accent, try to become that character and you are obviously doing this for the movie not for just yourself, yes a corollary is the acclaim you may get as an actor
now there are cases where actors have carried it too far (joker) and in india too south indian great savitri (mahanati biopic) became depressed after some heavy roles ( like chivariki migiledi, made also in hindi as khamoshi with waheeda and rajesh khanna) and friends asked her not to be so invested.
each actor finds their balance but historical, mythological, those with certain accents need effort, you can't get up one day and do it
which is why serious filmakers do a lot of workshops, build the world and get the actors accoustommed to it before even shooting begins
rajamouli was mentinong that they write everything about the character, things like sexual preferences which may not even be mentioned in the movies and give it to the actors
I am sure shoojit, balki, slb all put thought
whether the movies flopped or not, no denying ranveer nailed 83, khilji and jayesh because of this effort
i think he has the balance and his crazy behaviour off screen seems like he dissociates as required
Edited by vcs17 - 3 years ago
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