Ok, so how did the algorythm know I just opened my office door, which had not been opened in the 2 years since my cancer diagnosis, and once inside, find myself laying hands on a screenplay I wrote back in 2009(?) for Russell Crowe and his sons, because he was getting a divorce and I wanted them to have an ongoing project that would compell them (by contract if needbe) to get together, work together and know each other their own selves, without any interference from either an angry ex or subsequent stepmums. It was a stupid idea.
“I don’t have to draw on past experiences anymore” made me realize something I never had before. I always thought actors being able to do that for their performances was so cool, but I never considered how unpleasant it would be to have to do that to make yourself cry.
Learned that from Anna Gunn in the final season of Breaking Bad. There's a behind the scenes where she's really struggling with it. It's the scene where Walt steals the child and she runs down the road after him crying. Looks like hell to deal with for some actors.
@@SirQuantization There was a big wait between filming the first and second half of that scene, so she had to wait hours and stay in that place to achieve it. She really killed it though
@@davidchristie6003 Some actors' schedules are brutal as hell. Whenever I watch the behind the scenes content of Doctor Who, they're always like "okay so we arrive at 4am every day, go home at 8pm", it's rough despite being a pretty cool job
I really enjoy watching Tom Holland talk. He has a very natural "just having a chat" type of persona. Pair this with him offering an insight into how actors do what they do. It's really refreshing.
To be fair, its entirely the actors choice on how they figure how to cry on command, its not like somebody is sat there showing them pictures of their dead relatives or something. So rather than some cringey moralistic statement about "Actors should not have to", its just "cool that some actors have found a way to".
I just tried it, and for me the diaphragm part was rather natural. What I did not expect though, was that with no sad emotion or any real emotional thought going through my head, I almost started to tear up just by mimicking the sobbing with the diaphragm. That is so awesome, it’s an ingenious thing Benedict Cumberbatch figured out.
@@zachxy3108 I don't know too but from past "crying experiences" 😅 I can say fake yawning can help prevent crying when you really don't want to so there is a connection.
@zachxy3108 The diaphragm is just bellow the lungs and directly affects breathing when you learn to control it. All singers, wind instrument musicians and voice actors learn this control as breath control is the basis of the instrument.
You can see his soul leaving him while saying "Oh I am giving his secrets" =))) but went ahead with it. I can imagine Benedict looking at this like “Oh hell naw” 😂
This is how you know you're working with a professional who really knows their craft. Instead using past traumas, which does work but can have really bad side effects long term emotionally, he figured out a literal "technique" for making yourself cry. Outstanding.
@@LosfeldRL And who are you to say you know better? Are you a professional actor like Robert Downey Jr or Brad Pitt? No. How do I know? You're arguing in YT comments. Me recognizing someone who has been at their craft long enough to learn how to do the job better is something ANYONE can do. STFU and move on.
It completely depends on the approach, Stanislavsky and Meisner use two different approaches but with the same result. Also this is something cumberbatch learned not something that was taught to him.
Tom is such a good storyteller. He is genuine in his conversations and that's why you can listen to him comfortably. Man looks so human than most of the celebrities
girl what? More "human"? lol. I think you're just being seduced by his youth and looks, but you're spinning it into something more deep. Because what you're saying otherwise makes no sense. Most celebrities are very comfortable and natural and "human" on camera and in interviews.
@akpokemon Oh yes, and of course you as the black-pill death note fan understand that actors are only famous because they look good, not at all because they have actual talent. Go and escape the matrix instead of telling us about it.
No he didn’t. He just stuttered. If you watch the full 50 minute interview he stutters quite a lot and didn’t get emotional or anything after saying that.
@@toowens He kind of quivered on the word "anymore", right after the stutter. Not that it's a clear cut indicator, but that's probably what @samuel71deboer meant.
That's called the Grotovsky method/approach to acting. Do what physically happens and emotions will follow. It's opposite Method acting and for many actors one or the other fits better.
@@penguins.227it won't work for everyone. I can't do the thing before the emotion. Everything I do is lead by emotion. I have a sense that's truth of heath as well. It has to be genuine or what's the point? Some people want to suffer for their art. Some people are suffering either way.
I'm not even an actor and just tried it and it actually does work to a certain point. Tearing all up and the ride the wave from there is a quite good description, could almost start sobbing like this. My eyes burn now.
That technique is a great example of healthy acting. You don't have to do method acting methods (or other methods where you're working with your personal experiences) to simulate emotions. You can trick your brain with breathing techniques or muscle memory movement and if you're taking the situation in a scene serious, the rest comes from itself while playing the scene. I'm happy to see that those kind of acting methods are also present in Hollywood. 🎉
Using past traumas and getting the feelings out from back then, can actually be really healthy. Actors often call their job therapeutic for that reason. The exposure should be done by choice and ideally under controlled circumstances, but avoidance is worse in almost any case.
I absolutely agree with you! It can be therapeutic. But I guess it always depends on the situation you're in at the moment. Sometimes it can be overstimulating or reactivate trauma which was already dealt with. And if you have to play on stage instead of doing a movie, you'll have to redo everything night after night, which is defenetly unhealthy in the long run, if you're using method acting methods or other methods where you're using personal experience. I guess its important to be able to use all different kinds of acting methods and choose the one which fits best for the situation. But I'm just happy to see famous actors doing different methods.@@monmothma3358
And that explains why his crying scenes are so good in the MCU. Specially after Infinity Wars. His crying scenes since have been masterful grunt punches. 💜
The crying scene in Imitation game was absolutely amazing he has a way of expressing so much emotion in such a short period. Actors and their acting skills astonishes me sometimes
His voice cracks on his last word, "anymOre". Gets me every time. Every time we even think about the phrase 'past experiences' we unintentionally remember things that we don't want to.
That breathing is exactly how I sound when I'm super upset and trying NOT to cry. Like struggling to take deep calming breaths but the emotions cutting up your rhythm. So I would definitely be in a crying mood if I breathed like that on purpose.
Yeah, I think what they realized is that trying to cry is hard, ie. just making the tears come out and pretending to be sad, as opposed to actual sobbing, which comes from deep within and is much more physical. Once you get the diaphragm going, the rest will follow.
I think it's both, I can cry on command and it's something similar, if you do the physical motions of crying your body will start to react and bring those emotions to the surface and, like Tom said, you "ride the wave" from there but its not like you're actually sad cause you can turn it off just as fast
Exposure therapy is the best way to get rid of past trauma and fear aswell as flashbacks. Mabye a film set is not the right place to make that kind process but people should confront unpleasant memories instead of drowning them in alcohol.
Sometimes, if you can simulate the physical effects of an emotion it will bring that emotion out in you; this is why smiling makes you feel happier even if you are just "pretending" to smile. If I simulate that feeling when you are about to sneeze, with the muscles around your nose constricting, and your eyes squinting while inhaling, I can tear-up on command.
emotions always come from the body. Learned a similar technique from an opera singer and it's absoluteöy amazing. Not only is it easy and convincing, it is also quite the rollercoaster being able to catapult yourself from sofa level cozy to full panic or existential despair within ten seconds.
Both benedict cumberbatch and tom holland are incredible. The Imitation Game is one of my all time favourite films, I couldn't even guess how many times I've watched it. It's just so beautifully done
Im SO glad to hear that incredible actors use techniques like this. When I was in acting school, there was a stigma that this kind of thing was "fake" or "inauthentic" and that you had to FEEL sad enough to actually cry and sob. I remember thinking how stupid that was. I just leave my eyes open long enough to get dry, and they start tearing up. Great technique and much better than torturing yourself 👍
I love just hearing actors talking about their craft and learning from one another. Peoples view of acting can be pretty one dimensional so I always find it fascinating hearing actors talk about it more in depth, how they process the script, how they find the character, how they work out how does this character move and talk. It's just all so so interesting
Thsi makes me glad what he said at the end about not having to draw on past experiences or personal matters. It must be really hard as an actor if you rely on that, almost like never laying your trauma to rest. It must be one of the hardest emotions to actually fake and act.
This method is called sensorial memory and it’s used in method acting as well. It’s great because it doesn’t require the actor to tap into a painful memory and retraumatize themselves every time they make a scene, but rather it lodges a physical “trigger” they can tap in and out of, such as the diaphragmatic movement of laughing triggering crying, or for example the sensory experience of “itching” allowing to portray irritability etc. it’s healthy acting
I can cry in less than 10 seconds. I just think of memories. My parents died when I was kinda young but that's not it. I mostly think of sad things that happened to people I know. One that gets me crying pretty quick was I had a student when I taught a few classes at uni. I was usually pretty chill about late assignments but would give a cutoff point when more than a couple weeks went by. Also, I was told to fail students with under 75% attendance. That I was also easy on if it was like 65%. There was one student who started breaking both these rules quite regularly. I had him the semester before and he seemed like a normal student. The next semester he missed classes, missed deadlines and always apologized and asked for extra time. Whenever I saw him that second semester, he looked like he was on the verge of bursting into tears. Anyway, he passed my class and graduated about a year later. About a year after that I saw on FB that he had died of HIV. I asked former coworkers and students, and he had told practically nobody. He knew he was about to die and just wanted to finish one last rite of passage in life before he died... graduating uni. Ok, Now I am crying, and my girlfriend is confused.
That's awesome! I love that he doesn't have to relive past traumas/cheapen those moments to perform for 100+ people around the camera Sounds super healthy 💚
What an incredible gift it would be, to be an actor, needing acting advice and be able to turn and ask one of the greatest actors of the past decade how to improve your acting 🎉
It's weird that Tom Holland didn't know that one. I've taught that to my students for over 30 years and I'm nobody. Love how candid he is, his honesty is wonderful. Can't wait to watch the rest of his career.
I went to stage school for 4 years had 3 different teachers in that time and I guess not everyone knows that including Tom’s teacher if he even had one
Yeah I’ve been acting for 2 months and I already know how to do it. Honestly this guy is still a noob and probably needs to learn the basics before he does another movie.
@@sanraku888wow you 2 months into acting saying things like yhat tells me we‘ll never see you acting anywhere. arrogant much. focus on yourself and let others do their thing.
Tom has the old school Hollywood star quality. And coupled with his humility work ethic and willingness to learn from every actor he works with, he’ll be around for a long time and I look forward to it. What a lad!
@hiwarda It’s also inspiring and great to see an actor who was absolutely amazing when he was REALLY young (e.g., in "The Impossible"), and yes, I realize he is STILL quite young for an actor, come into his own and make the transition to an "adult" actor, when so many child "stars" of the past were never able to make it in the industry, for whatever reason, once they reached a certain age. Shows just how committed he is to his craft, as well as being exceptionally talented.
Funnily enough, this is how I manage to squeeze out my own tears. Some days I really need a good cry, so instead of wrestling with the emotion for hours, I do this and let myself cry. It’s a really simple, breath in with your stomach tucked and a stiff jaw like your trying to yawn. Make it shaky and focus on the feeling in your face.
It reminds me of that 'trick' that if you smile on purpose your body automatically feels a little better cause the brain is so used to associate that movement with the feeling of wellness. It's interesting how we can trigger emotions like that, I've been always so impressed by actors ability to cry on the spot or make out with anyone on set looking more in love than I with the people I'm actually in love 😆
I don't think Benedict would mind because it's one thing to describe the technique and another thing to execute it well. I've heard the explanation but I don't think I could do it.
It’s because the mechanics for laughing and crying are so closely related and overlap in our brains that this is possible. It is also why you can “laugh so hard you cry” and “cry so hard you laugh”. It’s happened at least once to us all.
That is a strategy that is difficult to realize but easy to master. Knowing how to recognize how you're feeling and the bodily reactions that occur in that moment. It's so raw, it takes someone else to point it out.
Crying is more than just water dripping from your eyes. Especially full on sobbing has a lot of different physical parts to it. If you can fake a few of them then your body will literally just go "oh damn we crying alright then"
benedict teaching tom how to act is heartwarming as fuck you hear horror stories all the time coming from hollywood its nice when actors you kinda give a shit get along and dont sexually assault eachother
Same. When we were kids, my sister and I once had a little acting competition. For 'sad', she did a whimpering pouty face with a big lower lip. I did quavering despair by dipping into 10% of what I was otherwise not allowed to express.
@@GG-kn2seThat's probably because they processed the trauma by letting themselves experience those feelings in a safe and controlled environment Usually such an environment is a therapist office or something, but a movie set where nobody is gonna judge you and might even applaud your show of vulnerability can work too, if the cast and crew are supportive I'd still recommend actual therapy but it makes sense that actors sometimes process stuff through their work
As business partners and co-parents, you have a shared interest in making the best of the situation. Love how you both realized it would be the best for the both of you to stay friends! I think the longer you have been together and the more things you have built like kids, business, shared friends that are perhaps also difficult to rebuild or un-build, the better it is to stay kind! Always good to stay kind, of course.
It’s the famous Laurence Olivier quote, told to rigorous method actor Dustin Hoffman: ”My dear boy, it’s called acting.” You don’t actually have to become the character to be an actor, you just have to PLAY the character. Another example: Gary Oldman while filming The Dark Knight with Chris Nolan said one of the best bits of direction he ever got was Chris Nolan just telling him something to the effect of ”the stakes are higher”. No insight whatsoever into the mind of the character, how to act, just ”the stakes are higher”. And because Gary Oldman is a good actor, that’s all he needed. What Benedict told Tom is a tip that shows his quality as an actor, to do more with less and make the director’s life and your own a lot easier. Acting is like any profession, you have to find ways to make it more efficient.
It’s been crazy watching him grow up in real time. His voice got deeper and he speaks so intelligently and confidently now. I remember the civil war days where everytime they put a mic in front of him he was like a kid in a candy store. Miss him like that but it’s also awesome to see him aging up a little
I can swell up almost a tear very easily from an emotional stimulus but not actually cry a single tear out and been feeling like something inside me isn't working properly. Really bummed out over it. Last time I remember sobbing was probably 8th grade and prior. I just turned 35 little over a week ago. I'm gonna bookmark this and give it shot later. Wish me luck!
If I hadn't just seen a video earlier this week saying that Tom Holland is British, I would absolutely be shocked at hearing his accent! I think it's actually the first time I've heard it! I like it! I'm a sucker for the British accent ❤ and his voice is so soothing!
I was wondering if there's an official name for the alternative to method acting, I was thinking it would be like "workshop" style ... crafting.. One is like you're trying to hypnotize yourself into the character so you just react naturally, and the other is being observant about techniques and work-shopping your performances.
@@madscribbles It’s called Classic Acting, they are opposites in the way that method actors seek to personally experience the emotions of the characters they embody in order to create a more emotionally sincere portrayal in the subtleties (Stanislavski system, Meisner technique,etc), classical acting is much more focus on the external portrayal, voice amplification and body movements. The latter is much more common in stage acting and with the older classics, Greek tragedies and Shakespearean plays.
As someone with no understanding of the craft, that sounds really freeing. I could imagine having to drum up the real emotion being very wearying after a while - especially on longer days of filming, or just bringing up old pain. Being able to take a different, more physically rooted path feels more consistent, less painful, and maybe a bit easier.
this is actually really important especially in theater cause it allows you to play while staying in character and not be distracted you feel the scene you stop comparing it that's what makes the last lvl of transposition first from the person to the actor then from the actor to the character
This is such incredible advice. I tried it about 10 times and on the 10th time I started sobbing for real, tears streaming down my cheeks. That's like magic! Wowzers!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤
When I was little, my mom and I met another little girl and her mom. The mom explained that her daughter was acting in those Unicef and other similar ads on tv. We didn't understand what she meant, so the mom told her daughter to "show them you're starving". I swear, this totally healthy 5 or 6 year old child transformed into someone who looked like they were on the verge of not surviving a German WWII camp. 🤯 When you learn how to do it, some people can really make it seem real.
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Ok, so how did the algorythm know I just opened my office door, which had not been opened in the 2 years since my cancer diagnosis, and once inside, find myself laying hands on a screenplay I wrote back in 2009(?) for Russell Crowe and his sons, because he was getting a divorce and I wanted them to have an ongoing project that would compell them (by contract if needbe) to get together, work together and know each other their own selves, without any interference from either an angry ex or subsequent stepmums.
It was a stupid idea.
“I don’t have to draw on past experiences anymore” made me realize something I never had before. I always thought actors being able to do that for their performances was so cool, but I never considered how unpleasant it would be to have to do that to make yourself cry.
Learned that from Anna Gunn in the final season of Breaking Bad. There's a behind the scenes where she's really struggling with it. It's the scene where Walt steals the child and she runs down the road after him crying. Looks like hell to deal with for some actors.
Despite all of the highly paid and out of touch nonsense, there is real artistry in acting. The ability to explore and express emotion is key to that.
@@SirQuantization There was a big wait between filming the first and second half of that scene, so she had to wait hours and stay in that place to achieve it. She really killed it though
@@davidchristie6003 Some actors' schedules are brutal as hell. Whenever I watch the behind the scenes content of Doctor Who, they're always like "okay so we arrive at 4am every day, go home at 8pm", it's rough despite being a pretty cool job
Oooooh boy. Wait until you learn what Azula’s VA had to do for that last Agni Kai scene.
I really enjoy watching Tom Holland talk. He has a very natural "just having a chat" type of persona. Pair this with him offering an insight into how actors do what they do. It's really refreshing.
I find he’s very down to earth in terms of modern day actors and actresses with there personalities
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Me too, I really enjoy it😍👏🏻
He's gotten way better at it as he's gotten older and more mature
Whatever....😂
I love this. It is both authentic and protects an actor's mental health. Actors should not have to relive trauma to embody their character.
I'd do it for some real nice moolah 😭-🤑
To be fair, its entirely the actors choice on how they figure how to cry on command, its not like somebody is sat there showing them pictures of their dead relatives or something. So rather than some cringey moralistic statement about "Actors should not have to", its just "cool that some actors have found a way to".
@@DLTyrus "cringe" shouldn't be your response to empathy
@@Lisorael this isnt empathy, it's moralistic preaching and infantilsation of others.
@@DLTyrus you don't understand what empathy means
I just tried it, and for me the diaphragm part was rather natural. What I did not expect though, was that with no sad emotion or any real emotional thought going through my head, I almost started to tear up just by mimicking the sobbing with the diaphragm. That is so awesome, it’s an ingenious thing Benedict Cumberbatch figured out.
I always hold my yawns. Then I discover that probably the same muscles to get tears. Not sure if that's the diaphragm muscle.
Me too
I just tried it, too. Definitely works. Seems to hijack a physiological pathway.
@@zachxy3108 I don't know too but from past "crying experiences" 😅 I can say fake yawning can help prevent crying when you really don't want to so there is a connection.
@zachxy3108 The diaphragm is just bellow the lungs and directly affects breathing when you learn to control it.
All singers, wind instrument musicians and voice actors learn this control as breath control is the basis of the instrument.
"I'm giving away his secrets now", yeah Tom that is something you are familiar with 😂
The Yapper strikes again 😂
@@SaitoLoganhe wouldnt say it like that hes not a n
Definitely in his wheelhouse
You can see his soul leaving him while saying "Oh I am giving his secrets" =))) but went ahead with it.
I can imagine Benedict looking at this like “Oh hell naw” 😂
Don’t tell Tom anything you don’t intend to tell everyone in the observable universe, because sooner or later…
This is how you know you're working with a professional who really knows their craft. Instead using past traumas, which does work but can have really bad side effects long term emotionally, he figured out a literal "technique" for making yourself cry.
Outstanding.
You clearly don't know anything about acting.
@@LosfeldRL And who are you to say you know better? Are you a professional actor like Robert Downey Jr or Brad Pitt? No. How do I know? You're arguing in YT comments.
Me recognizing someone who has been at their craft long enough to learn how to do the job better is something ANYONE can do.
STFU and move on.
@@LosfeldRL oh shit we got a true thespian over here.
Yeah man please teach us commoners@@LosfeldRL
It completely depends on the approach, Stanislavsky and Meisner use two different approaches but with the same result.
Also this is something cumberbatch learned not something that was taught to him.
Tom is such a good storyteller. He is genuine in his conversations and that's why you can listen to him comfortably. Man looks so human than most of the celebrities
girl what? More "human"? lol. I think you're just being seduced by his youth and looks, but you're spinning it into something more deep. Because what you're saying otherwise makes no sense. Most celebrities are very comfortable and natural and "human" on camera and in interviews.
Actors love the stoplight. Of course he’s good at storytelling. Stop putting him on a pedestal.
He's also an excellent secret-teller as well
I agree, most celebrities have a marketing persona rather than being genuine in interviews
@akpokemon Oh yes, and of course you as the black-pill death note fan understand that actors are only famous because they look good, not at all because they have actual talent. Go and escape the matrix instead of telling us about it.
"I don't have to draw on past experiences anymore" hearing the quiver in his voice, i can tell he thought of a moment that hurt even just for a second
Oh yeah you're right....😢😢😢😢
Oh please.
No he didn’t. He just stuttered. If you watch the full 50 minute interview he stutters quite a lot and didn’t get emotional or anything after saying that.
@@toowens He kind of quivered on the word "anymore", right after the stutter.
Not that it's a clear cut indicator, but that's probably what @samuel71deboer meant.
That's called the Grotovsky method/approach to acting. Do what physically happens and emotions will follow. It's opposite Method acting and for many actors one or the other fits better.
I with Heath Ledger had perfected the Grotovsky method before The Dark Knight.
@@penguins.227 I wish so too.
Yeah I don't work that way lol
@@penguins.227it won't work for everyone. I can't do the thing before the emotion. Everything I do is lead by emotion. I have a sense that's truth of heath as well. It has to be genuine or what's the point? Some people want to suffer for their art. Some people are suffering either way.
@whatever3145 yeah that'll preach, some times in my life lately it's a lot easier to pull from experience than I wish it was
Finally, interviews with actors about how it's like to act. Like how do you do it? Much more interesting than their other questions
I'm not even an actor and just tried it and it actually does work to a certain point. Tearing all up and the ride the wave from there is a quite good description, could almost start sobbing like this. My eyes burn now.
I did some kind of breathing technique called rebirthing once l and it made me cry too, it brought up so much sadness. Maybe it’s related.
Same! I just tried it and started tearing up. That’s WILD!
Man, and here I just had a coughing fit 😅
I don't even understand how to do it
Same
The tear rolling down lol
He's still so wretchedly adorable 😍
That technique is a great example of healthy acting. You don't have to do method acting methods (or other methods where you're working with your personal experiences) to simulate emotions. You can trick your brain with breathing techniques or muscle memory movement and if you're taking the situation in a scene serious, the rest comes from itself while playing the scene. I'm happy to see that those kind of acting methods are also present in Hollywood. 🎉
Using past traumas and getting the feelings out from back then, can actually be really healthy. Actors often call their job therapeutic for that reason. The exposure should be done by choice and ideally under controlled circumstances, but avoidance is worse in almost any case.
I absolutely agree with you! It can be therapeutic. But I guess it always depends on the situation you're in at the moment. Sometimes it can be overstimulating or reactivate trauma which was already dealt with. And if you have to play on stage instead of doing a movie, you'll have to redo everything night after night, which is defenetly unhealthy in the long run, if you're using method acting methods or other methods where you're using personal experience. I guess its important to be able to use all different kinds of acting methods and choose the one which fits best for the situation. But I'm just happy to see famous actors doing different methods.@@monmothma3358
And that explains why his crying scenes are so good in the MCU. Specially after Infinity Wars. His crying scenes since have been masterful grunt punches. 💜
The crying scene in Imitation game was absolutely amazing he has a way of expressing so much emotion in such a short period. Actors and their acting skills astonishes me sometimes
Amazing. I hope when you need a surgeon to save your life you get an astonishing actor.
His voice cracks on his last word, "anymOre". Gets me every time. Every time we even think about the phrase 'past experiences' we unintentionally remember things that we don't want to.
Exactly
That breathing is exactly how I sound when I'm super upset and trying NOT to cry. Like struggling to take deep calming breaths but the emotions cutting up your rhythm. So I would definitely be in a crying mood if I breathed like that on purpose.
"Is Benedict crying at the coffee station?" is so real 😂
That tecnique is totally healthy compare to thinking about something that hurted you in the past, that sound harming
I get what your saying, but hyperventilating is probably a bit more dangerous than just "being sad" 😂
Yeah, I think what they realized is that trying to cry is hard, ie. just making the tears come out and pretending to be sad, as opposed to actual sobbing, which comes from deep within and is much more physical. Once you get the diaphragm going, the rest will follow.
I think it's both, I can cry on command and it's something similar, if you do the physical motions of crying your body will start to react and bring those emotions to the surface and, like Tom said, you "ride the wave" from there but its not like you're actually sad cause you can turn it off just as fast
but also, it does not look as good as real tears.
but their movies are not good enough to really try anyway
Exposure therapy is the best way to get rid of past trauma and fear aswell as flashbacks.
Mabye a film set is not the right place to make that kind process but people should confront unpleasant memories instead of drowning them in alcohol.
Sometimes, if you can simulate the physical effects of an emotion it will bring that emotion out in you; this is why smiling makes you feel happier even if you are just "pretending" to smile. If I simulate that feeling when you are about to sneeze, with the muscles around your nose constricting, and your eyes squinting while inhaling, I can tear-up on command.
Where can we see your craft sir?
The facial feedback hypothesis
It's Meyerhold's biomechanics.
Just seeing that small clip of Benedict in The Imitation Game as Alan Turing is gut wrenching. Such a great actor in a great tragic movie.
emotions always come from the body. Learned a similar technique from an opera singer and it's absoluteöy amazing. Not only is it easy and convincing, it is also quite the rollercoaster being able to catapult yourself from sofa level cozy to full panic or existential despair within ten seconds.
As far as ive seen, Tom has always shared good news and this is such cool insight into how to make yourself cry. Thats wild.
“I got happy and I couldn’t cry anymore, and Benedict taught me how to act without drawing in trauma.” What a W
Both benedict cumberbatch and tom holland are incredible. The Imitation Game is one of my all time favourite films, I couldn't even guess how many times I've watched it. It's just so beautifully done
Im SO glad to hear that incredible actors use techniques like this. When I was in acting school, there was a stigma that this kind of thing was "fake" or "inauthentic" and that you had to FEEL sad enough to actually cry and sob. I remember thinking how stupid that was. I just leave my eyes open long enough to get dry, and they start tearing up. Great technique and much better than torturing yourself 👍
Benedict is a brilliant actor.
Nice knowing the next generation of actors is getting good guidance from the likes of him
I love just hearing actors talking about their craft and learning from one another. Peoples view of acting can be pretty one dimensional so I always find it fascinating hearing actors talk about it more in depth, how they process the script, how they find the character, how they work out how does this character move and talk. It's just all so so interesting
I’m IN The Imitation Game. Amazing days spent in a closed London Underground Station & faux bunker. EPIC adaptation of a true story.
Thsi makes me glad what he said at the end about not having to draw on past experiences or personal matters. It must be really hard as an actor if you rely on that, almost like never laying your trauma to rest. It must be one of the hardest emotions to actually fake and act.
This method is called sensorial memory and it’s used in method acting as well. It’s great because it doesn’t require the actor to tap into a painful memory and retraumatize themselves every time they make a scene, but rather it lodges a physical “trigger” they can tap in and out of, such as the diaphragmatic movement of laughing triggering crying, or for example the sensory experience of “itching” allowing to portray irritability etc. it’s healthy acting
Benedict is such a mentor. Love that
Benedict is unbelievable
Thank you Tom.
I believe that Benedict not only won't mind, rather he'd be proud that you shared.
I can cry in less than 10 seconds. I just think of memories. My parents died when I was kinda young but that's not it. I mostly think of sad things that happened to people I know.
One that gets me crying pretty quick was I had a student when I taught a few classes at uni. I was usually pretty chill about late assignments but would give a cutoff point when more than a couple weeks went by. Also, I was told to fail students with under 75% attendance. That I was also easy on if it was like 65%.
There was one student who started breaking both these rules quite regularly. I had him the semester before and he seemed like a normal student. The next semester he missed classes, missed deadlines and always apologized and asked for extra time. Whenever I saw him that second semester, he looked like he was on the verge of bursting into tears. Anyway, he passed my class and graduated about a year later. About a year after that I saw on FB that he had died of HIV. I asked former coworkers and students, and he had told practically nobody. He knew he was about to die and just wanted to finish one last rite of passage in life before he died... graduating uni.
Ok, Now I am crying, and my girlfriend is confused.
Thank you for sharing this. A piece of my heart just broke for him
That's awesome! I love that he doesn't have to relive past traumas/cheapen those moments to perform for 100+ people around the camera
Sounds super healthy 💚
What an incredible gift it would be, to be an actor, needing acting advice and be able to turn and ask one of the greatest actors of the past decade how to improve your acting 🎉
It's weird that Tom Holland didn't know that one. I've taught that to my students for over 30 years and I'm nobody. Love how candid he is, his honesty is wonderful. Can't wait to watch the rest of his career.
You’ve younger than the amount of years you’ve been teaching so perhaps that’s why.
I went to stage school for 4 years had 3 different teachers in that time and I guess not everyone knows that including Tom’s teacher if he even had one
Yeah I’ve been acting for 2 months and I already know how to do it. Honestly this guy is still a noob and probably needs to learn the basics before he does another movie.
@@sanraku888what? 😂
@@sanraku888wow you 2 months into acting saying things like yhat tells me we‘ll never see you acting anywhere. arrogant much. focus on yourself and let others do their thing.
Tom has the old school Hollywood star quality. And coupled with his humility work ethic and willingness to learn from every actor he works with, he’ll be around for a long time and I look forward to it. What a lad!
He’s British
@@starchannel123 and?
@@starchannel123 And unless we are defining old school as being pre 1950, lots of big Hollywood stars have been British.
@hiwarda It’s also inspiring and great to see an actor who was absolutely amazing when he was REALLY young (e.g., in "The Impossible"), and yes, I realize he is STILL quite young for an actor, come into his own and make the transition to an "adult" actor, when so many child "stars" of the past were never able to make it in the industry, for whatever reason, once they reached a certain age. Shows just how committed he is to his craft, as well as being exceptionally talented.
Benedict Cumbebatch is an exeptionnal actor.
Imagine not crying every single day.
Learning an actual physical technique seems much better than reliving past traumas ngl.
Tom's so good at crying now that it breakes my heart every single time to see him crying on screen.
Funnily enough, this is how I manage to squeeze out my own tears. Some days I really need a good cry, so instead of wrestling with the emotion for hours, I do this and let myself cry.
It’s a really simple, breath in with your stomach tucked and a stiff jaw like your trying to yawn. Make it shaky and focus on the feeling in your face.
That crying face gets me. Reminds me of a child and my empathy kicks in deep.
It reminds me of that 'trick' that if you smile on purpose your body automatically feels a little better cause the brain is so used to associate that movement with the feeling of wellness. It's interesting how we can trigger emotions like that, I've been always so impressed by actors ability to cry on the spot or make out with anyone on set looking more in love than I with the people I'm actually in love 😆
I don't think Benedict would mind because it's one thing to describe the technique and another thing to execute it well. I've heard the explanation but I don't think I could do it.
How genuine can this guy get anymore?
I use the Joey technique: Cut a hole in your pocket, go in with a pair of tweezers, start to pull.
lol
😂😂👍🏻
"Once u can cry on command u can control all emotions and no one can break u" 😎😎 a famous quote hopefully one day by ME
_”…anymore”_
Sounded like Tom was about to cry then.
I saw benedict in Eric and damn what a great acting 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
That character has a lot of baggage but you can't help but sympathize with him
It’s because the mechanics for laughing and crying are so closely related and overlap in our brains that this is possible.
It is also why you can “laugh so hard you cry” and “cry so hard you laugh”. It’s happened at least once to us all.
This is brilliant! The body is intelligent. It knows sensations and remembers the emotions behind it…
The Imitation Game is a painfully gorgeous movie, def his best work imo
That is a strategy that is difficult to realize but easy to master. Knowing how to recognize how you're feeling and the bodily reactions that occur in that moment. It's so raw, it takes someone else to point it out.
Crying is more than just water dripping from your eyes. Especially full on sobbing has a lot of different physical parts to it. If you can fake a few of them then your body will literally just go "oh damn we crying alright then"
benedict teaching tom how to act is heartwarming as fuck you hear horror stories all the time coming from hollywood its nice when actors you kinda give a shit get along and dont sexually assault eachother
Yeah i just got childhood trauma 😂 it's pretty easy after that
lmfao
Same. When we were kids, my sister and I once had a little acting competition. For 'sad', she did a whimpering pouty face with a big lower lip. I did quavering despair by dipping into 10% of what I was otherwise not allowed to express.
Eventually, you stop crying. Child actors who are now adults have talked about it. They recall something horrible but one day it doesn’t work anymore.
Unless you dissociate lol.
@@GG-kn2seThat's probably because they processed the trauma by letting themselves experience those feelings in a safe and controlled environment
Usually such an environment is a therapist office or something, but a movie set where nobody is gonna judge you and might even applaud your show of vulnerability can work too, if the cast and crew are supportive
I'd still recommend actual therapy but it makes sense that actors sometimes process stuff through their work
That's actually quite a gift Benedict gave him!
Benedict watching this like "Shit, now he is spoiling my methods."
As business partners and co-parents, you have a shared interest in making the best of the situation.
Love how you both realized it would be the best for the both of you to stay friends! I think the longer you have been together and the more things you have built like kids, business, shared friends that are perhaps also difficult to rebuild or un-build, the better it is to stay kind!
Always good to stay kind, of course.
Spot on imitation of Cumberbatch. Sounds just like him! /s
It’s the famous Laurence Olivier quote, told to rigorous method actor Dustin Hoffman:
”My dear boy, it’s called acting.”
You don’t actually have to become the character to be an actor, you just have to PLAY the character.
Another example: Gary Oldman while filming The Dark Knight with Chris Nolan said one of the best bits of direction he ever got was Chris Nolan just telling him something to the effect of ”the stakes are higher”.
No insight whatsoever into the mind of the character, how to act, just ”the stakes are higher”. And because Gary Oldman is a good actor, that’s all he needed.
What Benedict told Tom is a tip that shows his quality as an actor, to do more with less and make the director’s life and your own a lot easier. Acting is like any profession, you have to find ways to make it more efficient.
An important part of talent is to extract useful information and run with it. Tom is freakishly talented.
Making yourself cry is not a good thing to do, so finding a way to get rid of the emotions is amazing!
Letting your breathing form the base of an emotion was one of the first things my drama professor taught us.
That’s actually a really good technique!
It’s been crazy watching him grow up in real time. His voice got deeper and he speaks so intelligently and confidently now. I remember the civil war days where everytime they put a mic in front of him he was like a kid in a candy store. Miss him like that but it’s also awesome to see him aging up a little
This is how someone succeeds with a good coach.
I can swell up almost a tear very easily from an emotional stimulus but not actually cry a single tear out and been feeling like something inside me isn't working properly. Really bummed out over it.
Last time I remember sobbing was probably 8th grade and prior. I just turned 35 little over a week ago. I'm gonna bookmark this and give it shot later. Wish me luck!
If I hadn't just seen a video earlier this week saying that Tom Holland is British, I would absolutely be shocked at hearing his accent! I think it's actually the first time I've heard it! I like it! I'm a sucker for the British accent ❤ and his voice is so soothing!
Sure. Bennie is a talented and skillful actor. What not to love
There's method acting.
And there are methods for acting.
I was wondering if there's an official name for the alternative to method acting, I was thinking it would be like "workshop" style ... crafting.. One is like you're trying to hypnotize yourself into the character so you just react naturally, and the other is being observant about techniques and work-shopping your performances.
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It’s called Classic Acting, they are opposites in the way that method actors seek to personally experience the emotions of the characters they embody in order to create a more emotionally sincere portrayal in the subtleties (Stanislavski system, Meisner technique,etc), classical acting is much more focus on the external portrayal, voice amplification and body movements.
The latter is much more common in stage acting and with the older classics, Greek tragedies and Shakespearean plays.
As someone with no understanding of the craft, that sounds really freeing. I could imagine having to drum up the real emotion being very wearying after a while - especially on longer days of filming, or just bringing up old pain. Being able to take a different, more physically rooted path feels more consistent, less painful, and maybe a bit easier.
It's a style of acting that works much better for me - and a lot of folks I know, honestly.
The way you breathe can really change the way you feel. That can be helpful for all of us to know, not just for acting.
Benedict has that work smart not hard mind set. Dude is cerebral af.
No secret is safe around this kid.
Haha super underrated comment.
It causes a physical panic reaction in your body. 👌🏼 Perfection, when needed, during scenes.
As a non-actor, I just tried this, and it actually works perfectly without being overcomplicated like most methods of crying on command.
Glad He found a way to do the job without having to force himself through emotional backage. That's great
Thats Checkov there, physical first and the emotion will follow
Damn it actually works... it gets the physical aspect of it going for sure...
Bro started with ‘I was having trouble crying’ and I thought, same bro
Emotions can bring out physical actions, and physical actions can bring out emotions. They are in a feedback loop.
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Bloody Hell no filters on this kid ❤😂🎉
Hes allways so straight up OPEN and HONEST ❤😂🎉
My voice 1 teacher taught the class this, it’s actually so effective and negates the need for any method acting. It allows you to really snap into it.
Ive made myself cry by drawing out trauma. It sucks honestly so good for them for figuring this out
this is actually really important especially in theater cause it allows you to play while staying in character and not be distracted you feel the scene you stop comparing it that's what makes the last lvl of transposition first from the person to the actor then from the actor to the character
Punctuate. Please.
PUNCTUATION.
If you think difficult to cry in one scene, imagine repeating the shot a lot of times, that requires uncanny effort
This is such incredible advice. I tried it about 10 times and on the 10th time I started sobbing for real, tears streaming down my cheeks. That's like magic! Wowzers!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤
The end lol. Facts.
Not having to retraumatize yourself every time you cry on screen seems like an upgrade lol
They will never get an anguished cry right
I shed tears very easily when I'm laughing at films. So I can see what Benedict is doing
I have this ability too. I don’t even have a trick, I just start fake crying and soon enough, I’m actually crying real tears.
My favorite gossiper and yapper 😂 and it's always afterwards that he realises he's maybe saying too much haha
Dr strange teaching peter how to cry 👏👏😂😂
When I was little, my mom and I met another little girl and her mom. The mom explained that her daughter was acting in those Unicef and other similar ads on tv. We didn't understand what she meant, so the mom told her daughter to "show them you're starving". I swear, this totally healthy 5 or 6 year old child transformed into someone who looked like they were on the verge of not surviving a German WWII camp. 🤯 When you learn how to do it, some people can really make it seem real.