Actors with the ability to transition seamlessly between drama, sci-fi, western, social realism, and stoner comedy are impressive beings. Not only does performing a wide range of genres and styles help keep an actor’s mind, voice, and body flexible, but also audiences are increasingly drawn to actors who take risks and traverse previously unexplored ground in their bodies of work.
Would you consider yourself an actor of great range? Are you aware of your own strengths and weaknesses when it comes to the various styles and genres in film and television today?
Can you remember and proficiently deliver rapid-fire banter of the kind found in any Aaron Sorkin script, and quickly pick up a created language like Dothraki in “Game of Thrones”? Can you make audiences laugh, as well as make them cry in a romantic comedy, and then adapt to the almost theatrical style of mobster and superhero genres? On the flip side, are you comfortable with the laconic and underplayed requirements of westerns and mumblecore?
Some actors may find it difficult to imagine ever being cast in a chick flick or zombie outbreak movie, but for others, these are exactly the kinds of projects in which they regularly thrive. Period pieces,
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