Responding to the unusually early death of actor Chris Penn, Squander Two writes about acting—and explains much of my problem with (British) theatre:
If only Sean Penn were anywhere near as talented as his brother, his films wouldn’t be so irritatingly tedious. Cintra Wilson’s right: truly great acting is something you don’t even notice. That’s the whole point. The moment you notice the acting, the acting has failed. That’s something Sean Penn has never understood. Chris was a master.
(While we’re on the subject, Tom Cruise blew Dustin Hoffman off the screen in Rain Man. Same goes for Ethan Hawke, Denzel Washington, and Training Day.)
Whatever happened to the girl who played Lizzie in the BBC Pride & Prej? She was Superb. Whereas Mr Darcy is everywhere, having been only Rather Good.
Jennifer Ehle, you mean. Totally miscast: Lizzie’s supposed to be the physically unattractive sister.
Anyway, she has an inexplicable problem getting acting work. She was excellent in The Camomile Lawn (very rarely with clothes on), then couldn’t get a job for years, till P & P came along. Now appears to be back to unpopularity. Weird.
actually the reason Jennifer Ehle hasn’t been spotted around is that she’s in theatre more than she’s in film- I saw Tom Stoppard’s ‘The Real Thing’ in London a few yrs ago and she’s been in several plays since .She’s a brilliant, quite serious-seeming (personality) actress and i think she prefers doin her stuff on the stage than on camera.