Britney Spears unknowingly did method acting on ‘Crossroads’: ‘I really became this other person’
nypost.comBritney Spears revealed in an excerpt from her upcoming book, “The Woman in Me,” that she unknowingly slipped into method acting while filming the 2002 drama-comedy “Crossroads.” “My problem wasn’t with anyone involved in the production but with what acting did to my mind,” Spears, 41, wrote in an excerpt obtained by People. “I think I started Method acting — only I didn’t know how to break out of my character. “I really became this other person.
Some people do method acting, but they’re usually aware of the fact that they’re doing it,” the “Toxic” singer continued. “But I didn’t have any separation at all.
I ended up walking differently, carrying myself differently, talking differently.” She added: “I was someone else for months while I filmed ‘Crossroads.’ Still to this day, I bet the girls I shot that movie with think, She’s a little … quirky.
If they thought that, they were right.”Method acting, or simply the Method, was developed by theater director, actor and acting teacher Lee Strasberg, who believed that the only way for an actor to give a genuine performance was through understanding and experiencing a character’s inner motivation and emotions.
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