Sally Field Praises The ‘Method’ And Challenges Denier Brian Cox To An “Act-Off” Ahead Of Celebrating The Actors Studio 75th At Academy Museum
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has been celebrating the 75th anniversary of The Actors Studio with special screenings and in-person conversations on Sunday nights in August and September.
Of course, the studio is the thespian mecca and home to so many in the profession looking to hone their craft and work out their approach to their art.
The guru teacher most associated with it was the great Lee Strasberg, and it even had its own long-running TV series Inside The Actors Studio in which so many stars came back to share secrets of success that had to much to do with the teaching of Method acting, or at least that was how it was labeled.Not every actor is a fan of the “Method,” and just this week there was a trade headline straight out of a Toronto Film Festival panel where Succession star Brian Cox minced no words, blasting Method acting as “American Sh**”.
Whoa. Them’s fighting words to many actors, including Sally Field.The Academy Museum’s tribute to the Actors Studio brought out the likes of Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Ellen Bursty and coming up this Sunday none other than two-time Best Actress Oscar winner Field, who will celebrate the 75th anniversary recounting her own history at the Actors Studio in a conversation that will precede a screening of one of those films that earned her the Academy Award: 1984’s Places in the Heart.
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