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Darren Aronofsky Sounds Off on Method Acting: It’s ‘Just Something to Hide Behind, as Opposed to Doing the Work and Being Professional’
At a career retrospective, director Darren Aronofsky sounded off on Method acting and teased his upcoming film 'Caught Stealing.'
“I hate Method actors,” the filmmaker said at a Saturday masterclass held in Paris, where he called the never-break-character performance style “just something to hide behind, as opposed to doing the work and being professional.” The “Black Swan” director didn’t cite any actor in particular — though his leading man in upcoming film “ Caught Stealing,” Austin Butler, has been known stay in character for long stretches. Aronofsky called “Caught Stealing” a “beautiful exercise” in genre filmmaking, akin to “Black Swan.” “It’s just a crime caper that we tried to make really well – and that was a really fun activity,” he said.
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