Christian Bale didn’t act methodically during ‘Pale Blue Eye’, says co-star Harry Melling: ‘No to staying in character’

Christian Bale Acting Techniques did not display the method during the Netflix period piece”Pale blue eye,” according to the co-star Harry Melling.

The ‘Harry Potter’ and ‘Queens Gambit’ alum called for action alongside Oscar-winner Bale for the mystery-thriller. Bell plays a former detective forced out of retirement to investigate a series of hangings alongside Edgar Allan Poe (Mealing). The film is based on the novel by Louis Bayard and directed by Scott Cooper (“Crazy Heart”), with Bell also producing.

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“My experience working on it was that we’d show up, not really talk about the scene, and just start playing it,” said Mealing. The Independent working with Bell, citing the fact that he “didn’t really know” what constituted method acting. “There was no staying in the character, but I think you’re always withheld from some form of personality just because you’re dressed and you’re in that environment as that person.”

Mealing added, “I think the acting style sometimes gets a brand of unhelpful.”

Also called the star BellOne of the most generous artists I’ve worked with her before.”

Bill previously said Hollywood Reporter That’s because he was “never properly taught” to an acting professional, each role a new challenge.

“In every movie, I think to myself, ‘Oh my God, what have I done? How did I get myself into this again? They’ll realize I have no idea what I’m doing,” Bell said. “But I think that’s why I’m still interested in doing it because I don’t have any technology. People always say, “Oh, he’s a style actor,” but I’m not a style actor because that takes studying. I do whatever I feel like I have to do on the day.”

As the “Dark Knight” actor said during A.J GQ cover story earlier this year it will beIt was a pitiful attemptTo direct acting styles in a superhero movie.

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The “Amsterdam” star continued, “I love the insanity of the job itself. I think the idea of ​​what people think of an actor is embarrassing. I mean, how many useful jobs are there, really, in life, where you help other people? Am I just making more stupid background noise?” The acting itself, I enjoy how ridiculous it is. I love something that you can really go far with. The people are great. I love people, and I love watching people, being able to watch them in a way that would have been seen as very weird.”

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