Top 10 Method Actors Who Went Too Far 

Virtually all straight-up actors have been trained at some point in the Stanislavski system and it's variations.

Hell no because look at what it did to the psyche of heath ledger rip he studied the Joker so much that he became a drug addict and wanted to understand why the Joker did the things he did so he got pilled up and everything and weeks before the movie was set to debut in theaters he was found dead in his apartment in New York and the cause of his death was overdose

Yes I would if a role that I feel requires it.

No way. It would be too much

I think I would be but it depends on what the role would allow me to do and how much reseach into said role would require whether to play a fictional character or real-life person.

Agreed. I was also expecting him to be in the top spot.

Same, he is definitely a method actor. He gains weight, loses weight, bulks up etc to become whatever the role calls for regardless of its impact on his health. He really should have been #1 on the list

@@vecryn8494 couldnt agree more. Especially as this was a list of "took it too far".

But his method acting doesn't get people around him trouble

Because they don’t know shit

wasn't a documentary, dummy...

Half right

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He was psychotic. I was so disappointed. There was an interaction with the father and Jim Carey was yelling at him, as Andy Kaufman. To Andy Kaufman's actual father. Not while filming, in real life. It was horrible. I love Jim Carey. But I never look at him the same after I saw that. It was so disrespectful. Idc how committed to the craft you are. It was such poor taste.

@@spaceo8568 I agree. Part of acting is being able to turn that shit on and off if need be

Exactly.

How about daniel day lewis in lincoln and the last of the mohicans?

@@andiargana8487 This is why I consider Daniel Day Lewis to be the only "method actor" to truly master the craft. He is the only one who knows how to use the techniques to play just about any kind of character.

1) A (generally) decent person portraying a good person isn't much of a change - It's not 'alien'. (ie. doesn't require method acting to understand what makes a good person good) 2) People only need to justify poor behaviour - No-one even asks if someone starts acting nicer but they'll immediately challenge and condemn when someone is acting like an arsehole.

yes, let's take acting tips from people who starred in the Twilight movies

I was thinking the same thing bud. These definitely needed to be on mentioned if not on the list itself

Jared Leto #1 is a joke.

theyre summing up the worst ones dude, not the ones that made the chracter better

The spelling and grammar of this makes it painful to read.

I have my serious doubts about this people being actors. What they are maybe fearing is... not being one. They go into this "method" thing as a "sure" thing to success and loose themselves. Or don't want to face themselves, rather. The "method" doesn't work. And is poison for the vulnerable and weak of mind! I rest my case with Marylin Monroe.

Even Dakota Johnson is a good actress. Same w Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart. They were just in bad movies. But in even in those movies they weren't bad, they acted exactly the way the characters were written

Lots of us LOVED 50 Shades and Twilight!!

Isn’t he so handsome? When he came out on Marie Antoinette as the Swedish soldier, I said, “my goodness that man is handsome” ♥️

Well he did say he begai to follow a woman, but wasl like why am i doing this

The first time I ever saw him was on Disney’s once upon a time, right before 50 shades. He was so charming, kind-eyed, and personable on “Once”… I agree, He deserves better scripts.

He nearly killed himself losing all that weight, then immediately piled on the pounds and the muscle to play Batman in Batman Begins very soon after. He had to have permanently damaged his organs doing that...

But he never trouble people around him with his method

oh god please.... DiCaprio is so overrated.....how about Philip Hoffman

@@sameerahmed-gx8js lol if he is overated then who is good shahrukh khan lol

I thought Daniel Day Lewis would have been on this list for Gangs of New York.

@@BKeppol I believe My Left Foot is the Defacto Daniel Day Lewis method acting role, look it up and see why is so infamous

@sameer ahmed this list isn't about who's good or even overrated - this list is about actors who went way to far to get into character, regardless of whether or not it actually payed off in the end.

that would be very hard, it's easier to stay in character for the whole shooting process

Lol why would he even have to "method act" that part. Marty is just.. .a teenager

@@arttashfilms9816 I think the Eric Stoltz method acting took away all the things that we love about Marty McFly.

I didn't know that. That sucks, but you shouldn't take your personal problems with you even on a movie set.

How can anyone be an assehole to Meryl Streep?!?!

if that little weezil slapped me i would have slapped the shit out of him method or no method

Actually, I'm wondering how the two worked together and how the team perceived it, as Meryl Streep is a(n awesome) method actor herself. Filming Devils wears Prada, she apologized to Anne Hathaway before the filming started, as that would be the last day that she'd be nice to her.

This list is not complete without Bale

and for what? it was a snooze fest.

So disturbing 🤡

yes, it was. But that's not Method acting

@@johnmarengo3988 the weight loss was essential for him to successfully access the method.

A lot of black Jews are very attractive people.

Is amazing One of the best action movies about ww2

Shia is still a great actor!

No, she didn’t. She never knew her dad. That was Jim having his ego fed to a dangerous god complex level. I doubt the daughter he never knew really thought she was meeting her dad. She was meeting Jim Carey and feeding his narcissism.

Lies again? Asses Method USD SGD

He preyed on her vulnerability. He had no right to assume the role of her dead father, claiming his spirit went into him. It was perverse and beyond pretentious. The "daughter" needed actual counseling, Not this bullshit. They are both mentally insane.

Peter Sellers Quotes: "If you ask me to play myself, I will not know what to do". "To see me as a person on the screen would be one of the dullest experiences you could ever wish to experience". "There used to be me behind a mask but I had it surgically removed".

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Locked himself up for a month, right?

Talking to the cast and crew about his daughter? Skateboarding over Batman (unless it was photoshopped) what did Heath do?

It cost him his life

@@107serenity no it did not. That was a stupid rumor

yes, that's true about Winters, and just proves it has zero to do with Method acting. Winters was never a Method actor. Nor was Robin Williams. Why people put this, blame method acting for all of this, I'll never figure out

I agree he’s a bum he made the process a joke.

Jared Leto: *parks in a disabled parking spot* Also Jared Leto: "I'm method acting."

When I heard he used the method for the role I was like, and this is end result? He's just terrible.

I had the misfortune to deal with Leto professionally. He was a rick.

@@lisefrazier5984 Pickle Rick? Simple Rick? Rickety rick? Was he the rickest Rick of them all? Or just a prick?

Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. Another great carrey drama

none of these things makes one a method actor. Stallone is not a method actor

Lot of that was the director too

He was a fireman at one time, so it was easy for him to go through doors like that.

@@hoolyman99 If the old brain is recalling things correctly, Kubrick wanted to use a weak door for it to be easier to break through. Nicholson was experienced enough that it didn't look real, so they got real doors. Kubrick was a stickler for perfection. Can you imagine them getting all of those doors and explaining what was going on?

Jack Nicholson is wild on himself so i am surprised to

And by the time he hears the snowcat pulling up, both sections have been broken through….they must’ve run out of doors! 😄

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Except Leto and Dustin Hoffman

Nah,they just want an award

Nah. The old guy that blasted the guy trying to rob his store at 3am deserves respect. The soldier that had his limbs blown off for you deserve respect. The cop that saves a choking baby deserves respect. You get the idea. These people are clowns that are overpaid, uneducated, and have way too much influence on stupid people.

@@BasketCase420 ok those two can be exceptions

@@joshuamohlman Can you add Dornan to your exception list? Stalking is not okay.

I could see Method if you could do it without hurting yourself. "The Machinist" is a perfect example of hurting yourself. (I've never seen the movie, but the pic everyone uses is quite enough!)

The underrated, under-appreciated greatness of Jim Carrey!

How disappointed you must've been when they reached number one.

Baldwin can relate to that.

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amazing how that story changes and gets embellished every time its told, and none of it at all is true. Hoffman stayed up for 1 night, but not because his character was supposed to have had no sleep. Hoffman said years later, it was just irresponsible,but I was young. I went to a party the night before, up all night, and straight to set that morning. Hoffman did dose off at one point, Olivier said something to him, and Hoffman said he was out all night. And they both laughed. Both of them years later confirmed that. Media turned it into 'dear boy, try acting'.

That's why some Hollywood actors doesn't like working with them especially Anthony Hopkins and Christoph Waltz

Daniel day lewis in the last of the mohicans?

Did it occur to you that they do and you don't hear about it because no one makes a fuss about someone being nice and polite?

I actually don’t believe that so we’ll have to agree to disagree

That's great 😂

best answer in the world.

well I studied method with strasberg, and use a lot of it. Media and the general public has bastardized what MEthod acting is. If you're a Method actor you would know that. Nowadays if anyone is out of line, rude, go too far they say they're method acting. ThAT'S not what it is. For one, Carrey, Shia Lebouf are not method actors. If you see what lebouf has been saying recently, he has problems. That's personal. That has nothing to do with method . It's funny how they only mention the ones that may go too far, instead of the method actors that do not i.e. Paul Muni, Eli Wallach, Monty Clift, James Dean, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Julie Harris, Jane Fonda, Meryl Streep, Ellen Burstyn, Matthew McConaughey, Sally Field, Kim Hunter, Gerladine Page, Shelly Winters...... this vid and others are irresponsible. No one should have videos like this or talk about method unless they've studied it so they know what they're talking about.

Role*

Acting exactly like the real life person you are portraying

Thx

staying in character till the movie is done filming

@@someonesaid4702 you’re welcome

More like being a jerk to someone and get away with it

AGREE!!!!!

The fact they didn't mention him dumbifies this channel

YES!!! That's why he did so few big films (5 years between each) and finally retired.

@@ashantijackson4249 one of my favorite actors

@@arturkarpinski164 Because he actually does it right.

I wonder. That's a good question. I can't imagine anything could be bad enough to have you put out of a town that immoral..

He was actually misquoted by whichever magazine that interview was in... Dustin Hoffman talks about this on some interview that's on RU-vid

In additon, Stanislavski's method was bastardized by Lee Strasberg. This is why I like Classical Actors better. Howvever, I honor and respect Daniel Day Lewis who's a Method Actor.

glad to hear someone else seeing that. It really bugs me big time. I've studied many approaches, starting in the 70s. I studied Method with Lee Strasberg. Over the decades I've also taught acting, and I use a lot of Method/Strasberg, Stanislavski, Hagen,etc. Media and the general public has totally exploited what Method acting is. It's none of what they say in this vid and other ones. All of them, Hagen, Strasberg, Stanislvasky , said there is no one way. There is no 'one' system or method. It's exploring the character, trying different things. And none of them said to try drugs if playing a drug addict, or gain unhealthy weight. All Method said is know what happens to ones body, emotions,etc when gaining weight, doing drugs,etc. It is about being truthful in imaginary circumstances. So it's being aware of both the realism/truth and the imaginary. I always see 'naturalized' as playing oneself. It is more about finding the character in you. Strasberg was asked many times to write a book on Method acting. He was always apprehensive, as he said, then it feels like the actors bible, this is the way to do it, and there isn't 'a way'. I'm constantly trying new and different things. Stanislavsky was the same, and kept on changing, trying new ways. Stanislavsky would always start his beginning classes saying during this class I'm going to give you many different techniques, exercises, etc to help in creating a great performance. The point is not being stuck with one system. Use what works for you, every actor should take many acting courses, and then create their own method. And all this came about because Stanislavsky was frustrated as an actor. He didn't feel he was good, and he wondered how many of the great Russian actors of that time were able to give consistently brilliant performances. So he set out talking to, watching, looking at the notes in actors scripts , and saw they all did specific things that created great performances. That was the beginning of it. Some actors were doing it before stanislavsky

It's best you don't give these opinions without knowing what goes on behind the scenes. You cannot switch on and off easily when u deliver intense emotions. If the character's mom has died, how fast do u think the actor is gonna come out of that role? Take responsibility for what you say. FOE should not be misused. Cause if u wish to give such an opinion, you have to be an example first. You can't say "A great bread can be baked in a second in my opinion". You have to prove this opinion first.

Which actor was it

@@timiojeaga4083 Alex Essoe

I can tell you the person you spoke to, and this vid is full of crap. Honestly! I've studied Method with many teachers, including Strasberg. None of this is what Method acting is. 'Going too far' has never been taught in Method acting. If one is playing a drug addict, it's about doing research finding out what happens to ones body, physiology, mental state,emotions, never has any method instructor said try heroin so you know how it feels. That some actors go to this extreme, does not make them a method actor. Most of the ones in this vid are not method actors. Carrey isn't, quite a few of the others are not. So if you want to be an actor go for whatever feels right to you. Method acting is profound and produces many great actors. It teaches a 'craft'. All method teachers like strasberg, stanislavsky always said theres no one way, no one technique,exercise or system. You try different ways.

that story is a complete lie. Both actors verified it isn't true, yet still is being told. Hoffman stayed up one night. It had nothing to do with his character having been up all night. He said he was young and irresponsible, and went to an all night party and then straight to set in the morning. At one point he was dozing off, and Olivier asked if he was ok. He said he stupidly was up all night at a party. Both just laughed. Olivier never said just try acting. None of that story is true. Media and public has exploited what method acting is, and using these stories about abuse , rudeness ,etc on set, when none of that is what Method acting is

@@johnmarengo3988 Shame on The Guardian for perpetuating a lie. I was also dismayed to learn that Mark Twain did not actually say “Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.” Oh well: “Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please,” is one of my favorite quotes from Twain--he did say that I hope....

Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction and A Time To Kill.......

As an actor, and having studied method, an actors work and private life are separate. Vids like these are b.s., from people who have never studied Method acting. None of this is Method acting. Actors who have acted out, been rude, difficult,etc is on them. Never has Method acting said to do some of the things said in this vid. I can name over the last hundred years of film, how many primadonna's, elitists, egotists, difficult actors/actresses there have been, and yet not method actors. I would only acknowledge method acting,or anything for that matter from someone who has studied it, knows it well. I can tell you from having studied with Lee Strasberg, none of this is true. Media and public need to separate ones acting approach with actors who are just assholes , and that's from any approach or method. Jim Carrey, Shia Lebouf, Heath Ledger and more are not Method actors

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I’m Humphrey Bogarts day from the 20s to 1950s. No actor even applied Method acting to their portrayal roles on screen. There really wasn’t any Method actors back then. When it was mentioned it was kind of referred to as an outlandish idea 💡. It wasn’t put into use on until Marlon Brando came on 🎭 🎥