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Acting is a Craft...
Acting is not easy, it is a craft.
Tonight Danny Miller who plays Aaron in Emmerdale showed us just how important that craft is - sublime, heartbreaking, emotionally gut wrenching acting. It was real and emotive. Half an hour later we witness Antony Cotton in Corrie who has spent the last 13 years playing himself without an ounce of talent. This is where the Art of Acting separates the likes of Miller and Cotton- Danny Miller has the talent to carry off a hard hitting storyline but Cotton and others like him fail to make the grade yet are kept on their shows year after year despite offering nothing to the audience. |
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Anthony Cotton/Sean is very well liked outside DS so to say he offers nothing to the audience is a little bit daft as quite clearly he does, just not to the audience on here.
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How many Danny Miller fanw**k threads do we need?
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How many Danny Miller fanw**k threads do we need?
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How many Danny Miller fanw**k threads do we need?
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People just accept Antony Cotton playing himself. He's very popular outside these forums.
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People just accept Antony Cotton playing himself. He's very popular outside these forums.
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Acting is not easy, it is a craft.
Tonight Danny Miller who plays Aaron in Emmerdale showed us just how important that craft is - sublime, heartbreaking, emotionally gut wrenching acting. It was real and emotive. Half an hour later we witness Antony Cotton in Corrie who has spent the last 13 years playing himself without an ounce of talent. This is where the Art of Acting separates the likes of Miller and Cotton- Danny Miller has the talent to carry off a hard hitting storyline but Cotton and others like him fail to make the grade yet are kept on their shows year after year despite offering nothing to the audience. Quote:
How many Danny Miller fanw**k threads do we need?
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Cotton must be the luckiest man on television!
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some people are just born with it
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some people are just born with it
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But like all professions the 'best' are those who have a natural talent but couple that with training / hard work and the willingness to take risks.
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Cotton must be the luckiest man on television!
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People just accept Antony Cotton playing himself. He's very popular outside these forums.
He must know where the bodies are buried.
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The only reason they keep Cotton on Corrie is to stop him hosting another chat show after the last time.
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The only reason they keep Cotton on Corrie is to stop him hosting another chat show after the last time.
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If Kate Oates really means business she should axe the deadwood on Corrie with Cotton at the top of her axe list.
Get rid of other non actors like Fizz, Chesney and his dopey girl friend and Corrie might become watchable again. |
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Yay - another "I hate Anthony Cotton" thread - it's been what, almost a week since the last one.....................................
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Definitely, along with his dog collared boy friend, another pointless character that brings nothing to the programme.
Get rid of other non actors like Fizz, Chesney and his dopey girl friend and Corrie might become watchable again. |
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If Kate Oates really means business she should axe the deadwood on Corrie with Cotton at the top of her axe list.
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Its not just Cotton ,to many actors and actresses just play themselves in all the soaps on the telly. to many to mention. Dev , shayne ward, daniella was daniella in eastenders just like what she is in CBB. It really comes out when they do chat shows . Top notch actors play a character and in real life (if you ever see them or lucky enough to say Hi) have no semblance to their character. I once seen Kit who plays Jon Snow in GOT in a pub here in Belfast and at first didnt even recognise him but he is so different in real life.
Good actors play characters, NOT themselves |
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Its not just Cotton ,to many actors and actresses just play themselves in all the soaps on the telly. to many to mention. Dev , shayne ward, daniella was daniella in eastenders just like what she is in CBB. It really comes out when they do chat shows . Top notch actors play a character and in real life (if you ever see them or lucky enough to say Hi) have no semblance to their character. I once seen Kit who plays Jon Snow in GOT in a pub here in Belfast and at first didnt even recognise him but he is so different in real life.
Good actors play characters, NOT themselves |
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Its not just Cotton ,to many actors and actresses just play themselves in all the soaps on the telly. to many to mention. Dev , shayne ward, daniella was daniella in eastenders just like what she is in CBB. It really comes out when they do chat shows . Top notch actors play a character and in real life (if you ever see them or lucky enough to say Hi) have no semblance to their character. I once seen Kit who plays Jon Snow in GOT in a pub here in Belfast and at first didnt even recognise him but he is so different in real life.
Good actors play characters, NOT themselves |
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Of course - she can only mean business if she sacks someone based on the opinion of maybe 20 forum users.
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I'd just amend that to say - a good actor can play a character when they are given the opportunity to. Casting looks for a strong similarity between an actor and a character and unless an actor is bringing something else, i.e. kudos then they will be cast to type. Its just the way is works
Like any other profession, actors need a modicum of talent and then training, training, training. (Only a very rare few have an actual gift which sets them apart from the jobbers). Where so many soap actors fall down is in the lack of formal training. |
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