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3 Opera Stars Who Created Iconic Cinema Roles

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1. William Shimell 

A leading baritone in the world, Shimell made an unexpected transition onto the silverscreen when he was cast in Kiarostami’s “Certified Copy” alongside Juliette Binoche. The film earned rave reviews and competed for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. He later appeared in Claudia Llosa’s “Aloft” alongside Jennifer Connelly and was also seen in the Oscar-winning film “Amour” by Michael Haneke.

 

2. Fabio Armiliato 

The Italian tenor played the role of Giancarlo in Woody’s Allen “To Rome with Love.” In the film, he played an opera singer who was only good in the shower. Despite mixed reviews for the film, Armiliato and his co-stars were praised for their performances and the Casting Society of America nominated the film for outstanding Ensemble casting. Since then the singer has not been seen in any other film.

 

3. Maria Callas

Arguably the greatest icon in opera, Maria Callas can be heard on numerous film soundtracks from “Avengers” to “Milk” and “The Young Victoria.” But she can also be seen in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s adaptation of “Medea.” It was a big return for the diva and while the film was a flop, one got to see the nuance and subtleties of Callas as an actress on the silver screen.

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Joaquin Phoenix on Acting

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Joaquin Phoenix

Phoenix is one of those actors who makes what he does seem effortless. Part of that comes out of how he approaches acting. He explains, “Just be in the moment. Don’t overthink it, let it be what it is. If you keep trying to find what’s unique in the moment, then the danger is that you miss that very thing.” In fact, Phoenix later reveals what he thinks is one of the advantages of acting on screen: “The great thing about film is that you get to make mistakes.”

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Mark Hamill On Acting

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Mark Hamill

Hamill explains that even during the post-Return of the Jedi, pre-Star Wars resurgence years he was still regularly working — even if many of his peers weren’t aware of that. He says, “Nobody knew I was on Broadway unless they were living in the tri-state area. I would come back to LA and people would wonder, ‘Oh, are you still in the business? We thought you retired.’ Doing voiceover work reminded me how much I enjoy performing without doing a curtain call or being recognized. It reminded me you don’t need the spotlight – to be on talk shows or magazine covers – to really enjoy performing. I would have been perfectly content living out my final years being a character actor and voice actor.”

He also compares himself to his Star Wars co-star Harrison Ford, saying that Ford wouldn’t take some of the career risks that he has. Hamill points out, “I’m not the greatest singer, but I had great confidence in my singing, because I’m acting like a great singer. Harrison would not want to do a musical or step outside his comfort zone. That’s the challenge to me. To do something I’ve never done before.”

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Bill Hader On Acting

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Bill Hader

Regarding how he approached his character’s performance skills (or lack thereof), Hader says:

“I watched a lot of true crime shows, because the reenactments on true crime shows are pretty bad, so that was helpful. But mostly it’s just thinking about what the reality of that would be and not thinking too much about the comedy, and it kind of works. When you push the comedy it starts to feel like you’re reaching for something that might not be there. So if you just have him read his lines — like I think for Barry, acting to him is when you would go around class in junior high and read out paragraphs of To Kill a Mockingbird, like that’s acting to him, just a speech class. You try to play the reality of it.”

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Jenna Fischer On Acting

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JENNA FISCHER

Fischer is familiar with how frustrating the process can be, especially when one hasn’t landed a job in some time. She has encouraging words for those who find themselves in that common position:

Don’t start to believe that you don’t have what it takes just because you’re facing road blocks and frustration. Part of the test of becoming a working actor is being able to be resilient and work through those road blocks in whatever way you can.

As long as you are getting messages and small successes along the way, you need to have a good judgment of your progress. If you are in the same place you were four years ago, then maybe this isn’t the thing for you or maybe you are simply not doing the right thing to get ahead.

If you are getting callbacks, have a talent agent and each year is better than the last, then you are probably on the right track.

The number one lesson is that you must create your own work with other artists and create your own momentum. You can’t wait for other people to jump and give you jobs.

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Joaquin Phoenix on the Struggles That He Has as an Actor

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Joaquin Phoenix

“There’s not one approach. It depends on the scene. The important thing with this movie was — and I acknowledge I probably do this a lot — to feel comfortable enough to make a lot of mistakes. To be able to say there’s not one right way for him to behave. Again, it seemed like the key was not knowing what his reaction was going to be. I’m sure that sometimes we used just a really straight version of a given scene, but we filmed so many different versions. You just dive head on into that feeling. But sometimes, when you’re making a movie, yeah, your nerves wear off and you grow accustomed to it, or you get tired, or whatever. Maybe it’s a million things over the course of the six weeks. So you just go, ‘OK, well, this is fuckin’ shit,’ and you go outside and you sit and you talk about it, and you try to connect again to what is meaningful about this moment — to try and uncover something that you can latch onto. I guess. I don’t fuckin’ know, man.”

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