Pro acting coach breaks down 13 rage scenes from movies
- 4 years ago
Acting coach Keira Duffy critiques some of Hollywood's most famous — and infamous — rage scenes. She reviews iconic anger scenes that range from great to mediocre to downright terrible, breaking down what went right and wrong in the actors' performances.
Some of the most memorable movie scenes are ones where actors get mad — whether it's an action star like Arnold Schwarzenegger delivering his notorious "choir boy" quote in "End of Days," the legendary Samuel L. Jackson giving his Ezekiel 25:17 speech in "Pulp Fiction," or master of anger Jack Nicholson shouting down Tom Cruise in "A Few Good Men." So, what separates the highs from the lows? With scenes featuring some of cinema's most famously angry characters — from Regina George's piercing scream in "Mean Girls" to Howard Beale's impassioned diatribe in "Network" — Duffy breaks down why certain performances of anger resonate with audiences while others fall flat.
Some of the most memorable movie scenes are ones where actors get mad — whether it's an action star like Arnold Schwarzenegger delivering his notorious "choir boy" quote in "End of Days," the legendary Samuel L. Jackson giving his Ezekiel 25:17 speech in "Pulp Fiction," or master of anger Jack Nicholson shouting down Tom Cruise in "A Few Good Men." So, what separates the highs from the lows? With scenes featuring some of cinema's most famously angry characters — from Regina George's piercing scream in "Mean Girls" to Howard Beale's impassioned diatribe in "Network" — Duffy breaks down why certain performances of anger resonate with audiences while others fall flat.