Method is a recurring theme in Hollywood. This technique, also called the Strasberg method, consists of not leaving out the character you are interpreting. The subject of this working method has often been controversial in Hollywood, especially when certain actors take it too far to the point where it becomes unpleasant to work with them.
This practice has been heavily criticized by some stakeholders, while others swear by its effectiveness in achieving better results. As for Joel Kinnaman, it’s something he’d never attempted until John Woo’s Silent Night. Speaking about the film on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, he shared how he chose the film to experiment with the method.
And since this is a dialogue-free film, that meant he didn’t speak at all for weeks. Both in and out of the movie, as he explains in the video below:
“I have never used this kind of game methodKinnaman explained.So I talked to Kelly and said, “Look, this is going to be difficult for our relationship. I’m not going to talk during the whole shoot and I’m not going to talk to you either, so there’s no communication.’“.
He further explains that his fiancee Kelly has agreed to cut off all contact with him and expects not to hear from him again after the actor leaves for the play. However, upon arriving in Mexico, where filming was taking place, Joel Kinnaman realized that he “He felt a little lonely“In this new place where he didn’t know anyone.
If I don’t speak for six weeks, there will be six weeks where I don’t speak
This made him instantly break his wishful thinking and shut up as he couldn’t stop himself from calling his fiancée. He then talks about how he first tried to follow the method while on set, but didn’t want to miss out on interacting with the other cast and crew. And it didn’t last long!
“Then the first day of shooting begins. I will get into the car… it is very quiet. The whole car ride to the set“, Kinnaman explains.Then I went into the makeup room and everyone was talking. I’m sitting in the makeup room, watching people talk, and I’m sitting there and I’m like, “If I don’t talk for six weeks, that’s going to be six weeks where I don’t talk.” don’t talk So I started talking.”
“So I started talking. But I had a very, very intense, silent car ride to the set and I felt like that, so it allowed me to recharge with enough silence that I needed for the rest of the shoot.“
Silent Night is currently available on Netflix.
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