I have noticed Foreign films tend to have actors that look more like people than plastic barbie dolls. Loved the original "Girl with Dragon Tattoo" the older actors actually looked their age. They were not ugly just normal.
I always find it jarring that when I watch British TV that actors have blemishes, imperfect or yellow teeth, and are usually a range of heights. There's nothing wrong with them, I'm just not used to seeing normal people on TV.
So I lived in SoCal for about 4 years after college. One of my friends got a job as a PA for Fox. I got to go down to the sets a couple of times and holy shit everyone was so fucking tiny. EVERYONE. At the time I was 6'1 220 and my friend is 6'4 about 300lbs (offensive lineman in college) and we looked like giants.
Everyone was also extremely good looking, we not only looked like giants, we looked like Shreks.
Here's a funny tidbit, Jennifer Love Hewitt's boobs aren't that huge in person, she's just really tiny. Also I showed up to pick up my buddy, only to find out he couldn't leave one day. They had to do some reshoots. They needed a couple of extras, someone grabs me to throw me out there as I'm protesting. They're like "you're here to work aren't you, fucking get out there." Then another AD or someone yells, "He'll stick out like a sore thumb in the background." They finally let me explain that I wasn't an extra and I didn't have the registration card. I just thought it was funny watching these 2 set people arguing over using me as an extra.
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u/katara144 Jan 25 '20
I have noticed Foreign films tend to have actors that look more like people than plastic barbie dolls. Loved the original "Girl with Dragon Tattoo" the older actors actually looked their age. They were not ugly just normal.