Re: Evangeline Lilly's Acting

Steven L. wrote:
> s0183616 wrote:
>> Steven L. wrote:
>>> bc_gisele wrote:
>>>> Tim <jmeth111@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in news:e4b3f$481f9491$cef8ac46
>>>> $23891@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>
>>>>> bc_gisele wrote:
>>>>>> "Steven L." <sdlitvin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in 
>>>>>> news:ru6dnRMvlpknsILVnZ2dnUVZ_jmdnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> One thing I had forgotten to mention in our review of 
>>>>>> "Something Nice
>>>>>>> Back Home," was Evangeline Lilly's acting performance.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In previous seasons, I thought she was rather wooden and 
>>>> stiff.
>>>>>> But I
>>>>>>> have to say that in this episode, she really blossomed.  Her 
>>>>>> acting was
>>>>>>> the best I've seen her do.  Really good job.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It always takes a while for actors to get into their TV roles.  
>>>>>> Watch any show that's been around for a while and look at the 
>>>>>> early seasons.  There's usually a big difference in how the actors 
>>>>>> performed at first to how they perform later.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gisele
>>>>> D'oh.
>>>>
>>>> What d'oh?  Take Scott Bakula in Star Trek Enterprise.  He never got 
>>>> better.  I've seen him in other things but in Enterprise, he was 
>>>> wooden from day one to the last day of the series.  Some actors 
>>>> never get accustomed to some roles while others take a bit of time 
>>>> to adjust.  Some seem to have it down pat from the get go.  It 
>>>> depends on the actor.  Patrick Stewart's a good actor but in TNG he 
>>>> was very stiff in the early seasons.  Ditto for Avery Brooks in 
>>>> DS9.  All kinds of examples.  It's probably the case with Evangeline 
>>>> Lilly as well.  Her acting has improved; she's adjusted to the role.
>>>
>>> It usually doesn't take three whole seasons for the leading actor (or 
>>> leading actress) to get into the role.  That's as long as some TV 
>>> series last.
>>>
>>> It certainly didn't take Terry O'Quinn three seasons to get into his 
>>> role.  Or even Josh Holloway, who was also a neophyte.
>>>
>>> But, I'm glad Evangeline Lilly has finally blossomed.  There was 
>>> genuine chemistry between her and Matthew Fox in those scenes, 
>>> something we hadn't seen before.
>>
>> You do know she held up video game peripherals for G4, right?
>>
>> And she looked amazing doing it.
>>
>> And she had a fake back tattoo in a movie.
>>
>> All non-speaking roles.
> 
> She had ONE speaking role I used to see her in:  She did those 
> late-night Livelinks commercials.  They used to run those just before 
> the infomercials on WNDS-TV Derry NH.
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ6hIEqKR7A
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Blv-dQTVCaI

Just out of curiosity, I surfed over to the Livelinks website.  Looks 
like they still have Evangeline Lilly's picture on it.  I guess they 
have her under some kind of long-term contract.

http://www.livelinks.com/index.jsp


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