Gaborey Sidibe Acts, For The First Time, At Her Audition For Precious
I’ll probably put this on the Actors Audition page later, but it just so boss! So I’m sticking it here with its very own page, as a post, first.
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I just am so flummoxed, and bedazzled, by this actress. She is one-in-a-million, and with no formal acting training! That just does not happen. Her natural sensitivity, attunement, and empathy toward others; must guide her acting abilities, fuel her acting instrument. A natural connection to the role and as she has stated, her familiarity with that type of girl. And just divine provenance!
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Her physicality creates such a beautiful paradox. For an actor, altogether. As an audience, we watch actors, really, to see what’s inside of them. You see nothing inside of her. Part of that is because the character, Precious, has never developed a connection to her own real self. Her own emotional self. As others support the inner Precious, and pull her out, Precious is also discovering herself. At the very same time, the audience is also discovering her.
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Imagine that kind of restraint, as an actress. The measuring, the meting out…of an emotional self as it blossoms at only a pace accurate to the story. Slower, than we in the audience can take. Not because it’s a slow movie, not at all. But, rather because the amount of restraint is in equal measure to the amount of injustice that this person, this child, has endured. Precious is played with such restraint, she is so buried in there, in that person so that she is barely found. When the audience does find her, you just don’t want to let go.
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This video is absolutely not for children.
If you haven’t seen the movie, you may not want to see it yet, either.
UPDATE!!!
I have removed the PRECIOUS AUDITION VIDEO of Gabourey Sibide’s exceptional acting. If you would like to view it, this whole line is a link to where I originally found it. You can find it there. It starts automatically, which is a little tech issue that made it impossible to keep here.
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I’ve added something else, in exchange. Here is another link, to watch Gabourey Sabide telling Oprah about how she auditioned, and did the acting, for Precious.
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Next Post Will Feature Another Actor Who Has A Lead Acting Role In A Major Movie, This Year, Without Any Prior Film Credits…
He may just get an Academy Award Nomination.
I sure do hope Gabourey Sidibe gets one.
:~Dana
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I posted a link to a radio interview Gabourey did. I loved what she said about acting and her character.
Dennis, where can I get that link? Would love to add it to this post, for those actors wanting to hear more. I saw her speak at a Q+A after a screening of Precious. The director, Lee Daniels was also there. I didn’t record, but I wanted to.
FLOORED.