forsciencejohn:consultingt-rex:unicornachos:madlori:This scene just illustrates…again…why Benedict i
forsciencejohn:consultingt-rex:unicornachos:madlori:This scene just illustrates…again…why Benedict is a genius.Here, he is NOT playing “guy crying and upset.” He is playing SHERLOCK playing “guy crying and upset.” Now, this would be easy if Sherlock were doing that BADLY. But Sherlock is a god actor, too. And yet it’s always clear that Sherlock is putting on a performance. Not a bad one, just a performance. We see Sherlock’s acting, but we don’t see Benedict’s. So he is playing two levels deep of good acting and somehow managing to let Sherlock’s acting show while keeping his own acting invisible.I just…I kind of can’t wrap my brain around how he can just DO that.HOW DO YOU ACTING TALENT. WHAT IS THIS SORCERY.ACTCEPTIONOKAY BUT WHAT ABOUT JOHN’S EXPRESSION THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE THINGIN THE 3RD GIF YOU CAN TELL HE’S THINKING, “WAIT WHAT”IN THE 4TH GIF HE’S ALL “GODAMMIT SHERLOCK WHAT DID I TELL YOU ABOUT MESSING WITH OTHER PEOPLE’S EMOTIONS”5TH GIF HE’S ALL “CAN I GET OUT OF HERE, LIKE, NOW PLS”6TH GIF HE’S JUST WAITING FOR THE INEVITABLE SLAP WHEN THE VICTIM’S WIFE SNAPSAND THE 8TH IS JUST “OMFG IS THIS REALLY HAPPENING”omg and in the last gif he just switches back so quickly BEN HOW -- source link