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So bad acting as Cersei on Game of Thrones

posted 11 years ago by Hanks864
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She looks like Cersei, but her performance is not powerful, it always seems like she is going to break into a smirk, her face expressions are always the same no matter the emotion.

Honestly she is among the worst actresses on Game of Thrones. She's improved in last season, I give her that, but still doesn't live up to the standards of the main cast. I find her and Emilia Clarke to be the weak links of the show.

Edit: I am talking about the main cast, yes Shae and other recurrent characters like the Dothorakis are very weak actors too.

Edit 2: It's been 2 and half years since I wrote this post and I stand by it, I just finished watching the 1st episode of season 6 and Lena's performance was so weak, again she couldn't show believable emotions over the death of her daughter; just very average actress.

[–] feodoric 9 years ago

The queen reagent? Oh. I see... That's a funny one! Indeed, she manages to bleach out her part.

Oh then, that explains the fact that she can't talk like a normal person. All one can hear is merely a faint whisper after hitting the first 2-3 syllables of her lines. She sounds almost emphysematic. In any case, it is not pleasant acting at all. I really can't figure out why an actress with such a limited range of emotions and expression was able to get such an important role. To her credit, her constant smirking in lieu of a normal range of human reactions and emotions fits the character, .... up to a certain point. If the objective is to make Cersei as unlikable as possible, this is a resounding success. Is it good acting, then? Probably not.

But it sure is the right reagent! 😼

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