Elizabeth Berridge - One of the worst acting performances ever? - Amadeus (1984) Discussion

[–] bananabry 11 years ago

From Wikipedia:

"Meg Tilly was cast as Mozart's wife Constanze, but she tore a ligament in her leg the day before shooting started. She was replaced by Elizabeth Berridge."

Berridge had no rehearsal time.

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[–] rmontro 11 years ago

I thought Berridge did a fine job. Honestly, I have trouble picturing Meg Tilly in the role. It seems like she would come across as too harsh.

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[–] Jleiwei 11 years ago

Me too. I can't imagine Meg Tilly in the role with her meek voice, but Milos Forman seemed infatuated with her.

I think Elizabeth Berridge pulled off a decent performance. Not as remarkable as the two leading men, but then she was allowed less space to maneuver.

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[–] DoobakusBoy 11 years ago

Hmmm. I thought she was very memorable--in a good way--as Costanze. I thought she made a good counterpart to Hulce's Mozart. Never really considered people might have a problem with her performance, but obviously there's quite a few of you out there.

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[–] molarmaven59 11 years ago

Berridge came off as too modern and money grubbing, whiny.

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[–] aps722 11 years ago

I take it you've never seen Splash?
Or any other Tom Hanks film for that matter?

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[–] TheEnigmaticRonin 10 years ago

Agree that was pretty bad, and her character was Annoying as hell.

" Look, there's two women fuc*ing a polar bear!"

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[–] Fluke_Skywalker 10 years ago

I don't know that I'd say one of the worst ever, but I will agree she's way out of her depth here, and the prestige of the film exacerbates this.

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[–] mxzt 10 years ago

I don't know what you guys are watching, but I thought she was very good. Considering the limited material she had.

I doubt Meg Tilly could have done any better or even equaled the performance Elizabeth did.

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[–] fanaticita 10 years ago

The only thing I objected to with Berridge is that she sounded like she came directly from Hollywood. She slurred words or would say "wanna" instead of want to, etc. I think Meg Tilly would have been better, different and better.

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[–] tonychappell 10 years ago

i think it was great casting...she had a very youthful naive look that the part called for...a more seasoned actress would not be as convincing to play an innocent girl falling for Salieri's devious offer

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[–] tisket 10 years ago

I agree with the "wanna"s. That should have been corrected.

At first I thought she sounded horrible but she really grew into the role and became more firey as we saw the relationship develop. By the end I thought she stood out and was very good in her role. Quite dynamic.