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A sign that Isabelle Fuhrman is a great actress! :)

posted 11 years ago by Kentry-1802
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A sign someone is great in acting is how fast they go from looking happy to being completely serious. Isabelle does this succinctly. She goes from smiling a happy looking smile to a serious, determined frown in a matter of seconds. Craig Bierko does this in Scary Movie 4 too. He is laughing jovially and then abruptly stops and looks serious.

In the Citibank commercial, Identity Theft Victim Darryl appears to speak like an excited teen, talking about the things "he" just bought. "He" even happily singing Toni Braxton's hit song, "Unbreak My Heart," in an off-key tone. Darryl then has a serious "I just got screwed," expression on his face.

I got a little off track, but these are good examples of excellent acting and Isabelle nailed it! :)

It's like, cool. It's like, totally rad awesome!

[–] Kentry-1802 10 years ago

Bump.

[–] tonychappell 9 years ago

i love how you brought up Scary Movie 4 and great acting bahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!

[–] whitespirit26 9 years ago

Or how a real life small child could have such beautiful, cold eyes.

[–] ElectricWarlock 9 years ago

I think she should've been nominated for an Academy Award for her role in this movie. It was an incredible performance. I imagine many adult actors would have trouble pulling off such a complex character but Isabelle did it flawlessly.

[–] hexrei 9 years ago

I'm not sure quality acting is exactly what you think it is... Most people, if informed in advance, if they aren't emotionally damaged or something, can act happy and then serious in sequence pretty easily.

What a lovely way to burn...

[–] leybadana 9 years ago

she sucks ass as an actress, this was her only good movie

There is no one looking out for us. We are all alone. Graham Hess

[–] sourskttles 8 years ago

And you've seen every other one, Ley?

[–] duongdogg 8 years ago

Yeah she was only like 12 when filming that movie. Chilling and amazing performance by someone so young. She was believable and showed range.