The art of "push the tears": how to make myself "cry" actors on film sets

At all times in the film tears was one of the most effective ways to give the scene a special drama. Therefore, the requirement of the Director to cry for an actor — the usual case. Just how to do it, if you don't feel sad? It turns out there are a lot of different ways and some well-known actors are happy to share their secrets.

The craft of acting — not an easy task and the person who chose it must have specific skills. For example, highly valued the ability to maintain equanimity when scene partner says or does something funny or stupid. Least popular can be called the ability to abstract from what is happening around during the Frank scenes, when there are dozens of people.

But the highest gift can be called the ability of an actor to burst into tears when this would require a Director. In our days there are many ways to get people to artificially cry, for example, using a special "stick" to the eye. But chemical methods are censured in the professional environment and are considered worthy only of Amateurs.

A real Pro can cry to order for real. This skill is demonstrated by the Russian actor and Director Nikita Mikhalkov on air of transfer "Evening Urgant". Mater said that knowing how to construct the diaphragm and how it functions to produce tears easily. But this method Mikhalkov, and besides him there are many other, not less effective.

Actress Bryce Dallas Howard, whom many remember in the role of a girl Lacey from the TV series "Black mirror" on one of the TV show made a bet with host Conan O'brien that cry from any told them stories. To test this, the man started to tell about the trip to the store building materials in which there was nothing sad. Has not passed also two minutes as Bryce wept as if heard the most tragic story in their lives.

Some time later, during another interview, the actress said that she has help so natural to cry, not innate ability, and the technical method. According to her, learn to cry at the request of any person. To cause tears, Bryce Dallas Howard language stimulates a particular point on the soft palate that causes a small yawn, and then watery eyes. Mentioned actress and that for success it is important to drink plenty of water, otherwise the tears will be simply nowhere to take.

The star of the melodrama "If I stay" Jamie Blackley as Howard uses techniques based on the physiological characteristics of the organism. Only it doesn't irritate the sky language, and uses a very unusual way, one which he shared in one pass in 2014.

Jamie told the audience that manages to cry because of the skill to create a rush of blood to the head. This actor... is compressed. The truth is how to make the frame look natural and tragically, Blakely said.

However, in the same TV show Jamie told about alternate method of summoning tears. To cry, Blakely is sometimes poor homeless puppy, who is sitting in the middle of the street and whining. Maybe the actor is so sentimental that it is working, but personally, we have the effectiveness of the methodology is questionable, especially given the fact how many times a day you have to cry on the set of the melodrama.

But Anna Faris known as Cindy Campbell in the film series "scary movie", admitted once that she was raised in this spirit, that just tears it. According to the actress, as a child, her mother responded to her tears on duty with the phrase: "why should you be sorry?". Because of this baby tears especially can not count and Faris grew harsh and slightly cynical.

So to cry in front of cameras, Anna did not hesitate to use those "sticky", which with such disdain speak of the giants of acting. Spraying in the eyes, menthol crystals, Faris crying is very realistic.

He shared his professional experience and star of films about Harry Potter Daniel Radcliffe. For the first time with the problem tears the actor faced during the shooting of the biographical drama "Kill your darlings" where he played poet Allen Ginsberg. The scenario Daniel had shed many tears and he had to learn this skill.

But Radcliffe helped his partner on the set, veteran Gary Oldman: "do Not be afraid to use personal, because they still think that this is happening to your character." After this advice from Daniel all turned out. However in an interview with British newspaper the Vancouver Sun in which a man talked about his experience, he didn't want to reveal the secret, what memories made him cry on the set of the drama.

Sometimes to achieve an appropriate attitude and help themselves Directors. Stanley Kubrick during the filming of "the Shining" so rudely treated with the actress Shelley Duvall that her emotional state has become as unimportant as the heroine in the film. Duval could cry from every little thing, and the stress she even started losing hair.

A similar method is used by and Alfred Hitchcock, zapugivaniya Tippi Hedren during the filming of "the Birds" to keep the actress a constant sense of terror, despair and hopelessness. But most of all distinguished by Francis Ford Coppola. The filming of "Dracula" was with actress Winona Ryder, as notorious villain, that's why all the tears her character in the film is real.

But among the many actors that use certain tricks, there are those who have achieved the highest skills and is able to cry at the right moment for the team, because I need to. One of the few great actress of our time Meryl Streep.At the meeting with students of the University of Texas, the actress said that the requirement for the Director to cry she perceives as a normal part of the actor's work and her just need to find a suitable way to implement the desired action.

It all seems very complicated but is actually simple. If Meryl Streep needed to weep, she thinks that what she does is very important for everyone. She manages so efficiently to cry due to a particularly high sense of responsibility. Maybe it is because of this approach, this actress became a legend during his lifetime?