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Who Thinks Eminem is a Good Actor?


I sure do.

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he's the f*ing man.

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Going by 8 Mile, I don't think he's a good actor. He was okay in it, but he was basically just playing himself.

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He is a good actor.. not very good.. but he can play normal gangsta roles...
But he doesn't deserve a movie in which he should be the main character..

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Well he fooled everyone at the MTV awards so of course he's a good actor.

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^ lol.

he's a good actor. Natural, didn't try to force or overplay the drama.

I've seen "The Wash" recently, that had Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre in it, and Em played a disgruntled psycho employee, fired from a carwash. He could be a great comedian if he wanted to. But on 8 mile, its like 180 degrees from his character at The Wash, and you wouldn't even know it. He's that good.

just wish he'd do more movies... to see if he got anymore range or up his sleeves or something.


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I do!

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NOT ME!

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totally agree he kind of surprised me in this movie

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he pretty much played himself and this is his only movie soooooooo...............

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Well, most people 'act' themselves in movies with just tiny variations to fit the role. Only good actors are able to make new characters from nothing and become them.

However, I really liked how natural he was in front of the camera, didn't 'ham' it up because he was acting. He walked around calmly like it was just a normal scene, can't even tell the number of takes he did for certain shots. The only part where he didn't behave realistically was when he was working at the factory. He had to pause in between movements to remember what to do next, not fluid and timed like he had been doing it all day/week like he should have been.

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not really

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He was good. Not great or terrible, but good. There's room for improvement.

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A rapper playing a rapper is not good acting, especially when the aforementioned rapper is playing themselves with a different name. I'm sorry but there's a reason why Eminem hasn't been cast in many movies, it's because he can't act in a role that isn't... well himself. I'm not going to say he didn't play himself well, but that doesn't make him a good actor

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