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Can't stand Jonathan Hyde's acting

posted 8 years ago by jasonogorek475
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Is he like that with every role? I feel like he overacts to Shatneresque levels. I know his character is excentric in The Strain, so that's why I'm asking.

[–] titanic-kid 8 years ago

I haven't watched this show yet but Jonathan plays all his roles differently in all his movies. His acting in Jumunji is very different from an episode of A Touch of Frost to Titanic to when he is in Anaconda to The Mummy and Curse of King Tut's Tomb.

[–] TyrionLannister1 8 years ago

I have to agree. Last time I saw Hyde, his acting was a bit intense. But he's usually pretty good.

[–] grayremnant1 8 years ago

No, he's not like that with every role. This is a fairly common concept that most people refer to as 'phoning it in'. He's clearly putting no effort into this role.

[–] degrimstead-1 8 years ago

I love his scenes, myself. (Thanks for the reminder about "Titanic" - I'm always forgetting he was in that.)

[–] InvGirl 8 years ago

Jonathan Hyde's acting in ep 3x07 has been one of his best, if not THE BEST, performances in The Strain this season. At last.

[–] DrGerbil 8 years ago

Jonathan Hyde also had a small role in "Crimson Peak," playing a book publisher, which I thought he handled very nicely.

[–] degrimstead-1 8 years ago

Funny how differently we can see things. He's one of my favorite things on this show; love his scenes. Possibly it's like injecting a bit of comic relief, but I really enjoy his "Shakespearean" acting.

[–] darthleather2011 8 years ago

I really like him in this show.

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[–] HotJohnny 8 years ago

I really like him in this show.

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[–] Korpen81 8 years ago

I completely disagree with topic starter. His portrayal of Eldritch Palmer who is a elitist oligarch is top notch. His character is full of love, disappointment, egocentric, evil. He has always been thinking of number one because everyone else has disappointed him in different ways. However whenever he feel he gets close to someone as a friend or a love he feel alive and human again. Then he constantly lose it all which is what makes him coldhearted as stone. In many ways symboling/mirroring his "Stonehearth group".