Stranger Things' David Harbour Becomes The Latest To Slam Method Acting
Actor David Harbour, best known for his role as Sheriff Hopper on the hit Netflix series Stranger Things, has become the latest star to criticize method acting. Harbour joins a rising chorus of actors who have criticized the controversial acting method.
While method acting has been around for a while, it's only recently become heavily publicized. Actors such as Morbius star Jared Leto have been the subject of much criticism for their on-set antics and approach to method acting that many felt was either unnecessary or too far. Now, Stranger Things' Harbour has expressed why he finds the practice to be problematic.
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«When I was younger — it’s so embarrassing — but I remember playing that famous Scottish king and being like, ‘I’m gonna kill a cat’ or something. 'I’m gonna go murder something to know what it feels like to murder.' I didn’t actually do it, obviously,» Harbour said in a recent interview with GQ. «Not only is that stuff silly, it’s dangerous, and it actually doesn’t produce good work.» Harbour also used actor Daniel Day-Lewis as an example, saying, «He’s an extraordinary actor who I’m captivated and fascinated by [but] when he explains his process it sounds like nonsense to me.»
Harbour is just the latest famous actor to publicly criticize method acting. For example, actor Robert Pattinson, star of The Batman, recently told Variety, «You only ever see people doing method when they're playing an asshole.» Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen dismissed method acting in an interview with GQ UK while promoting his recent film Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, calling it «bullshit.» Actor Will Poulter, who is set to appear as Adam Warlock in the
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