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30.07.2020 18:59 •  Английский язык

What is it about Paul Newman, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and other great actors that allows
them to create a character so vividly and realistically? Why don’t they look as if they are acting?
One thing they all have in common is that they A . What is that? It is a way of creating the
emotional conditions B . An actor playing a prisoner may live in prison to experience the
reality. One playing a homeless person may live on the street. In this article we look at the
history of method acting and the people who made it happen.
The name “method acting” came from the Actors Studio and Group Theatre in New York in
1940s and 1950s. Many people who became household names were taught there by Lee
Strasberg. He was not only a great teacher but he C . Marilyn Monroe, one of his favourite
students, left him seventy-five percent of her estate, something that still earns his family millions
of dollars each year. Strasberg, though D .
Konstantin Stanislavsky was using a similar idea in Russia in the 1890s. Indeed, there was one
person who E . Stella Adler worked with Strasberg and taught both Marlon Brando and
Robert De Niro. She had also studied under Stanislavsky. Unfortunately, her disagreements with
Strasberg eventually led up to the Group Theatre breaking up.
Their disagreement was over the correct way to teach method acting. This is one of the main
problems with this technique. There is more than one version of it. All of them, however, have
one thing in common which is F , in some way, with the character they are playing. The
differences in opinion were mainly over whether the actors should use their own experiences to
try to understand the character or whether they should approach the character with a completely
open mind.
Lee Strasberg was able to use his techniques for himself in the film Godfather II. The film was a
personal success as Strasberg G . One of his students, Al Pacino, also won one for his part
in the same film. Strasberg died in 1982, but his ideas live on in the performances of some of
Hollywood’s greatest stars.
1. provided a link between the two teachers
2. was also very popular with his students
3. use a technique known as method acting
4. was nominated for an Oscar for this role
5. that was an astonishing success
6. was not the first person to use such techniques
7. that the actors have to try to identify
8. that a character would experience in real life