‘Stretching’ on Film
If all actors let their “star” persona limit them, we would have missed out on great performances such as Harrison Ford’s in “Witness” and Mary Tyler Moore’s in “Ordinary People.”
When star actors are discouraged from taking risks, many unfortunately resort to roles that are far beneath them.
What if all artists’ careers were controlled by their fame? Picasso would have stayed in his blue period and the Beatles would have been fun-lovin’ mop-tops who never gave us “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.”
Incidentally, I’m sorry I never got to see Bogie as Macbeth.
MOLLY RINGWALD
Los Angeles
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