Celebrity True Crime Billy Zane Has Opened Up About Playing Real-Life Cult Leader Larry Ray, And Said That Actors Deserve “Emotional Support Pay” For Taking On Grueling Roles “You’re recreating much weird trauma. We're putting coursing adrenaline through our bodies and depleting serotonin and dopamine and freaking ourselves out, and the body registers it.” By by Stephanie Soteriou BuzzFeed Staff Posted 1 minute ago Twitter Facebook Link Over the years, more and more actors have opened up about how emotionally grueling filming distressing scenes can be for them, and the real-life impact these performances can have.
HBO Stanley Tucci , for example, earned an Oscar nomination for his role in The Lovely Bones , where he played killer George Harvey. Despite this industry acknowledgment, Stanley has insisted that he wouldn't take a character like that on again. Speaking to Entertainment Tonight at the time, he said: “I would not play George Harvey again in The Lovely Bones , which was horrible.
It’s a wonderful movie, but it was a tough experience. Simply because of the role.” Meanwhile, Kate Winslet won an Oscar for her portrayal of a former Nazi camp worker in The Reader , and she told HuffPost that she struggled to come to terms with her character long after filming had wrapped.
"We wrapped on July 12, and I sort of walked away like some car crash victim who somehow hadn't been hurt on the outside, but I felt like I couldn't speak [about it]. It was truly overwhe.
