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Originally Posted by Innerzone
I don't think she is. I'm not aware of any indicators outside of her acting role on Homeland.(Though obviously I don't know her personally, lol!) With celebrities under such scrutiny as they are, something even resembling BP symptoms would be seen as sensationalistic and therefore exploited. They'll latch on to the least tidbit with little regard for accuracy as it is, as we sadly see every day.
I do think it's possible to portray convincingly. I think it's a matter of a few things. One is how diligently they study, and choosing appropriate sources for greatest accuracy. Also, perhaps as part of that they personally have close in their life one or more people with it. Basically, choosing authentic models and really tuning in. Then of course there's skill level. They have to be able to translate that knowledge into portrayal.
(Scripts help too of course. Can't discount that hard/impossible factor to overcome.)
I agree she does a good job with it. "My kingdom for a green pen!" Priceless.  |
I just saw another film where someone plays the role of someone with BP. The actual real-life person she portrays is clearly BP, but no-one describes here in the media as having BP. It takes one to know one, I suppose. The media doesn't generally describe people as having BP, I think.
It's the intensity. It's missing in the actress's play, no matter what "manic" things she does, but clearly visible in the real-life person while she doesn't do anything considered manic.
It's rather subliminal. Felt intensity, missing in others, not readily explainable. It just is. Sharp affect.
People with ASD have the opposite: flatness of affect despite acting "intense", for example.
The two are hard to distinguish or simulate. Clinicians might see both as flat or lively. They can be tricked.
I only know that I am not easily tricked. But maybe really good actors can. I don't know. Honestly don't believe it: being so good in acting takes at least severe depression, I think. It's just having a full repertoire, register, versus a less full one.