Veteran actor, Femi Branch has criticised actors for not giving their parts their all, calling them “fraud” and charging them with misleading viewers.
The veteran actor attacked actors who use the same body language, facial emotions, or looks in several films in a recent HipTV interview, saying that they violate the fundamentals of acting.
The 55-year-old movie star claimed that by mentally disconnecting the actor from the character, these artists make viewers “do the work for them.”
“You have someone that calls himself an actor and he has just one look in every film. I am sorry dude, you are not professional. You are a fraud. You are ripping off your audience,” he said.
“The audience has to keep convincing themselves that it’s not you. They’re doing your job for you. You’re giving them stress!”
Branch also praised international actors like Michael Fassbender, Joaquin Phoenix, and even rapper-turned-actor 50 Cent for their commitment to physical and emotional role transformations.
“If you have to go bald, you go bald. If you have to carry warts on your face, you carry warts, your body does not belong to you, it belongs to the craft. That is why you will never see such actors in serious projects,” he added.
“Producers and directors know how to sift the wheat from the chaff.Who cares about your good looks? People are paying for the characters they can relate with.”