Oh, thanks for the heads-up on Janglyjewels' icons. It looks like I have much to peruse there.
I just watched the B-roll/bloopers/commentary, and I got some very interesting vibes from the actors.
I might be giving Paris more credit than is due ('cause, yeah, not the brightest bulb in the marquee), but here's my take on the interpersonal dynamics:
1. Jared is fully engaged in the viewing. His whole body is there, and he's into it. (Of course, I get the feeling he's whole-body engaged in life in general, so I'm not surprised.) You'll notice that they had him do the introduction of the featurette.
2. At the other end of the couch (and the spectrum), we have Chad Michael Murray, who is separated from and leaning away from the other actors. He gives every impression of not wanting to be there, though he does liven up when his own scenes play.
3. Next to Chad we have Paris, who I get the feeling is really very uncomfortable being there. My supposition as to why this is? Because she's not an actor, and the other three are. She's not there because of her talent, she's there because she's a celebrity. She's out of her league, and that seems to make her uncomfortable. Her strange remarks seem to me to be her effort at contributing to the activity, except it really doesn't. (And one of her comments seemed to embarrass Jared. Not personally, but like he just couldn't believe she'd say that.)
4. Next to Paris, literally shoulder to shoulder, we have Elisha, who, bless her heart, seems to be trying to support Paris by putting Paris's strange comments into context and elaborating or asking her questions to engage her. Given that they were the only two females in the cast, I'm thinking they probably developed some sort of simpatico on the set.
Of all of them, Jared and Elisha seemed to be the most comfortable being there and at ease with each other. I was previously under the impression (due to Jared's story at a recent con about the two of them observing Canadians for the first time. Ha!) that Chad and Jared were, if not friends, at least acquaintances who got along, but Chad seemed a bit curt answering questions Jared had about the shoots that he (Jared) was not at. They were all seeing a lot of each other's stuff that they weren't present for, so of course they're going to have questions for each other about how this or that was done. Maybe it's because Chad was tired (he's the one who references wanting to get to bed), or he and Paris didn't get along and he therefore didn't want to be where he was. Whatever. I don't mean to judge. But I'm not really impressed by Chad based on this.
Actually, of all the out-takes, I liked Jared's and Elisha's the best. They seemed to have a really good time with each other. The blocks taped to Elisha's shoes? Hilarious! The fan belt song? Also hilarious.
And that is my armchair analysis of the dynamics of that little group. Probably more than you wanted to know, but there you have it.
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Date: 2008-06-30 12:27 am (UTC)I just watched the B-roll/bloopers/commentary, and I got some very interesting vibes from the actors.
I might be giving Paris more credit than is due ('cause, yeah, not the brightest bulb in the marquee), but here's my take on the interpersonal dynamics:
1. Jared is fully engaged in the viewing. His whole body is there, and he's into it. (Of course, I get the feeling he's whole-body engaged in life in general, so I'm not surprised.) You'll notice that they had him do the introduction of the featurette.
2. At the other end of the couch (and the spectrum), we have Chad Michael Murray, who is separated from and leaning away from the other actors. He gives every impression of not wanting to be there, though he does liven up when his own scenes play.
3. Next to Chad we have Paris, who I get the feeling is really very uncomfortable being there. My supposition as to why this is? Because she's not an actor, and the other three are. She's not there because of her talent, she's there because she's a celebrity. She's out of her league, and that seems to make her uncomfortable. Her strange remarks seem to me to be her effort at contributing to the activity, except it really doesn't. (And one of her comments seemed to embarrass Jared. Not personally, but like he just couldn't believe she'd say that.)
4. Next to Paris, literally shoulder to shoulder, we have Elisha, who, bless her heart, seems to be trying to support Paris by putting Paris's strange comments into context and elaborating or asking her questions to engage her. Given that they were the only two females in the cast, I'm thinking they probably developed some sort of simpatico on the set.
Of all of them, Jared and Elisha seemed to be the most comfortable being there and at ease with each other. I was previously under the impression (due to Jared's story at a recent con about the two of them observing Canadians for the first time. Ha!) that Chad and Jared were, if not friends, at least acquaintances who got along, but Chad seemed a bit curt answering questions Jared had about the shoots that he (Jared) was not at. They were all seeing a lot of each other's stuff that they weren't present for, so of course they're going to have questions for each other about how this or that was done. Maybe it's because Chad was tired (he's the one who references wanting to get to bed), or he and Paris didn't get along and he therefore didn't want to be where he was. Whatever. I don't mean to judge. But I'm not really impressed by Chad based on this.
Actually, of all the out-takes, I liked Jared's and Elisha's the best. They seemed to have a really good time with each other. The blocks taped to Elisha's shoes? Hilarious! The fan belt song? Also hilarious.
And that is my armchair analysis of the dynamics of that little group. Probably more than you wanted to know, but there you have it.