Emilia Clarke Rejects the Claim That Green Screen Acting Isn’t ‘Real’ Acting: Why Do ‘All These Great Actors’ Do It Then?
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Emilia Clarke told the Los Angeles Times that she disagrees with people who claim that acting in front of a green screen isn’t “real” acting.
Clarke’s onscreen career has spanned several big franchises, from “Game of Thrones” to “Star Wars” to “The Terminator,” and now the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the Disney+ series “Secret Invasion,” many of which required her to interact with green screens. “The stigma is that people don’t do any acting in these shows,” Clarke said, referring to performing while standing in front of a green screen. “[But] then you’re like, ‘Well, then why are they asking all these great actors to do it, and why are they saying yes?'” Clarke reasons that if green screen acting wasn’t real acting, then such acting heavyweights as Samuel L.
Jackson and Olivia Colman wouldn’t want to do it. Both actors are Clarke’s co-stars in “Secret Invasion,” as are Ben Mendelsohn, Don Cheadle and Kingsley Ben-Adir.
The cast alone was the draw for Clarke to join the Marvel series. “The cast is ridiculous,” Clarke said. “I was like, ‘Where do I sign?’” Anthony Hopkins infamously dragged green screen acting in an interview with The New Yorker in 2021.
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