METHOD ACTOR: This morning, watching HBO while home sick, I happened to see two actors at opposite ends of the spectrum in verisimilitude when it comes to portraying a basketball player. In White Men Can’t Jump, Wesley Snipes looks like a good player. In Catwoman, Benjamin Bratt looks utterly ridiculous playing basketball.
I can’t stand watching an actor try to depict a baseball or basketball player when he simply has no feel for the game. The worst in recent memory? Matthew Lillard in Summer Catch.
Casting directors should try tossing a ball to anyone under consideration for a role calling for athletic grace. Lillard and Bratt would probably have dropped the ball.
What other examples come to mind, good or bad?
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