Like… they break a huge rule of screenplay writing which is don’t write expressions for your actors….
Coming from someone who had worn writer hat and actor hat – SOMETIMES you can write in a feeling or expression if you need something really specific. But generally from what I’ve seen of the script I get the impression that TPTB want ABSOLUTE control over the show and don’t trust their actors enough to deliver.
Martin “I can do that with a look” Freeman=him trying to regain some actorly control over his character.
me: i don’t wanna think or talk about sherlock anymore, i’m upset and tired and confused
bbc: [slides the ASiP shooting script across the table silently]
me:
bbc:
me: …..okay
So what I’m seeing from these scripts is that it wasn’t just acting oopsies that Ben and Martin made, the writers actually wrote it in and IDK if that makes it better or worse.
Both
It was the best of oopsies. It was the worst of oopsies.
So what I’m seeing from these scripts is that it wasn’t just acting oopsies that Ben and Martin made, the writers actually wrote it in and IDK if that makes it better or worse.