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Could at least watch a video on it
For what reason? Actors just do their jobs like anyone else, doesn’t mean they need to be interested in the material themselves. Plenty of actors don’t watch everything they’re in
I’d even argue the opposite. I think when actors are fans of the stuff they work on it changes their approach, and not always for the better.
Many of the actors on Star Trek series in the 90s (TNG, DS9, VOY) were not actually Star Trek fans, hadn’t watched the show (I think some hadn’t even heard of it before hearing about the audition opportunity), and just approached their roles as actors approach any other parts. They said in hindsight that if they were fans of the show and realized how popular it was they’d be too nervous to play their characters effectively.
Now it sounds totally unfathomable that you’d be able to find actors who didn’t know anything about Star Trek!
I'd actually prefer if they were fans so they can push back on bullshit their character wouldn't do. Henry Cavill is a huge Witcher fan and he absolutely killed it as geralt, and when he left the series over creative differences, I knew it wouldn't be worth watching anymore. Too many directors think they can diverge from the source material and not piss people off.
I mean obviously it's best if the actual creator is involved in the process, but dedicated fans are a good guardrail too.
That makes sense for characters in shows or movies adapted from books or games or existing franchises with established fandoms. My comment pertains to new characters that aren’t established like that, so actors have the job of developing the character themselves rather than conforming to a pre-existing character.
These are very different skillsets for an actor and I would consider it a casting mistake to choose an actor who specializes in one style to play a role meant for the other, and vice versa.
Have you ever been ZERO percent interested in something been involved in, as popular and well known as fallout? Even after knowing how big it got, even if it was only $40, I would have at least brushed up on wtf I am now involved with.
I think that depends on how big their role is in something. If an actor is just reading a monologue or a few lines as part of narration, it's probably not worth the time. For a major role which will interact with the world and lore, I'd agree that some background work would be useful to understand who the character is and what their place in the world is. Though, at some level, people are people regardless of their specific situations. If you understand (or build) their motivations in a reasonable way, then their actions and reactions can be understood by them reacting to the world around them in expected ways. Sure, some larger than life people might react in very specific ways, and a different upbringing or training can shape how one reacts, but it's still going to be about understanding that character's motivations.