AND true that Do the actors of the last generation appear rather similar to each other and often not very suitable or “credible” in historical films? SortThe treats for a phenomenon that is being discussed, in particular among the insiders Hollywood, who are realizing how the younger actors often have the same aesthetic, much contemporary that they do not make them suitable for costume films. A recent case? Dakota Johnson in the last adaptation of Persuasion Taken from the famous novel by Jane Austen. This “sensation” is called iPhone Face: in practice, he defines famous contemporary visits, born “Too digital” to interpret historical and costume roles.
As the theory “iPhone Face” was born in Hollywood
There are international actors and actresses who seem to have come out of past eras. The most striking case is that of Keira Knightley: LTo its ethereal and diaphanous beauty, unconventional, makes it ideal for any costume film. The same goes for Kate Winsletfrom the face of a romantic timeless aura, or for again Colin Firth. Or for the very Italian victory Pucciniperfect and royal in vintage costumes.
In recent years, however, Hollywood aesthetic has changed. According to many, primarily spectators, there are actors of the new little generation that is not very “suitable” to interpret costume movies. Reason? Theirs iPhone Face. Term coined in 2019of this phenomenon he had already talked about it in 2013 The Daily News: «Lo teeth whitening, plastic surgery, piercings, weight traininghealthy diet and yogA they made it difficult to find credible interpreters for vintage films. If to this is added the inexorable nature of the high definition videos on which more films are made and seen and the emergence of a visually experienced audience, a recipe is often obtained for the historical dissonance».
In short, although the make -up department of a film production can make magic, On some actors we read, literally, their aesthetic belonging at the contemporary era.
The new “pupils” actors with the iPhone Face
One of the cases he created the greater sensation was the film The King of 2019, protagonists Timothée Chalamet and Lily-Rose Depp.Two “New Faces” considered precisely “too” modern and social to play a film set in medieval times. The The same criticisms also involved Millie Bobby Brown for his interpretation in Enola Holmesset in England between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Conversely, however, Dominic Sessa, among the protagonists of the Indie Comedy The Holdoversset in the early seventies, he received many praise precisely because of the ability of the actor to seem just released since 1972. The merit of the face, so particular and “true”, but also of the physicality and the way of being.
What therefore makes a face definable “iPhone Face” would therefore be extreme contemporaneity, as well as social fame. But What are these contemporary canons Who make a “too modern” face?
From perfect teeth to eyebrows: when a face is “too contemporary”
According to many opinions on social media, The first stretch that would make a “too contemporary” face is the dentition: perfect teeth, very white thanks to the application of the faces, senza a trace of imperfections, are the result of the dental cosmetics of this era. A “perfection” much more difficult to obtain, even if only looking back of a few cinematographic decades.
Not only that. The spread of surgery and aesthetic medicine is added to it: a skin without imperfections, without wrinkles or very evident expression signs would not be, in fact, completely credible on a character of a very past era. So the eyebrowsoften too perfect and artificial to be credible in other eras.
Too many faces too equal?
It is therefore no coincidence that if online is discussed that the impression that Several famous faces begin to look like everyone.
Not surprisingly, Emily Brockmann of the Lucy Blesan Casting, one of the most famous casting agency in Los Angeles a declared at the magazine Dazed “We are constantly looking for interesting faces, Able to “disappear” in the role, merging well with the character and mixing with the rest of the cast “. That is, the face of an actor and an actress should be able to adapt, with realism, to different historical eras.
So, it is not surprising if Many casting agencies and Hollywood professionals The lack of “characteristic” actors complain, that is, strong of a singular aesthetic that affects, out of the ordinary. Will it become a problem?
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