Have you watched "Keeping Faith"? I'll watch anything with Eve Myles in it. She's not a movie star, she's an ACTRESS! That's the change we've been experiencing in the modern era. You hear about all these movie stars dipping into TV... It's really about those who've been working on both the small and big screens, even on stage, for years, building a résumé. Movie stars pass on scripts, work infrequently, actors work on a regular basis, knowing that image is subsidiary to the performance. But that does not mean these new talented actors are unknown. We just finished watching "Gone" on BritBox. It's got a 100/68 rating on RottenTomatoes. You probably know David Morrissey from "Sherwood," which has a 96/63 RT rating (but I always take the audience rating with a grain of salt). In "Gone" he plays a different role, he's completely internalized, he's anything but warm and huggable. And if you're a regular viewer of the small screen, which isn't so small, you'll know others from the cast, this is especially true in English projects, actors tend to appear regularly. But what put me over the top, what sealed the deal, made me pick up the remote and watch "Gone," was Eve Myles. First and foremost, she's not an ingénue... The media keeps telling us to pay attention to wet behind the ears actors based on their physicality. Skills, chops, are irrelevant. A pretty face is key. Never mind most of these youngsters end up fading away anyway. Eve Myles is not unattractive, but she's not stop you in your tracks beautiful. And she's got that space between her teeth... What is appealing is not her looks, but her personality in these roles. The way she encompasses so many characteristics and moods. In "Gone" she plays Detective Annie Cassidy. She isn't in charge, but she'd like to be. She's constantly bumping up against authority. And she's dipping her toe into reconnection with her husband, who left Annie for a younger woman. All her friends tell her not to go back, but the force keeps pulling her in. We live in a world of billions of people, but the attraction to ones we've been involved with is almost unbreakable, it's hard to resist. But Annie can be manipulative. She wants to do her job, succeed, solve the crime. But she doesn't always know what is going on. Eve as Annie does not always react in the same way, she employs different facial expressions, you marvel at her ability to do so, but it's not like Meryl Streep, she doesn't supersede the role and draw attention to her skill...no, it all seems natural. To tell you the truth, I ultimately found "Gone" a little disappointing, the buildup was fantastic, the tension was palpable, but the ending just didn't live up to what came before. But Eve Myles? She was a 10! -- Visit the archive: http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/ -- Listen to the podcast: -iHeart: https://ihr.fm/2Gi5PFj -Apple: https://apple.co/2ndmpvp -- http://www.twitter.com/lefsetz -- If you would like to subscribe to the LefsetzLetter, http://www.lefsetz.com/lists/?p=subscribe&id=1 If you do not want to receive any more LefsetzLetters, http://lefsetz.com/lists/?p=unsubscribe&uid=0eecea7b60b461717065cbde887c8e25 To change your email address http://lefsetz.com/lists/?p=preferences&uid=0eecea7b60b461717065cbde887c8e25
