History Main / EnforcedMethodActing

* Master Shake of ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeamHungerForce'' has his stilted speech patterns ("Now I've read the arguments on both sides - and I haven't found any evidence yet, to support the need, to brush your teeth") enforced by the crew feeding his voice actor his lines one at a time (or even a couple words at a time) instead of having him read off a script.

* In the video for the {{Music/Gorillaz}} song "DARE," most of the focus [[ADayInTheLimelight is on Noodle]], while the male band members only make brief appearances. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnBEZ2QvMwY According to Noodle,]] this is because [[LockedOutOfTheLoop she didn't actually tell them]] she was making the video that day. As a result, 2D and Russel are extremely confused by the noise coming out of Noodle's room, and Murdoc slept through the whole thing [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments until the camera crew went into his bedroom and woke him up]].

* In the video for Music/PoetsOfTheFall's "[[https://youtu.be/MKk1u5RMTn4?list=PLjACqN5i5sDWIIpg-5EB4WcitMMqnXhFP Carnival of Rust]]" RobotClown Zoltar's misery and desperation to escape his fortuneteller's case reflects lead singer Marko Saaresto's [[http://www.alanwake.info/2013/04/25th-april-2013-exclusive-interview.html suffering]] through sweltering heat and migraine-inducing oxygen deprivation while inside. Life further imitated art, as the crackled-paint makeup was severely drying out his skin [[https://vk.com/page-168463_48752013 for real]] during the overlong shoot, resulting in the loss of his eyebrows and necessitating heavy use of moisturizer to counteract the damage.

* J-pop group Perfume's music video for "I Still Love U" is a [[TheOner one-shot film]] that features a minute of the three grimacing, supposedly in emotional pain, toward the end. However, in actuality, they are being given a painful foot massage during the shot, and their occasional laughter gives it away.

* ''WebVideo/AngelartsVALetsPlayEarthbound'': In a [[https://youtu.be/rUqJkaeqgiQ?t=148 video]] showcasing how Giygas' voice was created, [=MechaMichealis=] mentions that she was actually punched in the stomach during a kickboxing session the day before her recording session, so she used that pain when voicing Giygas' lines for the final boss.

** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3'':

* ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'': {{Invoked}} in the HilariousOuttakes, wherein Slim, while using a berry to represent a bloodied, pecked-out eye, actually gets the berry juice in his eye.

* ''Film/LadyKiller'': The director on the film set insists that Dan eat a bunch of garlic so that his co-star Lois's disgust at his bad breath will be real. He does, and it is.

* ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'': It was rumored that Rob Paulsen and Maurice [=LaMarche=] really were in tears when recording the scene where the Brain reads Pinky's letter to Santa in "A Pinky and the Brain Christmas".

* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': [[invoked]] Occurs in universe in "The Pilot." James the Director realizes Bolt is a natural actor during filming and arranges it so the dog has to remain on-set during the show's run -- that the pooch must never find out that he's acting in a TV show. Bolt is shown to be thoroughly confused by what has transpired.

** Christian La Monte, the voice actor for Ignatz, stated that the scream in his character's B support with Raphael was genuine. According to him, Raphael's "Hey!" was played at full volume while he was waiting for directions. Christain's startled scream in response was the one used for Ignatz.

* Throughout the ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' series, Creator/JackBlack was known for doing all kinds of movements and fooling around in the recording studio. This gave Po's famous goofball, dorky nature a far more realistic take.

->''"Punch me as hard as you can in the chest." Next thing I know, I was in intensive care at St. John’s Hospital for four days. It’s stupid!''

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "My Three Suns", Bender tries this in order to make Fry cry [[ItMakesSenseInContext to free the emperor trapped inside of him.]] Bender loudly exclaims about seeing Leela being captured and killed by rioters. It works, but only just so. Then Leela breaks the illusion by showing up in the room, entirely unharmed. They eventually get Fry to cry by [[CuttingTheKnot beating the crap out of him]].
--> '''Fry''': This can't be happening!
--> '''Bender''': It can, and for all you know, it is!
** Leela does it to Calculon in "Calculon 2.0" by [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech chewing]] [[BreakThemByTalking him out]] in a way that [[EvenEvilHasStandards even Bender]] calls "the meanest thing I ever saw," all to bypass his LargeHam tendencies and secure an authentically tragic performance in an audition [[StealthMentor so he'll get his old job back]].

** When filming the Radioactive Man movie, the director informs [[{{TheAhnold}} Rainier Wolfcastle]] at the last second that the acid being used in one of the scenes is real. Cut to Wolfcastle with his hands and feet tied, screaming for his life as an acid tsunami barrels towards him. (He survives, but his costume and trailer don't.)
--> '''Wolfcastle''': [[{{MemeticMutation}} The goggles! They do NOTHING!!!!!!!]]
** One episode has Burns insisting that they whip extras for real during [[{{ItMakesSenseInContext}} the recreation of the Bible stories]]. When Ned says no one will tell the difference if they add the sound in later, Burns says the extras being whipped will.

* Conditions are modified on set to accommodate the approximate mood and emotion that would be associated with the scene, [[[[ActingInTheDark with or without knowledge of everyone involved]]. The applications of this range from not telling the actor their love interest would leave them in the last scene, giving them the wrong cue for when the chainsaw-wielding maniac bursts through the door, or ensuring conditions would be uncomfortable for them to act in (ice cold water in the dunk tank, heavy wind machines to blow sand in their face, letting them sweat in a heavy costume).

Enforced Method Acting is a cinematic concept in which the actors and actresses of a work give reactions that are unplanned and unscripted, or are otherwise made to genuinely feel the emotions that they are expressing to the audience. The primary difference with Method Acting is that it's internal to the actor, whereas this trope is about providing reactions as compelled by someone else. This reaction is not rehearsed ahead of time, and the production uses ThrowItIn intentionally. This can take place in several ways:
* The director modifies conditions on set to accommodate the approximate mood and emotion that would be associated with the scene. The applications of this range from not telling the actor [[ActingInTheDark their love interest would leave them in the last scene]], giving them the wrong cue for when the chainsaw-wielding maniac bursts through the door, or ensuring conditions would be uncomfortable for them to act in (ice cold water in the dunk tank, heavy wind machines to blow sand in their face, letting them sweat in a heavy costume).
* An actor behaves in a way that causes the actors he's working with to react in an unplanned way. Adding racist dialogue from their {{jerkass}} character, being intentionally obnoxious off camera, [[OffTheRails going entirely off script for a rant]], or [[NakedPeopleAreFunny randomly stripping during the scene]] are all ways to get a genuine reaction if the other actors aren't expecting it. In comedies, this is sometimes done just to make sure that the other actors will burst out laughing.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot, WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants or an unforeseen accident results in performances that is appropriate to the plot.

* No one knew Wrestling/EricBischoff was coming the night he joined WWE; he kept hidden in a limo. Supposedly Wrestling/BookerT, one of the few to spot Bischoff, summed it up by saying, "[[CatchPhrase Tell me I didn't just see that]]".

* In Music/PinkFloyd's ''Music/TheWall'', the conversation with the phone operator in "Empty Spaces" is genuine. In the song, Pink discovers that his wife is sleeping with another man after he tries to send her a collect call from the United States while on tour, only for her lover to answer the phone and immediately hang up when he realizes who it is. The band pulled this scene off by sending a collect call to someone on the production staff and instructing them to hang up after answering, then recording the resulting conversation with the operator. The operator's confused reaction ("There's a man answering...") is real. They had to do the call several times before they found one who realized what the situation was. During some tour performances (notably the 1990 Berlin performance), Roger Waters called a real operator and had them dial a stage hand who pretended to be Ms. Floyd's new lover.

* The fictional director in ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}'' ran Bolt's ''life'' this way. The words "method acting" are even mentioned by the exec who came to evaluate the show. This results in Bolt being unable to tell the difference between the show and his real life, with his accidental cross-country trip coming from a misguided attempt to resolve the events of an episode he filmed earlier.

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* ''ComicStrip/HeartOfTheCity'': In a storyline from 1999 where Heart tries making her own ''Franchise/StarWars'' movie, one scene involves Darth Maul, played by Dean, breaking down in TearsOfRemorse over his evil ways. Initially, Dean objects because Darth Maul's too evil to cry, but when Heart reminds Dean that school starts in 62 days, he bursts into tears, and she rolls the camera.
-->'''Heart''': ''(thinking to herself))'' A good director knows how to motivate her actors.
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