Ugly Actors

I ran across this in one of the blogs (linked below) I read and just had to share it with readers here. It made some great points LOL.

Gwen's Super Happy Funtime Blog: "'Ugly' Actors

I was watching some movie the other day where the main male character has to interact with a number of potential dates, all of whom turn out to be unattractive and weird-looking. You know, the type of scene where from the back she looks fine, and then she turns around and she has big buck teeth or a hideous nose or something of the sort, and the male actor's face clearly displays his shock and disgust at the horrible sight confronting him.

That made me wonder: what is it like to audition for the role of an ugly person? How do you see a description of a role that says 'we're looking for a terribly unattractive person' and get all excited? What do you do when your agent calls up and says, 'I've got a role that would be perfect for you!' and you discover it's of the hideously ugly would-be romantic interest?

I mean, wouldn't it be a little hard on your self esteem to apply for roles that are advertised as being for someone who is ugly? Do the actors who take these roles think of themselves as ugly? Or do they think, 'Well, I'm not ugly, it's just the makeup'? Is it just the makeup, and in real life they're all outstandingly gorgeous? How must it feel to play out a scene in which you have to smile and watch your fellow actor screw up his/her face in disgust at what a dreadful sight you are? Is it hard on child actors who play the fat/ugly kid? Or does getting to be on screen make up for everything? If I were being a better sociologist today, I would say something like, 'How does a person negotiate his or her identity and sense of self in response to social signals that blah blah blah dee blah?'"