And not just because I think Sam's story feels concluded and he deserves some peace and rest. I also found Norman Reedus to be by far the worst actor out of the entire cast. No offense to him as a person, he seems nice and down-to-earth enough. But in every single cinematic it was jarring to me how everyone else was acting circles around him. He has a very limited range and even with a closed-off and stoic character like Sam Bridges catering to that, the performance still fell flat. Admittedly, he didn't really have any opportunities to show off his acting chops, like the amazing emotional turn Tommie Jenkins as Die Hardman took. But even compared to similarly restrained characters like Fragile, the difference is pretty big. Fragile has subtle emotional queues, little movements of the mouth and face, etc. Sam/Reedus just stands around like he wandered onto the wrong set and has no idea what's going on. The voice acting was equally monotone. It'd be unfair to compare him to veteran voice actors like Troy Baker, but nearly all of his lines sounded like he really didn't want to be there.
Am I being too harsh, an idiot who can't grasp the masterful subtlety of Reedus' performance, or do other people feel the same way?
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