I know at least a couple of those scenes weren't in the script, one from "Shame" - where he's watching his sister sing in the nightclub. Fassbender had never heard the actress sing and teared up. The other is the one in "The Counselor" where he is in the car - he said the scene was so intense he started crying spontaneously.

​What we need is a "cry-off" between some of the best actors - Fassbender is one, also David Tennant, Ewan MacGregor, Tom Hiddleston, possibly Benedict Cumberbatch - any others?

In my fantasy, each actor is doing a crying scene in similar circumstances - think in therapy, perhaps. Something emotionally wrenching but not in a group crying scene.

caircair wrote:

In my fantasy, each actor is doing a crying scene in similar circumstances - think in therapy, perhaps. Something emotionally wrenching but not in a group crying scene.

Caircair, I think this is an absolutely brilliant idea!
(I'd also love to see compilations like this for more of my favorite actors.)

I admire Michael Fassbender and Ewan McGregor for the sheer intensity of their sobbing/crying scenes -- there always seems to be so much genuine pent-up emotion. Tom Hiddleston and James McAvoy are also personal favorites, mostly for their ability to shed beautiful tears so effortlessly (& they both do that little chin-tremble thing I adore.) Lately I've been really impressed with Andrew Garfield, who seems equally adept at both teary crying and intense sobbing. 

P.S. It seems like there was more unscripted crying from Fassbender during the filming of The Light Between Oceans. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/10/30/is-that-something-in-your-eye-how-the-weepie-became-cool-again/ 




 

Last edited by Tristana (March 29, 2017 8:59 pm)

That crying scene has stuck with me too!  i keep going back and watching it. It's so raw!  Though it's really hard to work the Pope into my fantasies lol