Crying Lovers / Your go to?

**Posted by PhoebeOnThePhone** May 12, 2017 3:54 am

I think a go-to doesn't need to be The Perfect Clip encompassing everything one likes about crying. It just needs to be something you go 'imma go watch that clip, damn that was good' or whatever.

**Posted by caircair** May 12, 2017 1:40 pm

In that case, the clip from Season Six of "Desperate Romantics" where (SPOILER ALERT) Rossetti finds his wife dead is a good one for me. It captures the quick turnaround of emotion from upbeat to frantic to despair - and Aiden Turner is an excellent crier!

**Posted by Squonk** May 23, 2017 1:09 am

Oh, so many. But here's a few (okay, a lot):
Billy Crudup, Rudderless and Waking the Dead.
Walton Goggins, The Shield, Episode 6.5
Michael Fassbender, The Counselor and Shame
James Frain, The Tudors, Episode 3.8
David Lyons, Revolution, Episode 1.10 and E.R., Episode 15.8
Hugh Jackman, The Fountain
James McAvoy, Filth
Ewan McGregor, I Love You Philip Morris and The Impossible
Clive Owen, Bent, The Boys are Back, Close My Eyes, Trust
Sam Rockwell, Box of Moonlight and Snow Angels
John Simm, Crime and Punishment, Exile (Episode 3), Life on Mars (Episodes 1.1 and 2.8)
David Tennant, Recovery

**Posted by PhoebeOnThePhone** May 25, 2017 6:30 am

A few more of my favorites:
Speaking of Sam Rockwell, one of my go-to's has to be a scene in Moon.
The well-loved 'Jesse loses his shit in Walter's arms' scene of course, but also the 'Blood Money' episode table read. Aaron Paul, conjuring tears during a table read. I'm not sure it was even in the script.
Michael Fassbender in Shame and, oddly enough, that brief moment in the fake 'David 8' commercial promo for Prometheus.
Ewan McGregor, particularly his phone call scene in The lmpossible
pretty much anytime RDJ cries

Last edited by PhoebeOnThePhone (May 25, 2017 6:59 am)

**Posted by Ella** May 27, 2017 3:58 pm

PhoebeOnThePhone wrote:
the 'Blood Money' episode table read. Aaron Paul, conjuring tears during a table read. I'm not sure it was even in the script.

I doubt it was because if you watch the actual episode he plays the scene alot different. No crying at all. And in my opinion the non crying version makes more sense as far as the character's emotional state at the time (ie: kind of numb) it's almost as if right before he went to the table read he'd been reading up on acting/crying techniques and was eager to try them out lol.

Don't get me wrong though, I'm very glad he did it at least for the table read cause it's pretty amazing.

Also the scene where they find the cigarette in the roomba and his confession tape

**Posted by PhoebeOnThePhone** September 7, 2017 5:20 am

I feel like we need to send these men some appreciation balloons for being such good criers.

**Posted by White Tulip** September 8, 2017 8:34 pm

caircair wrote:
In that case, the clip from Season Six of "Desperate Romantics" where (SPOILER ALERT) Rossetti finds his wife dead is a good one for me. It captures the quick turnaround of emotion from upbeat to frantic to despair - and Aiden Turner is an excellent crier!

Oh yeah, I saw that scene (and posted it somewhere in "Crying Videos," I think). As a big fan of the Pre-Raphaelite painters, I found it heartrending.

**Posted by PhoebeOnThePhone** June 11, 2020 4:09 am

Tristana wrote:
yellowrose wrote:
Two Girls and a Guy is one of mine too! I also love Jude Law in Alfie and I've been watching a lot of him in The Young Pope recently. Otherwise I rotate, but the Two Girls and a Guy is my one of my all time favorites.
Does anyone know if the Alfie crying scene is online anywhere? I did a tiny bit of checking around, but wasn't able to find it. Thanks!

Here it is! His face is so pretttyyyyy. It would be even more perfect if we could hear him crying.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wk6ayYX5-bwbeM1_CgVGKPyxF7x2vT-s/view?usp=sharing

**Posted by caircair** June 11, 2020 5:55 pm

You can hear a couple of sobs right at the end, but it's hard to make out with the music.

**Posted by PhoebeOnThePhone** June 12, 2020 12:54 am

I prefer music to be in the background, not the foreground, of crying scenes.