Crying Lovers / Crying on cue: stories behind the scene

**Posted by reptongeek** August 29, 2012 5:56 pm

Mary Elizabeth Winstead had an ipod of sad songs to help her cry in Final Destination 3.

**Posted by TorNorth** September 29, 2012 2:53 pm

The scene in Schindler's List where Polish women were weeping while having their hair cut had genuine tears. Young female extras actually had their hair cut on set, which made them cry.

**Posted by lemoniep** October 1, 2012 11:46 pm

I read this quote about Emilia Fox from Silent Witness, from an article about men crying:

"I remember once asking the actress Emilia Fox if she could cry at will, right there and then, over lunch. To my astonishment, she could – from a standing start. Fat tears rolling down her cheeks. When she had finished, she resumed her smiling countenance."

Her on-screen crying is very good.

**Posted by psychic_girl** October 4, 2012 8:43 pm

meantangerine wrote:
Well, that's not surprising. Keanu Reeves is not human.

He's more human in the Lake House ...he cries a bit but it looks more like a sneeze followed by a cough

**Posted by woundedpuppy** October 4, 2012 10:28 pm

Excellent quote! I love that. In fact, I would love to try that. I'd love to be asked if I can cry at will (I wouldn't bring it up myself -- I would want the interest to originate from the other person), and then be able to do it and impress them. Not sure why. I suppose it's cool to be on the subject of crying with someone and see how they react to it (preferably a guy, in my case, although I guess I would find it fun to impress a female too, especially a female actress).

lemoniep wrote:
I read this quote about Emilia Fox from Silent Witness, from an article about men crying:

"I remember once asking the actress Emilia Fox if she could cry at will, right there and then, over lunch. To my astonishment, she could – from a standing start. Fat tears rolling down her cheeks. When she had finished, she resumed her smiling countenance."

Her on-screen crying is very good.

**Posted by SomeoneG1** October 5, 2012 5:22 am

Correct me if I should take this down since many of her scenes were when she was a child actress, but she did have crying scenes as an adult also.
Mellisa Gilbert ( Laura Ingles on the little house on the prairie) would have a lot of crying scenes. The actor who played her dad got her to cry by taking her on long walks, getting down on her level and saying, you know I love you very much, then they would both be crying for the scene.

Last edited by SomeoneG1 (October 5, 2012 5:25 am)

**Posted by TorNorth** October 5, 2012 3:38 pm

Wow, I'd love to know how Melissa Gilbert makes herself cry as an adult. Because her crying is AWESOME!

**Posted by TorNorth** February 3, 2013 4:37 pm

Claire Danes on her beautiful crying expressions:

But Danes isn’t too concerned. “Homeland” earned her a fourth Golden Globe on Sunday. And she takes those who criticize her “cry face” in stride.

“It’s just the way feelings register on my face,” she told Elle. “It’s been isolated from the rest of my work, like it’s a tacked-on thing. It’s not.”

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/anne-hathaway-claire-danes-snl-article-1.1242655#ixzz2Jr3aplwN

**Posted by TorNorth** February 20, 2013 7:06 pm

Anne Hathway's preparation for "Les Miserables"

"Hathaway actually chopped off her locks in the ‘Les Miz’ scene we’ve seen countless times in all the various trailers. Over the course of her press tour, she recollected how she’d lock herself in the bathroom and cry in front of the mirror to get use to the emotional scenes from the film."

http://screencrush.com/anne-hathaway-les-miserables-movie-transformations/

**Posted by reptongeek** February 23, 2013 2:54 pm

@woundedpuppy If we ever met, I would love to ask you to try to cry on cue for me. I'd be to nervous to ask a girl normally