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Amy Acker was named May Performer of the month over at SpoilerTV. The article is a fantastic read for those interested.
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Much like their characters, Acker and Shahi always worked together like a perfect symphony and the fact that their last time sharing the screen together was during this moment just seemed appropriate. Acker developed an extraordinary rapport with Shahi that always shined through when they were on screen together. Because of Shaw’s personality disorder, Shahi was limited in the way she could allow Shaw to react to Root, meaning Acker had to carry the responsibility of showing the emotional bond between these characters. While the audience knows exactly how Root feels for Shaw, it was the way Acker had Root look at Shaw and the way she found excuses for Root to touch her that conveyed the level of emotion and explosive passion that existed and bonded these two together. It was a testament to the actresses that the relationship between their characters connected with the audience on such an emotional level. They took these two extremely intense characters that shouldn’t have worked as a couple and found a way to marry them together in a way that worked naturally. It was their chemistry that helped create this unconventional couple and it is their chemistry that made it a couple that will forever live on. Acker and Shahi shared the responsibility of this couple and it’s honestly impossible to talk about one of them without noting the part the other played. On screen, their characters were an unstoppable duo and off-screen they were just as unstoppable.
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Most of the time, acting is a partnership and to see two performers work in such perfect harmony is extraordinary. Acker and Shahi have been through some crazy situations together as Root and Shaw, so this was a nice payoff for all the hard work they’ve put into building the relationship between their characters. The emotional bond these actresses brought to their characters made Shaw’s sacrifice all the more heartbreaking, especially when accented by Acker’s gut-wrenching portrayal of Root cradling Shaw in her arms. Root is normally an emotionally in-control character, so to see so much pain instantaneously flood across Acker’s face really sold home the intense bond between these two characters. Granted, this was Samaritan’s simulated interpretation of how Root would react, based off of Shaw’s memories, but it was still a gut-wrenching performance by Acker.
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Amy Acker, like her co-stars, won’t be absent from our screens for long. Everyone knows her name and every casting director, producer, and the studio is likely pursuing her for some sort of project. Any performer that can cover the spectrum of acting the way she does will never go without work. We will be watching Amy for decades to come.
Performers Of The Month - May Winner: Outstanding Actress - Amy Acker | Spoilers
Excerpt:
Much like their characters, Acker and Shahi always worked together like a perfect symphony and the fact that their last time sharing the screen together was during this moment just seemed appropriate. Acker developed an extraordinary rapport with Shahi that always shined through when they were on screen together. Because of Shaw’s personality disorder, Shahi was limited in the way she could allow Shaw to react to Root, meaning Acker had to carry the responsibility of showing the emotional bond between these characters. While the audience knows exactly how Root feels for Shaw, it was the way Acker had Root look at Shaw and the way she found excuses for Root to touch her that conveyed the level of emotion and explosive passion that existed and bonded these two together. It was a testament to the actresses that the relationship between their characters connected with the audience on such an emotional level. They took these two extremely intense characters that shouldn’t have worked as a couple and found a way to marry them together in a way that worked naturally. It was their chemistry that helped create this unconventional couple and it is their chemistry that made it a couple that will forever live on. Acker and Shahi shared the responsibility of this couple and it’s honestly impossible to talk about one of them without noting the part the other played. On screen, their characters were an unstoppable duo and off-screen they were just as unstoppable.
[...]
Most of the time, acting is a partnership and to see two performers work in such perfect harmony is extraordinary. Acker and Shahi have been through some crazy situations together as Root and Shaw, so this was a nice payoff for all the hard work they’ve put into building the relationship between their characters. The emotional bond these actresses brought to their characters made Shaw’s sacrifice all the more heartbreaking, especially when accented by Acker’s gut-wrenching portrayal of Root cradling Shaw in her arms. Root is normally an emotionally in-control character, so to see so much pain instantaneously flood across Acker’s face really sold home the intense bond between these two characters. Granted, this was Samaritan’s simulated interpretation of how Root would react, based off of Shaw’s memories, but it was still a gut-wrenching performance by Acker.
[...]
Amy Acker, like her co-stars, won’t be absent from our screens for long. Everyone knows her name and every casting director, producer, and the studio is likely pursuing her for some sort of project. Any performer that can cover the spectrum of acting the way she does will never go without work. We will be watching Amy for decades to come.
Performers Of The Month - May Winner: Outstanding Actress - Amy Acker | Spoilers