Adra Arjona is having a moment. Well-received turns in Good Omens, Andor, and Hit Man have paved the way for a lead role in Onslaught, and a widely rumored debut as a certain Amazonian in Man Of Tomorrow.
In an interview with Scene Stealers while promoting Onslaught, the conversation turned to method acting, and she let slip about her negative experiences working with a co-star who went “method”. She declined to name the co-star or even reveal their gender:
“I’ve had it with an actor that I was like, ‘Good God,’ but it was more just like an ego trip. I’m like, ‘How are you getting away with this?’ I’m confused by it, too. I’m like, ‘Wow, if I start doing that, I will never work again.’
I was in shock by the behaviour, but also in awe. I was like, ‘You are f*cking fascinating. What makes you think that this is OK?’ I really needed to get into [their] brain about it.
I would watch interviews of this actor – not saying female or male, just actor in general – and I would be like, ‘Oh my God, they’re so nice. They’re so nice. What a good actor.’ It just fascinates me to see people and how they behave.
Can we cancel method acting? Because there are a lot of assholes in there, and then they just say, ‘I’m a method actor,’ and shit. I don’t buy it. You don’t get to behave like this. You will never see a woman say she’s a method actor. Just men who are assholes, because we wouldn’t get away with it. We would never work again.”
So it was a male, then? Online speculation is that this is referring to her Morbius co-star Jared Leto. He famously went method on the set of Suicide Squad where he played the Joker. He was so committed to his performance as Morbius that he spent the production on crutches, like his character.
Recent reports from various productions seem to indicate that going “method” can be shorthand for acting like a bit of a twat on-set.
