I've been a fan of the TV series "Breaking Bad" since its first episode but I was unaware of the degree of negative reaction to Anna Gunn, the actor who plays Skylar White, the wife of the main character of the series Walter White who is played by Bryan Cranston. Apparently, there was dislike of the Skylar character from the beginning which was voiced on the chat boards at AMC and elsewhere as well as on various Facebook pages but has escalated to Ms. Gunn herself, including death threats. Ms. Gunn has written an op-ed piece for the NY Times where she reviews these issues and basically asks "WTF?!" with the haters; see: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/24/opinion/i-have-a-character-issue.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130824&_r=0
I am unaware of any psychological research on how often or to what degree people confuse the character an actor plays with the actor him/herself but I can think of several instances where people have attributed qualities of characters to the actors. Does anyone know of research on this? -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=27301 or send a blank email to leave-27301-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
