A History of Method Acting

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Feb 15, 2022

How did actors like Daniel Day-Lewis, Christian Bale and Robert De Niro decide to dedicate themselves to their roles so completely, they actually don't break character even when they leave set? They practice method acting, a technique actually developed in tsarist Russia. Isaac Butler joins us to discuss this fascinating history and his new book, Method: How the 20th Century Learned to Act.

This episode is guest-hosted by Matt Katz.

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