Actors Who Chew Up The Scenery. Most, if not all, actors in b&w movies. Note that the phrase is about the scenery the backdrop to the action rather than the furniture costumes and props you mention which are the immediate concerns of the actors.
Actor Spotlight Bruce Warren Arkansas New Play Festival from images.squarespace-cdn.com As the thread says, who do you think are villains that chew the scenery and the actors/actresses seem to be having a good time doing it. Sometimes scenes can actually require this, but more often the actor and/or director just has the character go over the top. Diane ladd in david lynch's wild at heart by anonymous: To escape any punishment, the office bearer was chewing up the scenery at the board meeting. Note that the phrase is about the scenery the backdrop to the action rather than the furniture costumes and props you mention which are the immediate concerns of the actors.
Which actors and actresses would you consider the most scenery chewing?
Actors who really go all out are said to chew the scenery. I love watching hammy actors chew up the scenery in bad movies. There's an element of overacting or just being over the top. To be exaggeratedly or flamboyantly melodramatic or overly emotional while acting a role, as for television, theater, or film. To display excessive emotion or to act in an exaggerated manner while performing, to be melodramatic, to be flamboya. Interestingly, more hammy males came to mind than females.
