#Natalia and Joe did their job bc look at that

[alwaysthequietones]

[that-thing-that-feeling]

I’m sad for natalia because this was supposed to be huge for her and all it did is make her look even more uncomfortable :( Ofc I wasn’t expecting her to go viral~ as joseph did with his accent work and all but I wished it had actually shown her looser fun side that people haven’t seen. The least they could do was make her play a fun game even with the shitty loud questions, and she didn’t get it. I feel like she should do as joe keery did and get a new management/PR team so they could make interviewers not treat her like this again.

I am too :( altho let’s not take away that she did a great job and was funny and charming and a delight—both in the rare moments she got to speak and how she handled everything. Also, it’s just a big deal she did this; I really thought she could get the invite but didn’t want to do it and it’s awesome she did. It’s was a huge next step to do and she seemed excited to be there. But I also see why she could not have wanted to do it—both bc imo late night sucks, and then she wasn’t asked anything about her character, but was just asked about Steve and the love triangle. They def should have had her play a game and treated her right. What I don’t like is what they did was disrespectful to her as an actor and Nancy as a character. Again, no one else on the ST cast was treated this way and it was just bullshit how they treated her in every way.

I usually think the PR team she got around/before s3 is v good, but wow how could the publicist not make sure she was going to be asked actual questions. I just do not think she was treated right at all and The tonight show should be ashamed and the Dufffers. I also still think she was charming and lovely and sweet and at least all the reaction seems to be people disgusted at the show for treating her like that.

[thedeviljudges]

Honestly I agree that the acting in ST isn't thaaaat great with a few exceptions of course. Which actors did a good job, and which did you hate? Just curious :)

as i mentioned in a previous ask, i think sadie/max is the weakest/worst out of the whole ensemble. it’s hard to describe, but her movements and line deliveries are way too dramatic/over-the-top, and it doesn’t come off as natural even if a teen girl is supposed to technically act dramatic.

i realize that eleven is meant to slowly learn the world around her, but millie’s one-word delivers in st3 annoyed the fuckkkkk out of me. it was just so stilted.

i dislike the nancy/jonathan storyline together and independently, so that skews my view of their performance as a whole as i just don’t enjoy them at all. charlie isn’t a bad actor. i think he’s just given a terrible story to work with. i literally couldn’t care less for natalia.

finn is probably the strongest of the kids aside from noah. i’d say they’re on pare with finn ultimately ahead, but finn has a really great way of mixing comedy and seriousness into what he does. noah has done well with having a character who’s been traumatized, and st3 just made him cardboard flat, and that was truly awful to see because he was great in st1 and st2.

caleb is fine. really neutral about him. he kinda gets the short end of the stick in terms of range, so that ain’t his fault. and gaten is fantastic, but i feel like he’s better at comedy more so the serious side of things.

maya was fantastic esp as a newer character being randomly inserted into st3 for no reason, lmao. joe is really great as well, but i know that people feel he lacks range esp when it comes to other projects - i haven’t seen him in much outside of st. i did watch his eps on chicago fire, and i think he’s great. he just needs to be given more material to work with. (i mean, the breakup scene in the bathroom of st2 really showcases his ability to be vulnerable where you fuckin feel it, you know?)

dacre... his range depends on his role imo. he’s not bad. he’s not the best. did he work with billy really well? yes, absolutely. but then looking at something like power rangers, he certainly wasn’t the strongest there. also, his accent still needs work to this day, lmao. it’s also kinda difficult to gauge him bc of how few and far between his projects have been. i think the real testament is broken hearted gallery that’s supposed to come out this year and see how that goes.

it’s kinda odd to me tho that all the side characters have better performances than the actual main cast - sean astin, the guy who played alexei, the teacher dude, and the russian translator weirdo.