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Summer Glau's Acting
Saturday, January 28, 2006

See this a lot on various threads, but I just have to gush a bit more about talented this girl is.

What I keep coming back to in my mind, is how hard a role that likely was to play. From Summer's portrayal of River it's hard to see, but I'm sure that in the hands of a less-talented actress River could have come out entirely different. Really, that part could have sunk the show if done wrong or over-acted.

They way she's able to convey some pretty complex emotions always impressed me. I'm no acting-coach or anything, but I've watched enough TV by now to know good acting when I see it.

Some of my favorite River Tam moments:

SPOILERS COMING...

The dance segment in Safe almost had me in tears for some reason.

The end of War Stories of course, with her shootout is an all-time classic. Plus the foreshadowing there...

Then obviously the fight scenes in the BDM. Goes without saying. My only wish was that I'd seen more episodes before the movie, so I'd know just what a huge turn that was for her.

My favorite: It's a short scene, but it always just kills me when I see it. In the Serenity movie, Simon and River are talking in the infirmary about Miranda. Simon has that line where he asks if he's talking to Miranda, and River her just gives him that look. There's a whole history in that one expression she gives him that conveys more than any amount of dialogue could have.

Anyways, that scene right there always makes me wish she'd won an award for that movie. Definately and up-and-coming young actress that's going to go big places. I just hope she's not too busy to come back to the crew if we can ever the Serenity flying again.

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