Clockwise from upper left: Antony Starr in The Boys (Photo: Panagiotis Pantazidis), Da’Vine Joy Randolph in HIgh Fidelity (Photo: Phillip Caruso/Hulu), Melissa Barrera in Vida (Photo: Starz), Sonoya Mizuno in Devs (Photo Miya Mizuno/FX), Hugh Grant in The Undoing (Photo: Niko Tavernise/HBO)Graphic: Natalie Peeples
As our feature on the best television of 2020 amply demonstrates, the current TV landscape is replete with excellent ensembles that make stumping for your favorites during awards season a nigh-impossible task. And yet, though our annual compilation of the best TV performances typically includes dynamic duos and other group nominations, 2020 seems to be the year of the standout or soloist. Maybe it’s the continued migration of big-screen stars to premium-cable and streaming dramas, or perhaps it’s the feelings of isolation prompted by quarantine, but this year’s list honors more individual performances than ever before. The lead of a star-studded period drama, a couple of scene stealers, and an actor who puts the “support” in “supporting role” have been singled out for praise along with a witty newcomer, a late-night host with the most innovative sketches, and a rom-com icon who’s gone full (murderous) rogue.
A quick note on nominations: Though we once again sought to highlight performers who hadn’t graced this list in the past, there were some incumbents who just couldn’t be denied.
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, High Fidelity
Da’Vine Joy Randolph refused to watch the prototype for her High Fidelity character—Jack Black’s Barry in —thereby becoming a scene-stealer from a scene-stealer. Her Cherise was as unbelievably fun to watch as Barry was: fiercely opinionated, convinced that the whole world was wrong when she was right, blessed with unwavering self-confidence that compelled her toward a music career even before she could actually play anything. Heaven help you if you crossed paths with Cherise whilst buying a Michael Jackson record, dissing Lauryn Hill, or refusing to recognize the greatness of “Come On Eileen” by Dexy’s Midnight Runners. Randolph didn’t draw attention as much as demand it, daring the viewer to take their eyes off of her for a nanosecond. It couldn’t be done, because Cherise was bound to offer even more outrageously funny patter, often matched with a dynamic dance move. The second season of High Fidelity was reportedly going to concentrate on Cherise’s journey, which just makes it even more of a damn shame that Hulu couldn’t find a way to give the show another season. But we’ll gladly follow Da’Vine Joy Randolph to wherever she winds up next (like we could even help it). [Gwen Ihnat]
I’ll take it a step further: I thought it was so unnatural and wooden that it nearly ruined the show. It felt like a producer let their kid star in it.
It was very much in keeping with Garland’s preferred style (i.e. very, very minimalist) but you’re not the first person I’ve heard say that it more or less ruined the series for them. I was surprised to see it in this list, though I didn’t personally mind it too much.
She was such a weak link in a show I otherwise would have loved. There’s a huge difference between a talented actor pulling off a restrained, detached character (e.g. Rami Malek in Mr. Robot) and a wooden actor just being wooden.
Ha, as soon as I saw her in the preview I knew it would be controversial. I thought it was well done, but I do understand criticisms of her performance.
Yeah, Devs had a lot of interesting ideas that didn’t really gel into a cohesive whole, and one of the reasons was having such an understated blank slate as the main character.
I was gonna say, I liked Devs and Mizuno in it, but hers was the least compelling performance of the batch. Literally every other character was brought to life by dynamite performances (Nick Offerman manages, somehow, to be terrifying by the end of the first episode), and she was at the center of it dully half-reacting to it all. It was a thankless cypher of a role, which she nailed, but there still wasn’t a whole lot there.
Argh, slideshows…anyways, as I was nearing the end of this, I was about ready to hurl my fists in the air at the lack of Rhea Seehorn, but thankfully, sweet relief as you saved the best for last. She really is awesome, and the latest season was her best showcase yet.
It wasn’t a great show, but it still had some killer moments. Most notably, no work of fiction was more prescient about the impending age of COVID than the sequence in which the ship’s passengers mutiny in order to throw themselves out the airlock.
if you only did the first three or four episodes (through the Goonies episode) it would have been Jurnee Smollett but then the show pretty much lost her in being a gf
I’ll admit, I was getting more and more annoyed with this list as I clicked away and didn’t see Rhea Seehorn, only to feel foolish when I got to the end. Her performance in the last ten minutes of Bad Choice Road is some of the best acting I’ve ever seen.
Much praise to Michaela.But I also thought Kaley Cuoco is incredible in The Flight Attendant and Wunmi Mosaku in Lovecraft. I know those shows aren’t perfect, but man do both their performances elevate. Also I thought Marielle Heller was very good in The Queens Gambit (as well as Taylor-Joy of course)
Kaley Cuoco in The Flight Attendant is on the precise Ebert curl of knowing exactly what your material is, I wanted the show to b a guilty pleasure but then I didn’t really find any reason to feel guilty about it
Brockmire season 4 was indeed fucking terrific. But then again, so was all of Brockmire. It’s the rare TV comedy (along with East Bound and Down) that managed to improve upon itself each season and end on its own terms, at the summit of its quality. It’s a deeply felt show that actually makes you root for the characters to heal, not just wallow in hilarious pain. And Jim Brockmire himself has some of my favorite random character tics of all time (his angry baffflement at the filmography of Christopher Nolan never fails to get a laugh out of Kang).
Brockmire is a terrific character, with weirdly specific hangups (as you pointed out). It’s a very showy performance, but not even close to shallow – it’s backed up by real feeling and terrific interactions with others. I’ve only seen bits and pieces on IFC’s PlutoTV channel, but I’m impressed.
I will never stop singing Agents of Shield praises wherever “the best TV” anything is mentioned. Even if she show has been messy, the performances, mostly have not. Elizabeth Henstridge has been nothing short of a revelation as Jemma throughout these 7 seasons. She often got the show’s best material to work with. Her relationship with Fitz, sisterly bond with Daisy. She was continually been the show’s best performer and this final season was no exception. However, Joel Stoffer really stole the show in this final season as Enoch. It was a delightful performance that deserves to be highlighted.
Paulson is a pro, but she’d never win for that character…it was a composite character and even with her becoming aware of what Schlafly really was the show let Schlafly off the hook to too great an extent. I’m not sad to see it was mostly ignored. I really disagreed with Uzo winning, she’s a great actress but I don’t think that was a great Shirley Chisholm portrayal.
The high fidelity TV show was definitely the worst thing I watched on tv this year. The address highlighted at the top of this list was as unfunny and derivative as the rest of the show.
I was impressed with Matthew Rhys in PERRY MASON. Seamlessly and convincingly went from shattered drunk battling demons and depression to righting himself slowly and deliberately over the course of the series. There were so many scenes where he absolutely crushed it. Also would be remiss not mentioning John Lithgow’s last episode a desperate embrace of some sense of humanity in a world he let spiral out of control by his own doing.
yeah, great to see the shift from those built in violences to work over the course of the series. The strength of tempered steel. In Lithgow’s last episode, he could have done some ordering work, but he keeps on choosing that laugh, a perpetually funny man.
Yikes I was really getting concerned about Rhea as I scrolled through the list, a HoF nomination is a nice choice. Greatly appreciate the nod for Eve Lindley on Dispatches, one of the few shows of 2020 that left me feeling upbeat and a truly enjoyable pandemic watch. I liked most of the acting in it but she was an absolute revelation.
That helps to show how funny *Nandor* is, but Guillermo? He’s a necessary part of a show that I love, but I’m still not convinced that he’s a great character. He’s the meek straight man to a bunch of eccentrics (no problem there) who is meekly confused about the contradiction between what he allegedly wants to be (a homicidal monster) and his natural talents. That’s interesting in theory, but not in actuality, so far. I hope he’ll develop rapidly in S3, now that the contradiction has been exposed.
Whether it is a shakespearean character or not, his performance is entirely masterful. The things he does in the background that he knows you’ll see, he has such trust in knowing what will read to the camera, he’s just a really funny and skilled performerMan I’d love to see him play Bloom in the Producers
John Wilson for the final episode of “How To With John Wilson” is one of the most compelling 30 minutes of TV I’ve watched in awhile. The heartfelt, earnestness in which John presents his relationship with his landlord was beautiful contrasted with the hilarity of him making a COVID inspired Risotto a la Beanie Weanie. John Wilson fully deserved to be on this list.
This did not need to be a slideshow.
The Homelander makes Zack Snyder’s Superman look like Superman! “What if
Superman was evil?” is a tired cliche by this point, especially in DC
Comics. Antony Starr definitely nails the role & makes him come alive though. He even uses a disguise accent. The Boys, so I wonder if it’ll be a rare genre show that gets non-technical awards.
I clicked this link thinking, “If Antony Starr isn’t on this list, I will be moderately peeved.” Glad to see the critical recognition for his work – even as the show’s most overt antagonist, his portrayal requires constant attention: every frame Homelander appears in simultaneously has so much raw villainy and vulnerability that many other actors wouldn’t be able to pull off, or would choose not to portray at all. It’s rare that my favorite character in a show is a downright monster, but I just can’t hate this guy – the performance is that good.
The amount of simultaneous micro-acting happening on his face at any one moment is what makes the performance for me. There’s like a minimum of three intense emotions constantly bubbling under the surface, it really creates this incredibly tense feeling where you honestly don’t know how he’s going to react to anything. Also this
It’s really dumb, and I haven’t finished the list yet, but had to comment when I saw the Jane Fonda one: thank god someone else loved this moment as much as I did. I have watched that moment periodically throughout the year, and it’s true that Fonda was perfect as its deliverer.
I’m continually amazed at how much TV exists. I’ve only heard of maybe three of these shows. Though to be honest, the trailers I watched in the slideshow didn’t really entice me. The only maybe for me is The Great.
I found High Fidelity mostly enjoyable, but Da’Vine Joy Randolph was truly amazing and I am furious that we don’t get to see what happens next for Cherise. The tiny taste of her Stevie Wonder cover was not NEARLY enough!
Everyone on this site is sleeping on Warrior. Andrew Koji should be the next James Bond. Olivia Cheng is also killing it on that show. Sadly, I think it’s done along with the rest of the Cinemax shows.
“At this point, Rhea Seehorn’s missing Emmy for her work on Better Call Saul is less a foolish oversight than it is a miscarriage of justice akin to The Wire’s lack of Best Drama nods, or Lauren Graham’s missing Emmy nomination for her work on Gilmore Girls (don’t even get us started on Kelly Bishop).”Huzzah.
I highly doubt any higher-ups at G/O Media or the private equity barons that own it read any of the comments on these articles, but on the 0.00001% chance they do, please know that these stupid slideshows suck so, so much. They take articles I would genuinely like to read and make them into annoying clicking exercises.Enjoy the inflated page view numbers while you can get them, because anytime I come across a slideshow article from now on I’m immediately deleting that tab on my browser.
Michaela Coel for I May Destroy You ?? Really? The woman has one constant expression on her face, a permanent awkward smile. I could not understand what were her emotions. Was she angry? Was she happy? Was she sad? same expression.
I think Kaley Cuoco was amazing in the Flight Attendant, also loved Gillian Anderson’s Margaret Thatcher, but I guess American reviewers might think she played the role like a caricature.
I have been pushing THE GOOD LORD BIRD as much as I can, and I’m glad you included Hawke here; but, man, that entire cast was noteworthy, especially Johnson and Knapp. I fear the show was largely overlooked, but it was worth watching.
I think there could be a whole article on “Was the lead performance in Devs good?” I am not certain I have seen a performance that was so thoroughly either something or nothing. The benefit of a cipher is that the observer can project whatever they want…one of the oldest tricks in acting is: stand there, say nothing (in fact, that was Christopher Walken’s acting advice to somebody once). But I have to say, and I have liked the actress in Maniac, that I think i disagree. Apart from the characteristic of “determination” Lily really didn’t have settled character traits, she just did things. It reminded me of Mamet acting that used to be in vogue: just say the words. In either case, whether people projected or people saw the actress, I would disagree that they saw an imbued character. I really kind of agree with people that she was a blank. I would say that Alison Pill’s character eventually came off as a blank too, despite having color by being Alison Pill (and so, awesome)…her reaction to Callie Spaeny’s character’s fate kind of erased her previous characteristics.
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I didn’t notice that complexity from Mizuno’s performance in Devs. To me it was restrained to a fault.
I’ll take it a step further: I thought it was so unnatural and wooden that it nearly ruined the show. It felt like a producer let their kid star in it.
It was very much in keeping with Garland’s preferred style (i.e. very, very minimalist) but you’re not the first person I’ve heard say that it more or less ruined the series for them. I was surprised to see it in this list, though I didn’t personally mind it too much.
I didn’t think the show was that great even setting aside her performance.
Agreed
She was such a weak link in a show I otherwise would have loved. There’s a huge difference between a talented actor pulling off a restrained, detached character (e.g. Rami Malek in Mr. Robot) and a wooden actor just being wooden.
Ha, as soon as I saw her in the preview I knew it would be controversial. I thought it was well done, but I do understand criticisms of her performance.
Yeah, Devs had a lot of interesting ideas that didn’t really gel into a cohesive whole, and one of the reasons was having such an understated blank slate as the main character.
nah my main problem is jumping from heuristic algorithms to parallel universes. That ruined the series for me.
I was gonna say, I liked Devs and Mizuno in it, but hers was the least compelling performance of the batch. Literally every other character was brought to life by dynamite performances (Nick Offerman manages, somehow, to be terrifying by the end of the first episode), and she was at the center of it dully half-reacting to it all. It was a thankless cypher of a role, which she nailed, but there still wasn’t a whole lot there.
Argh, slideshows…anyways, as I was nearing the end of this, I was about ready to hurl my fists in the air at the lack of Rhea Seehorn, but thankfully, sweet relief as you saved the best for last. She really is awesome, and the latest season was her best showcase yet.
Rhea Seehorn for Actress and Tony Dalton for Supporting Actor are two absolute layups the Emmy dolts somehow missed.
I was really rooting for Avenue 5. It’s astounding that the guy who created The Thick of It and Veep crapped out such a damp squib of a show.
I thought it was great.
It wasn’t a great show, but it still had some killer moments. Most notably, no work of fiction was more prescient about the impending age of COVID than the sequence in which the ship’s passengers mutiny in order to throw themselves out the airlock.
God damn it, I finished it in March and didn’t draw that line. 9 months later it’s clear I had way too much faith in humanity.
so glad it was cancelled so he can do something else
I would have included Wunmi Mosaku’s performance in Lovecraft Country. The show on the whole was very up and down but she was phenomenal I thought.
agreed. She was the stand out for me
if you only did the first three or four episodes (through the Goonies episode) it would have been Jurnee Smollett but then the show pretty much lost her in being a gf
I’ll admit, I was getting more and more annoyed with this list as I clicked away and didn’t see Rhea Seehorn, only to feel foolish when I got to the end. Her performance in the last ten minutes of Bad Choice Road is some of the best acting I’ve ever seen.
Two thumbs way the f up for Hank Azaria.
Much praise to Michaela.But I also thought Kaley Cuoco is incredible in The Flight Attendant and Wunmi Mosaku in Lovecraft. I know those shows aren’t perfect, but man do both their performances elevate.
Also I thought Marielle Heller was very good in The Queens Gambit (as well as Taylor-Joy of course)
Kaley Cuoco in The Flight Attendant is on the precise Ebert curl of knowing exactly what your material is, I wanted the show to b a guilty pleasure but then I didn’t really find any reason to feel guilty about it
She nailed it, I really hope she’s recognized come award season. You could constantly see the pain and trauma flickering in her eyes.
Glad to see someone acknowledge that Brockmire s4 was as damn good as it was…
Brockmire season 4 was indeed fucking terrific. But then again, so was all of Brockmire. It’s the rare TV comedy (along with East Bound and Down) that managed to improve upon itself each season and end on its own terms, at the summit of its quality. It’s a deeply felt show that actually makes you root for the characters to heal, not just wallow in hilarious pain. And Jim Brockmire himself has some of my favorite random character tics of all time (his angry baffflement at the filmography of Christopher Nolan never fails to get a laugh out of Kang).
Brockmire is a terrific character, with weirdly specific hangups (as you pointed out). It’s a very showy performance, but not even close to shallow – it’s backed up by real feeling and terrific interactions with others. I’ve only seen bits and pieces on IFC’s PlutoTV channel, but I’m impressed.
I will never stop singing Agents of Shield praises wherever “the best TV” anything is mentioned. Even if she show has been messy, the performances, mostly have not. Elizabeth Henstridge has been nothing short of a revelation as Jemma throughout these 7 seasons. She often got the show’s best material to work with. Her relationship with Fitz, sisterly bond with Daisy. She was continually been the show’s best performer and this final season was no exception. However, Joel Stoffer really stole the show in this final season as Enoch. It was a delightful performance that deserves to be highlighted.
has continually been* – I’m a lousy proof-reader sometimes
Needs more Joel Stoffer.
He’s the MVP of the last couple seasons of AoS.
Cate Blanchett is no slouch, but the finest performance in Mrs. America belongs to Sarah Paulson. She absolutely shredded her episode.
oh yes, she was so good!
Paulson is a pro, but she’d never win for that character…it was a composite character and even with her becoming aware of what Schlafly really was the show let Schlafly off the hook to too great an extent. I’m not sad to see it was mostly ignored. I really disagreed with Uzo winning, she’s a great actress but I don’t think that was a great Shirley Chisholm portrayal.
The high fidelity TV show was definitely the worst thing I watched on tv this year. The address highlighted at the top of this list was as unfunny and derivative as the rest of the show.
I was impressed with Matthew Rhys in PERRY MASON. Seamlessly and convincingly went from shattered drunk battling demons and depression to righting himself slowly and deliberately over the course of the series. There were so many scenes where he absolutely crushed it. Also would be remiss not mentioning John Lithgow’s last episode a desperate embrace of some sense of humanity in a world he let spiral out of control by his own doing.
I thought he seemed like a caricature of an alcoholic lol.
He’s always so good, though I overall found the show to be a little absurd.
yeah, great to see the shift from those built in violences to work over the course of the series. The strength of tempered steel. In Lithgow’s last episode, he could have done some ordering work, but he keeps on choosing that laugh, a perpetually funny man.
I forgot that show existed and that I’d seen a few episodes
It’s worth finishing, a lot more LA history comes to the fore.
i got enough in true detective season 2
There should an award for both Rhea Seahorn AND her pony tail. Outside of women’s soccer, no ponytail has done some much
Yikes I was really getting concerned about Rhea as I scrolled through the list, a HoF nomination is a nice choice. Greatly appreciate the nod for Eve Lindley on Dispatches, one of the few shows of 2020 that left me feeling upbeat and a truly enjoyable pandemic watch. I liked most of the acting in it but she was an absolute revelation.
every time someone mentions Mrs America I think about the Tim Heidecker movie Mr America which is a very different thing
And much better
Nicole Kang as Mary on BatwomanLeah Lewis as George on Nancy DrewStylish, fierce queens
Yes Guillermo!!! One of the funniest lines I heard all year was from Nandor: “Don’t give a fuck what your name is; we had to pick up our own laundry!”
That helps to show how funny *Nandor* is, but Guillermo? He’s a necessary part of a show that I love, but I’m still not convinced that he’s a great character. He’s the meek straight man to a bunch of eccentrics (no problem there) who is meekly confused about the contradiction between what he allegedly wants to be (a homicidal monster) and his natural talents. That’s interesting in theory, but not in actuality, so far. I hope he’ll develop rapidly in S3, now that the contradiction has been exposed.
I heart America!
Whether it is a shakespearean character or not, his performance is entirely masterful. The things he does in the background that he knows you’ll see, he has such trust in knowing what will read to the camera, he’s just a really funny and skilled performerMan I’d love to see him play Bloom in the Producers
John Wilson for the final episode of “How To With John Wilson” is one of the most compelling 30 minutes of TV I’ve watched in awhile. The heartfelt, earnestness in which John presents his relationship with his landlord was beautiful contrasted with the hilarity of him making a COVID inspired Risotto a la Beanie Weanie. John Wilson fully deserved to be on this list.
This did not need to be a slideshow.
The Homelander makes Zack Snyder’s Superman look like Superman! “What if
Superman was evil?” is a tired cliche by this point, especially in DC
Comics. Antony Starr definitely nails the role & makes him come alive though. He even uses a disguise accent. The Boys, so I wonder if it’ll be a rare genre show that gets non-technical awards.
I clicked this link thinking, “If Antony Starr isn’t on this list, I will be moderately peeved.” Glad to see the critical recognition for his work – even as the show’s most overt antagonist, his portrayal requires constant attention: every frame Homelander appears in simultaneously has so much raw villainy and vulnerability that many other actors wouldn’t be able to pull off, or would choose not to portray at all. It’s rare that my favorite character in a show is a downright monster, but I just can’t hate this guy – the performance is that good.
The amount of simultaneous micro-acting happening on his face at any one moment is what makes the performance for me. There’s like a minimum of three intense emotions constantly bubbling under the surface, it really creates this incredibly tense feeling where you honestly don’t know how he’s going to react to anything. Also this
His The Boys performance led me to watch Banshee, which is definitely worth your while.
Homelander really makes you appreciate Ma and Pa Kent a lot more when you think about it.
It’s really dumb, and I haven’t finished the list yet, but had to comment when I saw the Jane Fonda one: thank god someone else loved this moment as much as I did. I have watched that moment periodically throughout the year, and it’s true that Fonda was perfect as its deliverer.
I thought it was great. https://egyptianisis.com/
I’m continually amazed at how much TV exists. I’ve only heard of maybe three of these shows. Though to be honest, the trailers I watched in the slideshow didn’t really entice me. The only maybe for me is The Great.
I found High Fidelity mostly enjoyable, but Da’Vine Joy Randolph was truly amazing and I am furious that we don’t get to see what happens next for Cherise. The tiny taste of her Stevie Wonder cover was not NEARLY enough!
I also thought it was a pretty great show. will miss it.
Everyone on this site is sleeping on Warrior. Andrew Koji should be the next James Bond. Olivia Cheng is also killing it on that show. Sadly, I think it’s done along with the rest of the Cinemax shows.
Just started season 1 and I’m really enjoying it. Olivia Cheng is the standout so far for sure.
It gets even better! Season 2 had my favorite episode of TV this year. I’m hoping it gets traction on HBO Max and someone picks it up for a Season 3.
I always picture the head of Cinemax calling a meeting and telling the showrunners “Ok you’ve made it to season 3 it’s time to reduce the quality”
“At this point, Rhea Seehorn’s missing Emmy for her work on Better Call Saul is less a foolish oversight than it is a miscarriage of justice akin to The Wire’s lack of Best Drama nods, or Lauren Graham’s missing Emmy nomination for her work on Gilmore Girls (don’t even get us started on Kelly Bishop).”Huzzah.
I highly doubt any higher-ups at G/O Media or the private equity barons that own it read any of the comments on these articles, but on the 0.00001% chance they do, please know that these stupid slideshows suck so, so much. They take articles I would genuinely like to read and make them into annoying clicking exercises.Enjoy the inflated page view numbers while you can get them, because anytime I come across a slideshow article from now on I’m immediately deleting that tab on my browser.
The “List slides” option at the top right will definitely spare you a certain amount of grief.
You can also just narrow your browser window, and it will convert into a normal article.
Jason Sudeikis as Ted Lasso.
These are all good but I think its missing Matthew Rhys from Perry Mason and Ken Leung from Industry
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Michaela Coel for I May Destroy You ??
Really? The woman has one constant expression on her face, a permanent awkward smile.
I could not understand what were her emotions. Was she angry? Was she happy? Was she sad? same expression.
I think Kaley Cuoco was amazing in the Flight Attendant, also loved Gillian Anderson’s Margaret Thatcher, but I guess American reviewers might think she played the role like a caricature.
Can’t believe the main character from Devs is on here. Her performance was enragingly bad and turned a fascinating premise into a hate watch for me.
I have been pushing THE GOOD LORD BIRD as much as I can, and I’m glad you included Hawke here; but, man, that entire cast was noteworthy, especially Johnson and Knapp. I fear the show was largely overlooked, but it was worth watching.
Cassidy was really great in Search Party, to the point where I think the show should just pivot to a legal dramedy with her as the lead.
I think there could be a whole article on “Was the lead performance in Devs good?” I am not certain I have seen a performance that was so thoroughly either something or nothing. The benefit of a cipher is that the observer can project whatever they want…one of the oldest tricks in acting is: stand there, say nothing (in fact, that was Christopher Walken’s acting advice to somebody once). But I have to say, and I have liked the actress in Maniac, that I think i disagree. Apart from the characteristic of “determination” Lily really didn’t have settled character traits, she just did things. It reminded me of Mamet acting that used to be in vogue: just say the words. In either case, whether people projected or people saw the actress, I would disagree that they saw an imbued character. I really kind of agree with people that she was a blank. I would say that Alison Pill’s character eventually came off as a blank too, despite having color by being Alison Pill (and so, awesome)…her reaction to Callie Spaeny’s character’s fate kind of erased her previous characteristics.