Michelle Monaghan says she no longer takes off her shoes to accommodate shorter actors! But the is that really the way to go?

[Billy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1995203237079855450

I believe this scene from Mission Impossible III practically made Monaghan's career. I personally have nothing against her, but I think her rule is off the charts. No one gets to choose their height, so I don't understand what is wrong with putting off your shoes to accommodate them. I haven't seen a great film of hers since Made of Honor, by the way, and maybe her standards have played a role in that.

 

[CiderHype]

The whole “taking off your shoes for a scene” thing is completely normal in filmmaking, so treating it like some big moral line in the sand is definitely pretty ridiculous. It doesn’t signal standards, it just signals making a simple accommodation so the shot works. If anything, refusing would make an actor look difficult over something that should be trivial

 

[Billy]

The whole “taking off your shoes for a scene” thing is completely normal in filmmaking, so treating it like some big moral line in the sand is definitely pretty ridiculous. It doesn’t signal standards, it just signals making a simple accommodation so the shot works. If anything, refusing would make an actor look difficult over something that should be trivial

Exactly, I'm sure by this point in her career, people have had to make bigger sacrifices to accommodate her as well. The best shot only comes from the whole set collaborating perfectly. If she can't make that simple compromise for anyone, then I wonder where she will shoot her films in future

 

[alexj-12]

Yeah, film sets only function because everyone bends a little for the final shot. Nobody’s asking her to do anything humiliating or unsafe, it’s literally just shoes. If she treats that as some kind of artistic boundary, what happens when the compromise is actually meaningful? This really just feels like an ego move

 

[Billy]

Yeah, film sets only function because everyone bends a little for the final shot. Nobody’s asking her to do anything humiliating or unsafe, it’s literally just shoes. If she treats that as some kind of artistic boundary, what happens when the compromise is actually meaningful? This really just feels like an ego move

I do understand that every actress needs to have a little bit of an ego, but drawing a line in the sand over such a trivial matter is unacceptable.

 

[RustedComet]

I do understand that every actress needs to have a little bit of an ego, but drawing a line in the sand over such a trivial matter is unacceptable.

That makes sense to me, I mean actors definitely have ego so it's only reasonable that actresses should be allowed to have the same. But this just seems like a strange hill to die on

 

[Billy]

That makes sense to me, I mean actors definitely have ego so it's only reasonable that actresses should be allowed to have the same. But this just seems like a strange hill to die on

I totally agree. If all actresses thought like this, we definitely wouldn't have any films because everyone would have some unwritten rule they "they can't break."