Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Hey brain - what's my motivation?

Fiona Shaw recently dedicated her brain to science. Ah, the actor's sacrifice. All in the name of a good performance. But seriously, she committed to lying flat on her back, as still as possible, and reciting T.S. Eliot's 'Wasteland', so that scientists could scan her brain and research what really goes on in an actor's head when they become 'another person'. Read the full article here.



1 comment:

Mauricio Alexander said...

SOOO COOL!!!

I was an intern at En Garde Arts in New York City when they produced The Wasteland starring Fiona at the Liberty Theatre! Outstanding performance... and an outstanding brain I imagine!