And then there’s Pedro Pascal, who took that journaling idea to the next level in the making of Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman 1984.
He didn’t just keep a diary while digging into the mind of Maxwell Lord, but instead took the script for the blockbuster and turned it into a full “pop-art scrapbook” filled with ideas.
Every actor has their different ways of accessing a character.
Some do intense research about a particular field, some try to get real world experience in a certain job, and some keep extensive journals that allow them to dig deep in the details.