William H. Macy on Why the Portrayal of Violence in Films Is “Doing a Lot of Damage”

William H. Macy isn’t a fan of how Hollywood portrays violence on the large display screen.

The Shameless star just lately appeared on the Films To Be Buried With with Brett Goldstein podcast, the place he proceeded to go on a “rant” after the host requested him concerning the worst film he’s ever seen.

“Oh, boy. I not often get by means of them,” Macy stated. “I believe on the finish of the day, one factor any story must be is true. It’s received to be true to the human expertise. And I believe the check is if you happen to put it on the market and a few million folks see it, that almost all of them acknowledge the problem and it strikes them.”

The Oscar-nominated actor added that it “offends” him when motion pictures aren’t depicting the reality.

“I assume the obvious instance — and I can see the desire to stay simply fade from folks once I get on this kick — however I believe Hollywood is doing quite a lot of harm to the world with our portrayal of violence,” he defined. “It’s not true, and it’s not an excellent place to be mendacity with regards to our portrayal of violence.”

Macy claimed his perspective has beforehand price him some work. He even requested {that a} Western he was engaged on cut back the casualties within the movie.

“After I first began off, there have been 9 our bodies on web page 4, and I lobbied for us to return to the actual West and to not Westerns,” the Boogie Nights actor stated. “Don’t imitate movies.”

Macy identified that solely 4 males died within the notorious 1881 gunfight on the O.Ok. Corral. (Encyclopedia Britannica reported three deaths.)

“It was the most important factor. 4 guys,” Macy added. “Many of the scripts you get, there’s 4 guys on the primary web page. You see them downtown blasting away in New York Metropolis. There’s not a cop to be seen. Individuals get shot 4 instances and so they give a speech.”

The violence he’s seen depicted in Hollywood has additionally led the Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes actor to develop his personal thought for a present that he stated he’s tried to promote a number of instances.

“I wanna do a factor the place, you are taking three episodes to have you ever fall in love with one of many main characters after which shoot him,” he stated. “However don’t write him off the present. And each week, you possibly can see what a bullet does to a human physique. You’ll be able to see the way it wrecks his marriage. You’ll be able to see how he will get infections. You’ll be able to see how he has to study to stroll once more or use his fingers once more. You’ll be able to see the deep, darkish depressions.”

Macy continued, “Let’s inform the reality about it, as a result of I swear to God, you kill one individual, there’s nothing extra dramatic than that. You kill 18 folks, it’s simply porn. The one factor you are able to do to make that extra dramatic is kill 18 extra.”