Alter Ego Acting: Difference between revisions

** [[Todd in the Shadows]] stated that "I may exaggerate my anger a little, but I'm not a good enough actor to adopt a different persona." Though the part about him being unpleasant/hated by the rest of the TGWTG is faked, obviously. And now that he's dating [[The Nostalgia Chick|Lindsay Ellis]], there's more of a disconnect: Todd is happy, romantic and feeling good about life while the character is still a sad, pathetic, rather creepy [[Stalker with a Crush]] for Lupa.

** The fact that Brad Jones does reviews and other shows on both TGWTG and his own site as himself instead of his [[The Cinema Snob|Cinema Snob]] character probably makes his real self a bit more visible than other contributors who review as exaggerated "characters".

* "Bill and Ben" from the New Zealand TV show ''Pulp Sport'' half embody this trope - while some of their skits are pre-scripted and they act alongside other people who are also generally playing themselves, other skits (usually the ones involving [[Amusing Injuries|physical pain]]) aren't scripted and the guys are reacting in genuine ways. Interestingly, Ben could be seen as just playing himself, while Bill could be seen as playing a character - his real first name is Jamie.

* Weird case: Brazilian soccer legend Pelé refers to himself as two different persons, Edison (his birth name; the everyday person) and Pelé (the footballer).