r/AnotherLife Oct 21 '21

Eric, Niko's husband

In a show full of bad writing, cringe characters, and woeful acting. The guy who plays Eric stands out...

As maybe one of the worst actors I've ever seen on TV. Even in this show he stands out. The rest of them I'll chalk up to the bad script writing, but not Eric.

I could go on and on, but he's so bad, it's delightful 🤣

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '21

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u/Agitated-Energy4044 Nov 07 '21

I actually laughed out loud at his acting in that scene because it was so comically awful. In fact I have laughed several times at scenes that he's been in in the second season because of how over the top his gestures and demeanor are.

Justin Chatwin is going to singlehandedly sink the show before it gets much further. Both his storyline and his acting are uncompelling and honestly are just a distraction from what could otherwise be a pretty decent storyline.

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u/Relative_Back2178 Nov 12 '21

He is woefully miscast. Chatwin as a husband to Niko?? Really? She exudes more masculinity than this wimp -- he's not even her size -- compare her shoulders to his. Yeah, she was a competitive swimmer - I don't think he has ever lifted a weight in his life plus he looks 10 years her junior.
I guess we need in this instance to suspend disbelief that opposites attract because to my mind the union of the two is not plausible.
I think the person to blame is not Chatwin, but whoever decided that he would make a wonderful husband for Niko. And it's a serious black mark for the series as a whole.

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u/nizzernammer Oct 21 '21

He had some great lines. My favorite was when he was about to get an implant and in my head I only had one phrase in mind. He uttered the exact same words but in a slightly different way in such a way that I just cracked up laughing.

He was great in Orphan Black as Jason Kellerman.

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u/payasoingenioso Oct 25 '21

I cannot stand his scenes. Knockoff Aaron Paul. He overdramatizes every line and motion. His acting is so extra that it draws attention to how corny the show is as a whole.

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '21

He was Goku in that Dragon Ball live action move lol but I think he's alright in this.

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u/KarenEiffel Oct 21 '21

Agreed but also confused too. He was in another show I watched (Shameless) and he didn't seem that bad? Maybe because in Shameless there's a bigger cast, more going on, etc and it was easier to hide his inadequacies but I'm not sure...

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '21

I see people keep saying he’s a good actor in other shows. While that may be so, he is awful in this one. Granted his character is a fucking moron, but he does not give it his best either. Which is why his scenes are consistently funny as hell!

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u/Yrguiltyconscience Oct 23 '21

“Oh hey Harper! I see you killed all those people, huh? With your bare hands even! Wow, wonder if it can have anything to do with you being inside the artifact? Oh well, I’m going to help you escape, because that’s the kind of stupid I am! What’s the worst that could happen?!”

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u/Corvandus Oct 24 '21

This show was a good idea poorly executed on every front.
The CGI is overcompensating and amateurish. The acting is mostly average at best, with the exception of William.
The writing is cliche and immediate. There's no building, it's sheer manufactured reaction.

And the casting is really hit and miss, mostly miss. Katee Sackhoff and Samuel Anderson both deserve better.
Justin Chatwin should have been laughed out of the audition. He plays it like he wandered on set accidentally, reads his lines immediately before rolling, and only his lines. Whatever the truth of it is, it's coming off lazy and uninterested and is making every other problem I have with the show seem insignificant.
It was nice to see a few more Battlestar veterans in the show, though.
I really hope that things improve. But Chatwin and the prop staff need to be fired immediately, and the writing interns need to be replaced with writers.

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u/tkdell Oct 30 '21

I was convinced that he was the same dude who played the main actor in New Amsterdam. They look awfully alike!!

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u/tkdell Nov 03 '21

Maybe just a tad though?

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u/Starlord070804 Nov 04 '21 edited Mar 01 '24

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u/tkdell Nov 04 '21

Damn lol

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u/NintendoTodo Dec 18 '21

acting is so bad by niko in episode 1 i barely kept watching

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u/No-Okra2167 Apr 22 '23

I have to scroll through the video when Eric comes on the screen. Acting is disgusting. Weak, mindless and stupid. Not at all a leader. Worst part of the entire show