Camera manipulating actor's heights? (Chris Bauer height? The Wire vs For All Mankind)
I've started watching For All Mankind and was pleased to see Chris Bauer in a strong supporting role playing Deke Slayton. I hadn't seen him in anything since he played Frank Sobotka in The Wire
In The Wire, "Frank Sobotka" is a short, stocky dock worker. In "For All Mankind", Bauer's "Deke Slayton" is at least 6 feet tall, thin and wiry,
Was he "acting short" in The Wire or is he "acting tall" in For All Mankind?
How films are shot definitely shift impressions of height, etc but I always thought it was done for the actor's vanity (Tom Cruise, Dustin Hoffman, Al Pacino), not for adding to the role.
Anyone have any insight on this?
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