A month ago I hadn't seen Dawson's Creek (at least not more than an episode now and then). Suddenly I found myself marathoning through the entire 128 episodes in a little more than a week and then re-doing it only to follow the romantic part of 2 of the roles in the show and forward past all other parts of the show. I never thought history would repeat itself, and for sure not as fast as it has done.
Bethany Joy Galeotti as Haley James in One tree hill made it happen again in less than 10 days. 10 days ago I hadn't seen One tree hill either. While One tree hill is not an ended show yet thankfully, I've now seen all episodes released so far(116) and then re-seen ALL scenes Bethany Joy Galeotti plays in the show...
Why? Just because she is so incredible talented. There is no doubt alot of it comes from the role of Haley James, which in my book is one of the better ones in teen dramas, but a role is never better than the actor/actress giving life to it and BJoy is probably THE best TV-actress I know of.
WARNING: Some One tree hill spoilers will follow for those of u not seen the show... feel free to fast forward.
Haley James Scott have had the pleasure of a very wide emotional journey so far in One tree hill. We've got to see her fall in love for the very first time, We've seen her being so dissapointed in Nathan's bookie involvment, nannytrouble and the effects for their marriage because of those and other problems, we've seen her struggle between her love and her music, we've seen her getting the loving response from the audience while singing and realize she can do it, we've seen her trying to save her marriage and the desperate fight to get her husband back while not feeling worthy, we've seen her taking care of her son and playing with him as a loving mom, we've seen her afraid as her son is kidnapped and her husband plays slamball with his injury history, we've seen her struggle with Nathan's accident and the following months of dark skies with her husband looking more like his dad than the boy she fell in love with and we've seen her screaming her heart out when her husband jumps into the river after the renewing wed ceremony and so many many many more scenes worth remembering.
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During all those scenes she portraits her role with such credibility. It's possible to feel her love, her suffering and her happiness or hope or whatever required when she acts. You believe in the emotions she portraits, because she carries it in a way it's just impossible to neglect it. It's not only the script, but it's the talent of BJoy that makes Haley James my favorite role. U can read it in BJoy's face, in her eyes and in her entire body language when she describes her role's emotions in any given scene. I've never seen anything like in in a TV-show. In a 90 min movie it's not that uncommon, but in a so far 166 episodes running TV-show it's nothing short of fantastic acting.
In my humble opinion she's such an amazing actress I've no doubt she can carry a TV-show or a movie on her own. She's got all that talent and I haven't even touched on her look or her voice. She's not another skinny actress hoping to live on her looks, but none the less an incredible beautiful woman gifted with all other kind of talents as well. When it comes to her voice as a singer I'm not gonna lie. My favorite songs are those seen in the show, but I find myself YouTube searching for all those other songs from BJoy as well. I don't believe I'll ever rate her singing skills above her acting skills, but being my favorite actress that really doesn't tell a lot...
I don't like basing person reviews on a single role, but in the case of Haley James the role have had more than enough going on to make my opinion of Bethany Joy Galeotti fullfilled. She's pure class and while I hope for alot more One tree hill to come, I'm sure BJoy will go on sucsessfully whatever the future brings. I admire the way she represent so much more than all other actors/actresses in todays TV and I hope she'll never lose her way on the climb towards the fame she deserve.
One tree hill creator Mark Schwahn has said Bethany Joy Galeotti are the most talented of the cast. I say she's the most talented TV-show star I know of...
