I think you’re right about this being the scene.
It’s really interesting to me; he’s surrounded by actors with exceptionally strong acting pedigrees: half the cast got their MFAs at Yale, Rickman went to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, even Sam Rockwell went to a top flight acting school.
The scene is also shot with multiple cameras for coverage so everyone is doing this in one big take. When you think about all the scene entails of Allen—being physically manhandled and ridiculed by Sarris, having to watch the other actor he’s working closely with in the scene feel betrayed as he explains the nature of acting to him—it’s an intense scene and it would be easy to get lost in it, to lose your sense of self a bit and start to feel like it’s a little too real.
Here’s this standup comedian with a degree in radio disc jockeying from a state school, surrounded by Real Actors, having to Actually Fucking Act for the first time in his career, and he kinda pulls it off! I think that reaction shot of Sigourney Weaver is 100% genuine and hers.
Alan Rickman is definitely taking the piss and I have no doubt he probably didn’t like Tim Allen in general, but I can’t help but think he was simply stating a fact. Tim Allen experienced acting, probably for the first time. Because that guy hadn’t had to Actually Fucking Act before.
By all accounts Tim Allen is a jerk, so I’m definitely laughing with Alan Rickman here, but I can imagine that scene would be overwhelming if you don’t have the training to prepare for it.
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