How to Act Out "The BFG" (2016) in Dumb Charades
📅 2016
🎭 Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Penelope Wilton, Jemaine Clement
Easy
Acting Clues, Word by Word
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The (1 syllable)
- Pinch thumb and index finger together at chest height to signal a small filler word.
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BFG (3 syllables)
- Stand on tiptoes stretching one arm as high as possible like a giant reaching up.
- Cup a huge hand behind your ear, then mime blowing a dream through a long trumpet-shaped hand toward a window.
💡 Bollywood Shortcut
- Mime catching tiny sparkly dreams floating in the air and sealing them in a jar.
- Tower over an imaginary small child, gently cupping your hands protectively around them.
- Mime tiptoeing in giant, exaggerated slow steps trying not to be seen.