they do not make actors like they used to
they stopped being actors and became characters
you used to have people like al pacino, the blind colonel in scent of a woman, michael corleone in the godfather, tony montana in scarface, and in none of them is he al pacino. he disappears into them, and the movie is great because of it
take a random actor of today, like chalamet. he is the character himself. he never becomes anyone, he's always chalamet reading a script. dune, marty supreme, or the king, he is the same man wearing a different costume
there are probably still actors who can become someone else. they just don't sell
they became more like athletes, because that's what people want