He just revels in it, underplaying it with finesse. Carlyle, a ferociously talented Scottish actor, does a too-good job of underplaying the haunted Monroe. Joe Friday was Hollywood actor Lloyd Nolan, whose casual underplaying Webb admired. Any instance of underplaying may conceivably result in docked wages. It has been criticized for underplaying the role of impairments. Harvey's underplaying of the part, he wrote, clashes with Harris's unrestrained stage-style performance of hers. "Slant Magazine" noted his "idea of underplaying is to go blank". Cooper's style of underplaying before the camera surprised many of his directors and fellow actors.