In this particular film, I felt that it was very useful for some of the actors in the movie to research and sit in on psychiatric wards for researching purposes, but did not feel that it was needed overall. For instance, nurse Ratched was one of the those characters that the audience needed to be authentic. Within the real reels article, the young and elder nurse both agree that, as far as being a realistic nurse in a psychiatric ward, Louise Fletcher was able to appear genuine.
However, not all the characters in the film necessarily needed their respective actors to sit in a mental institution for weeks on end. A character who has severe mental illness, such as Bancini or Martini, did not require that the actors go out and heavily prepare for their role, but rather seemed to only require them to exhibit one defunct trait that was caused by their mental debilitation. Someone like the main character, however, such as the one played by Jack Nicholson, would indeed require that the actor do some outside research, given how deeply the audience delves into his mind. If he does not appear to be completely authentic, that is, a lazy jail-bird with aggressive tendencies, then the movie will lose its credibility, and would no longer be a success like it is today.
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