Why do so many actors use the European-style method of dining during dinner scenes?
I’m talking about holding the fork in their left hand and knife in the right hand and then taking a piece of food up to their mouth with the fork upside down. This is referred to as the European style of using utensils and I’m pretty sure I have never actually seen anyone eat like this in real life. But if you pay attention, you will notice that a lot of actors eat like this in dinner and lunch scenes. Is this something actors are taught or they just think it looks more sophisticated? Sometimes it takes me out of a movie when an American character who has no reason to eat like this does so.