action/acting

[mimi2]

Which one should I decide?
"In the silent movie the actors and actresses had to be very skillful at action/acting because they couldn't rely on spoken dialogues."
Thanks.

 

[drei_lengua]

Which one should I decide?
"In the silent movie the actors and actresses had to be very skillful at action/acting because they couldn't rely on spoken dialogues."
Thanks.

acting

drei

 

[alliegator616]

Drei is right. If you want to talk about someone portraying a character in a movie, play, etc, you mean "acting".