(Anonymous) 2013-04-08 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
depends

(a) is this character popularly iconned in the role, and do they have a lot of material to draw icons from
(b) are the out-of-role icons subtle about it, ie does not have the red carpet or a gigantic movie premier poster behind the actor

if you're playing bbc sherlock or mcu or somebody else insanely popular like that you don't really have an excuse for out of role icons, but i'm not going to drag someone across wankgate for it either

+1

(Anonymous) 2013-04-08 09:56 am (UTC)(link)
Also adding sometimes you need an icon or two from something else for more facial expression variety. As long as it looks believably like the characters, idc, but if there's something very different about their appearance, it doesn't work for me.