The term 'chew the scenery' is a phrase used to describe an actor who overacts or exaggerates their performance. The crossword solutions for this term are OVERACT (7 letters), EMOTE (5 letters), HAM (3 letters), HAMUP (5 letters), and HAMITUP (7 letters). Overacting, emoting, and hamming up are all terms used to describe an actor who is overly dramatic in their performance. Hamitup is a combination of the words HAM and it up, which implies that the actor is taking their performance to an even higher level of exaggeration.