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Post by Reggie_Stration on Aug 16, 2017 21:17:09 GMT
Does it ever annoy Americans how an awful lot of the big TV shows and films are fronted by British actors, including some of the quintessential American roles? Just off the top of my head you have the recent Spiderman being played by a British actor, the Spiderman before that, the current Superman, the previous Batman, Doctor Strange, the last 2 Star Wars movies were led by British actresses. Then in terms of TV it's often you find a British actor as one of the leads in the big shows around these days, whether it be Game of Thrones, Stranger Things, The Walking Dead.
As a proud Brit myself, I like seeing how successful we're doing over there in the states. Can't say it particularly bothers me when it's the reverse and American actors or from elsewhere, take on our roles, such as Kevin Costner and Russell Crowe playing Robin Hood, although The Other Boleyn Girl was a weird one when the 3 most important characters in a biographical story concerning Henry VIII aren't played by British actors, and the outside characters are. Needless to say it's America that finances the majority of these films and TV shows and their market that comes first.
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Post by politicidal on Aug 16, 2017 22:35:23 GMT
I can't say it actually bothers me but I do find it odd sometimes how they apparently couldn't find an American actor for certain parts, namely superheroes.
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Post by louise on Aug 17, 2017 8:55:52 GMT
I can only assume it doesn't bother many Americans, otherwise they wouldn't keep casting british actors in American roles.
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Post by geezer on Aug 17, 2017 9:52:36 GMT
Do they work Cheaper? Playing southern rednecks: Walking Dead, Preacher, Daniel Craig in "Lucky Logan". I'm not complaining, they are great actors. I'm just curious as well.
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Post by Marv on Aug 17, 2017 10:25:29 GMT
It only bothers me if I notice their accent when their trying to hide it. Most of them do well enough that it's no bother so more power to em.
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Post by kingkoopa on Aug 17, 2017 11:16:07 GMT
Doesn't bother me at all. Agreed with Marv. It can be a slight distraction when the accent breaks, but that could also be said for an American actor doing a different dialect...like a Bostonian doing a Louisiana accent or vice versa.
I read a story during Christian Bale's tenure as Batman that he would do related interviews with an American accent because children associated Batman with being an American character. I thought that was really classy and thoughtful...especially given that around that same time his rant was pretty viral.
Catherine Tate (comedienne, known in the states for her role on our version of "The Office" among other things) has a very thick British accent. She's probably the best I've ever heard...does a variety of regional American accents with the appropriate colloquialisms.
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Post by sostie on Aug 17, 2017 11:32:13 GMT
I like seeing it...but then again I am a Brit. I don't think Star Wars or GOT are that much of a problem - fantasy universe and a story inspired partly by British and European history.
Generally it seems American actors are not so great with accents - American actors that do UK chat shows and try and briefly drop Brit accent, I guess to endear themselves, and fail miserably, is quite common - though there are exceptions to the rule, so we don't see it so much the other way round.
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Post by TutuAnimationPrincess on Aug 17, 2017 11:34:14 GMT
No, why would it?
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