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Crepes
02/13/21 5:38:20 PM
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Hugh Laurie - House
Andrew Lincoln - Walking Dead
Idris Elba - The Wire

And they all play US characters. I dont get it.

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Parappa09
02/14/21 4:57:11 AM
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superman (henry cavill) is british

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coh
02/14/21 4:57:46 AM
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Who posted 2
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kg88222
02/14/21 5:02:40 AM
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why do most things suck? probably because there is a real lack of quality out there really.
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008Zulu
02/14/21 6:31:31 AM
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Because when you have Americans lead shows, you get crap like Big Bang Theory.

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Crepes
02/14/21 7:41:40 AM
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dolomedes posted...
also way to ignore the other british main cast on the wire

mice never seen it. We can add Damian Lewis as well.

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spikethedevil
02/14/21 7:51:46 AM
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Its revenger for whenever the US gets someone American to play an English character and doing what Americans think an English accent is.

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DravenRainrix
02/14/21 7:51:58 AM
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I'm sure I read somewhere that Hugh Laurie was cast as House thanks to his audition tape, the producers didn't know he was British.

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DravenRainrix
02/14/21 7:53:00 AM
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spikethedevil posted...
Its revenger for whenever the US gets someone American to play an English character and doing what Americans think an English accent is.

We're still pissed about Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins tbh.

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AsucaHayashi
02/14/21 7:53:48 AM
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https://www.businessinsider.com.au/best-american-accents-by-british-actors-2018-8

On a panel for the Paley Centre for Media, Bryan Singer, the director of House, said that he originally only wanted to audition American actors for the role of Dr. House but Lauries accent completely fooled him.
After watching his audition tape, Singer said, Finally, Im sick of foreigners. This is what we need. We need an American. This guys got a voice, hes an American.

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spikethedevil
02/14/21 7:55:27 AM
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Apparently Google is an alien concept to Bryan Singer who just decided to go all in with a certain American stereotype lol.

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