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British accents in TV and movies
Posted on 1/27/16 at 5:50 pm
Posted on 1/27/16 at 5:50 pm
Wife is currently watching War and Peace. Napoleon and every single Russian speak with British accents. What's the rationale? I can understand the desire to not use subtitles, but why British accents for all. Is it to give the appearance of honoring that historical era? I think it's downright silly.
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Posted on 1/27/16 at 5:56 pm to High C
They probably hired British actors.
Posted on 1/27/16 at 5:57 pm to High C
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Wife is currently watching War and Peace. Napoleon and every single Russian speak with British accents. What's the rationale? I can understand the desire to not use subtitles, but why British accents for all. Is it to give the appearance of honoring that historical era? I think it's downright silly.
Which accents would you suggest?
Posted on 1/27/16 at 5:57 pm to High C
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British accents in TV and movies
Have you ever been to Santiago, Chile?
Posted on 1/27/16 at 6:01 pm to Breesus
No, Breesus. Enlighten me. 
Posted on 1/27/16 at 6:14 pm to PsychTiger
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They probably hired British actors
That's all there is to it. I was probably an almost totally European production.
Posted on 1/27/16 at 6:20 pm to Sayre
No, I've seen well known American actors use British accents in roles in which they weren't Brits. (No link)
Posted on 1/27/16 at 6:20 pm to Sayre
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hat's all there is to it. I was probably an almost totally European production.
But given they made the decision to have the characters speak in English, what is the suggested accent the OP would have used?
Posted on 1/27/16 at 6:22 pm to Big Scrub TX
American
Posted on 1/27/16 at 6:26 pm to High C
British is the general European accent. Americans can't tell the difference.
Posted on 1/27/16 at 6:26 pm to High C
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American
Why would that be any more or less defensible/appropriate than British (or any other)?
Posted on 1/27/16 at 6:34 pm to Breesus
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British accents in TV and movies
Have you ever been to Santiago, Chile?
Twice last year.
Posted on 1/27/16 at 6:40 pm to Big Scrub TX
Because we're in America?
Posted on 1/27/16 at 7:00 pm to High C
Who's "we"?
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War and Peace is a British-American television serial first broadcast on BBC One and A&E in January 2016.[1] It is a six-part adaptation of War and Peace by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy.[2] War and Peace will air on A&E, Lifetime, and History Channel in the US as four two-hour episodes, beginning on January 18, 2016. It will also air in Australia, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Estonia, Greece, Lithuania, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Israel and Portugal.
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Posted on 1/27/16 at 7:05 pm to High C
Is this really any less silly than having a bunch of American, British and Scottish actors speak a fake Russian accent while speaking English in Hunt For Red October?
Awesome movie btw.
Awesome movie btw.
Posted on 1/27/16 at 7:12 pm to High C
It was made by BBC, so doesn't seem unusual for it to be mostly British actors
Posted on 1/27/16 at 7:20 pm to nes2010
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Twice last year.
Are you familiar with the soccer stadium?
Posted on 1/27/16 at 7:31 pm to Breesus
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Are you familiar with the soccer stadium
You designed the Estadio de Olympico?
Posted on 1/27/16 at 7:39 pm to lsunurse
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It was made by BBC, so doesn't seem unusual for it to be mostly British actors
This isn't isolated to just this series
Posted on 1/27/16 at 7:55 pm to alajones
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You designed the Estadio de Olympico?
No,
just down the street
the Celinto Catayente Towers. It's quite a fine example, in fact. I recommend that next time you're up that way that you drop in and take a gander at it yourself.
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