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Was anyone upset originally when Damian Lewis got cast as Dick Winters?
Posted on 8/29/25 at 2:27 pm
Posted on 8/29/25 at 2:27 pm
He’s one of the most American people of all time and he got played by a Brit, did anyone get upset when that happened?
Obviously he mastered the part and I can’t imagine anyone else playing it, but it is funny to me that he’s not even American. Blew my freaking mind the first time I heard him talk in his regular voice
Obviously he mastered the part and I can’t imagine anyone else playing it, but it is funny to me that he’s not even American. Blew my freaking mind the first time I heard him talk in his regular voice
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Posted on 8/29/25 at 2:48 pm to Tiger1242
Why would anyone get upset about this?
Posted on 8/29/25 at 2:52 pm to coolpapaboze
Before TD, so no. No one got upset.
Posted on 8/29/25 at 2:53 pm to Trauma14
Also, half the cast of Blackhawk down are foreigners. Not sure anyone was upset about that either.
Posted on 8/29/25 at 2:59 pm to Tiger1242
I had no idea he was British until I got the DVD set and saw the behind the scenes. He was unknown at the time.
You can hear his accent come out on rewatches, but at the time no one knew or cared. Hell, like half the cast were Brits. Maybe more.
You can hear his accent come out on rewatches, but at the time no one knew or cared. Hell, like half the cast were Brits. Maybe more.
Posted on 8/29/25 at 3:21 pm to Tiger1242
I think that was the week after my Premiere magazine subscription expired.
So no.
So no.
Posted on 8/29/25 at 4:48 pm to Tiger1242
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He’s one of the most American people of all time and he got played by a Brit, did anyone get upset when that happened?
Do you believe this is the same as the shitty bitch who played Snow White?
Posted on 8/29/25 at 5:53 pm to Tiger1242
When I saw Minority Report, it introduced me to an obvious rising American star with good looks & a flawless American accent, Colin Farrell (who then took the lead role in both Phone Booth and The Recruit).
Two years later, I see Farrell do an interview for his upcoming role in Daredevil and discovered he owns one of thickest Irish accents around. I was absolutely blown away. That same year, I saw Damian Lewis in a follow-up role to Band of Brothers in Dreamcatcher and heard his Brit accent. It was also striking.
But it was Farrell that initially made aware of the casting deceptions oft-used in Hollywood, so Lewis' wasn't as shocking. It was more pattern-revealing.
Two years later, I see Farrell do an interview for his upcoming role in Daredevil and discovered he owns one of thickest Irish accents around. I was absolutely blown away. That same year, I saw Damian Lewis in a follow-up role to Band of Brothers in Dreamcatcher and heard his Brit accent. It was also striking.
But it was Farrell that initially made aware of the casting deceptions oft-used in Hollywood, so Lewis' wasn't as shocking. It was more pattern-revealing.
Posted on 8/29/25 at 7:49 pm to LSUFreek
No, but now when we rewatch Band of Brothers, I see Brody from Homeland.
Posted on 8/29/25 at 8:16 pm to RohanGonzales
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Do you believe this is the same as the shitty bitch who played Snow White?
I actually have no idea what you are talking about?
The frick does this have to do with Snow White?
Posted on 8/29/25 at 8:21 pm to Tiger1242
Leibgott wasn’t Jewish.
Not the actor, the actual person.
Not the actor, the actual person.
This post was edited on 8/30/25 at 12:35 pm
Posted on 8/29/25 at 9:57 pm to Tiger1242
It’s not like people were into who was playing in stuff before it came out back in those days. Also, TV stuff grew in popularity as time went on. 9/11 happened right as it premiered so it was kind of overshadowed for a while. By the time people realized it was special, Lewis was Winters to every one. He owned that part.
Posted on 8/29/25 at 10:25 pm to Tiger1242
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Obviously he mastered the part and I can’t imagine anyone else playing it, but it is funny to me that he’s not even American. Blew my freaking mind the first time I heard him talk in his regular voice
There’s probably 100 examples I could think of for this in an hour.
Posted on 8/30/25 at 12:18 am to LSUFreek
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casting deceptions oft-used in Hollywood
The deception? You mean your youthful ignorance of an actor's background. Farrell being Irish was not a secret then, and the information was not hidden from you.
Posted on 8/30/25 at 8:37 am to Tiger1242
It’s called “acting”.
You should look in to it. People pretend to be someone else. Then they say things they didn’t think up. They will even pretend to be married to total strangers.
Crazy stuff man.
You should look in to it. People pretend to be someone else. Then they say things they didn’t think up. They will even pretend to be married to total strangers.
Crazy stuff man.
Posted on 8/30/25 at 10:52 am to Tiger1242
The only sure thing is that nowadays Damien Lewis would not be cast as Dick Winters as Lewis is a ginger.
Posted on 8/30/25 at 11:48 am to Tiger1242
If an actor can pull it off then more power to them. Carla Jean Moss in No Country was played by Kelly Macdonald who is Scottish and did a great job.
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