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re: Are United Kingdom Actors/Actresses Better Than American Counterparts?
Posted on 6/15/20 at 5:53 pm to CU_Tigers4life
Posted on 6/15/20 at 5:53 pm to CU_Tigers4life
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Some American accents cause they cant do a good Southern accent
Hell..most non-Southern American actors can't do the accent. Is extremely easy to see the fake.
Exactly. I wonder can british do a Boston Accent?
When i see british doing american its usually non specific like Colin Farrell does so I wonder have there been good cases of them doing a localized accent better than American actors.
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Posted on 6/15/20 at 6:14 pm to CU_Tigers4life
They have different types so that makes it even harder.
Posted on 6/15/20 at 6:40 pm to CU_Tigers4life
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how UK actors can slip in and out of American accents so much better than an American trying to mimic a UK accent
That's because they're really protective over their accents and Americans can't tell the difference between Americans unless it's a real obvious Southern region.
The Brits just slip into some generic Hans Gruber American accent and everyone's like whatever, that sounds American I guess.
But Brits are like, that's not North London! That's South London! This is all wrong.
Posted on 6/15/20 at 6:46 pm to CU_Tigers4life
Relative to population, the US isn’t very good in any of the arts.
Posted on 6/15/20 at 8:03 pm to SammyTiger
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American actors... a lot are young guys and girls showing up in Hollywood and trading sex for auditions.
After everything out there now, I think about whether every actress and actor 20-35 now, screwed someone at the start of their career.
Posted on 6/15/20 at 8:24 pm to JohnnyBgood
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Americans don’t come close to the quality of UK/Australian actors. Just look at the cast of 2 very “American” movies, Black Hawk Down & Zero Dark Thirty, and compare numbers.
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Edgerton, Clarke, and Strong were the only significant speaking roles of “Americans” who were raised outside the U.S.
Agreed on BHD, though.
Posted on 6/15/20 at 8:45 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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Relative to population, the US isn’t very good in any of the arts.
I think we hold our own in literature and modern popular music. We used to be pretty great in acting from the beginning of moving pictures up through the fifties but we seem to have lost our tradition of stage acting and developed an overemphasis on looks. How many American t.v./movie stars acted on the stage through highschool college and early career and how many played defense for the Miami Hurricanes and then did WWE?
Posted on 6/15/20 at 9:02 pm to CU_Tigers4life
yes, better looking too, and less exspensive
Posted on 6/15/20 at 9:03 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
some brits do terrible american accents.
gerad butler, charlie hunam, colin fareel
gerad butler, charlie hunam, colin fareel
This post was edited on 6/15/20 at 9:04 pm
Posted on 6/15/20 at 9:34 pm to stateofplay
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I wonder have there been good cases of them doing a localized accent better than American actors.
Idris Elba and Dominic West both did great Baltimore accents in The Wire.
I've been watching this thread expecting it to turn into a Kate Beckinsale tribute. I'm disappointed in each and every one of you.
Posted on 6/15/20 at 9:56 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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Relative to population, the US isn’t very good in any of the arts.
I would definitely disagree with that. As the poster above said, the U.S. definitely punches its weight or above in literature and modern music.
We don’t have the length of literature history that many of our developed country peers do, but we absolutely match any of them and exceed most from about the 1850’s on.
As for music, modern music globally basically is the American musical sound. Virtually all significant forms of modern music either originated in or were deeply influenced by America - jazz, blues, rock, hip hop, pop, soul, country, metal, funk, folk, R&B, on and on and on. I think it’s tough for us to appreciate because we live here and are surrounded by it 24/7, but imagine what music would look like today if the U.S. never existed.
This post was edited on 6/15/20 at 9:57 pm
Posted on 6/15/20 at 10:19 pm to AbuTheMonkey
I mean today, not historically
Posted on 6/15/20 at 10:50 pm to Draconian Sanctions
We have Twilight and the Hunger Games, the UK has Harry Potter and Fifty Shades of Grey - not exactly a high brow pillow fight.
Posted on 6/15/20 at 10:57 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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I mean today, not historically
Eh, not sure I'd agree for a couple of reasons, specifically on literature:
- It takes a little while for a really great work to become recognized as such
- It's not like England or France or a lot of other places are pumping out great writers at the moment, either
Still, we've had Foster Wallace, Franzen, Walker, Ellis, Morrison, and quite a few more in recent times. McCarthy's run from Blood Meridian to The Road was exceptionally great and will be recognized as such 100 years from now by people from all over the world.
Posted on 6/16/20 at 7:46 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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We have Twilight and the Hunger Games, the UK has Harry Potter and Fifty Shades of Grey - not exactly a high brow pillow fight.
#1 Because those are the only 2 countries in the world?
#2 I said quality not quantity
Posted on 6/16/20 at 2:13 pm to Boo Krewe
Only one of those guys is actually British. One is Scottish and the other is Irish.
Most Aussie actors can easily modify their accents to sound British. Cate Blanchette, Guy Pierce, and Russell Crowe come to mind. Margo Robbie and Samara Weaving are Aussie actresses who can do both an English and American accent flawlessly.
I’d be willing to bet that lots of fans of the tv series Yellowstone don’t know that Kelly Reilly is a Brit.
Most Aussie actors can easily modify their accents to sound British. Cate Blanchette, Guy Pierce, and Russell Crowe come to mind. Margo Robbie and Samara Weaving are Aussie actresses who can do both an English and American accent flawlessly.
I’d be willing to bet that lots of fans of the tv series Yellowstone don’t know that Kelly Reilly is a Brit.
Posted on 6/16/20 at 3:01 pm to CGSC Lobotomy
quote:i guess you didnt see John Boyega's cry fest last week.
No, they are just less bitchy. (Males)
Posted on 6/16/20 at 9:09 pm to LouisianaLonghorn
Damon Herriman as Dewey Crowe in Justified is an Aussie.
Posted on 6/16/20 at 10:38 pm to CU_Tigers4life
Wonder Woman: Israel
Thor: Australia
Nebula: UK (Scotland)
Loki: UK
Black Widow: Canada
Deadpool: Canada
Wolverine: dead
X-23: Spain
Thor: Australia
Nebula: UK (Scotland)
Loki: UK
Black Widow: Canada
Deadpool: Canada
Wolverine: dead
X-23: Spain
Posted on 6/16/20 at 10:39 pm to CarRamrod
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i guess you didnt see John Boyega's cry fest last week
He's technically Nigerian.
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