Question about dubbed language.

The original actor gets paid a lot more than the V/O folks. When you have to record and re-record hundreds of hours of dialog variances to determine what goes into the final dubbed cut, it makes sense.

And, you have the issues that even though the actor may speak "good" English, there may be quirks in word usage or accents which don't suit how the audience is going to interpret and interlace it with what is going on in the screen. I don't remember the dude you're talking about in 1899 (been a while,) but I've watched a fair number of foreign shows where I highly suspect that many members of the cast are at least bi-lingual.