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In Reply to: Accents- When you just can't find a real foreigner for the role posted by Bambi B on May 21, 2004 at 08:41:25:
Bambi,I agree, some non-American actors do a great job with the various American accents...and Ken Branugh did a nice job of "speaking American" in Dead Again, at least as far as I remember.
Good point on Vivian Leigh in GWTW...considering the time this was made, she is credible as a Southern Belle Femme Fatale. I still find it interesting that with "the search for Scarlet" that took place, auditioning so many actresses, they pick a Brit who must learn to speak in a way that is so unnatural to her. I suppose history proves my argument baseless...I can't imagine anyone else as Scarlet at this point. I believe it was Paulette Goddard who was the leading contender after Vivien...GWTW would have suffered (imo) with this change.
I guess my major complaint is that with something like 10,000 SAG members continually out of work, the same "top twenty" actors are continually cast in the big movies, regardless of suitability...Julia Roberts and Nicole Kidman being the prime examples. Which brings me back to the film Big Fish...the American director (Tim Burton) cast two British actors (Albert Finney and Ewan McGregor) to portray the younger and old versions of a gentlemen from the American South...yea, much as I love Finney, I found this more than a bit distracting.
Ah, I'm tilting at windmills here, I'm sure this practice will continue and probably increase in frequency in the future, regardless of how I feel.
Aain, great post/Awards list!
All the best,
Gary
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