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post #61 of 65
10/8/08 at 6:43am

Re: Use of so many British & Australian actors/actresses?

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Originally Posted by PhilipG
Please bear in mind that not everyone in England pronounces it "dahnce".... the most successful British music has come from the northern cities

Very true. Richards' accent is decidedly southern, as his family settled in the London area after leaving India when he was young. That is the way he pronounces such words in his normal speaking voice.

And yes, a lot of the most successful British music has come from the northern cities, where the accents are very different. I seem to recall some pop group that made an impression some years back who were influenced by American music coming into the seaport of, oh, was it Liverpool?
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post #62 of 65
10/8/08 at 7:09am

Re: Use of so many British & Australian actors/actresses?

Rufus Sewell, who plays Dr. Jacob Hood in the upcoming series Eleventh Hour on CBS, is a Brit. Don't know how good his accent is yet (or if he is playing it as a British or American character).

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Eleventh Hour is a upcoming American science-based drama television series, which is based on the 2006 British series of the same name. The CBS series is set to premiere on Thursday October 9, 2008 at 10 pm (EST).
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post #63 of 65
10/8/08 at 7:43am

Re: Use of so many British & Australian actors/actresses?

I think he's playing an Englishman - at least that's the way it sounds from the promos. If that's the case, I kind of wonder why Bruckheimer didn't just spring for Patrick Stewart, who originated the part in the UK (other than Stewart probably not wanting to subject himself to the workload of a lead in an American TV drama, or the producers wanting someone younger).
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post #64 of 65
10/10/08 at 5:42am

Re: Use of so many British & Australian actors/actresses?

Parminder Nagra (plays Neela Rasgotra on ER) is an English actress of Indian descent who played Jess in "Bend It Like Beckham" along with Keira Knightley.
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post #65 of 65
12/8/08 at 7:35am

Re: Use of so many British & Australian actors/actresses?

I wonder, when House says a phrase in another language, does he say it with an American or English accent? Because I would think that's hard to pull off with your unnatural accent.

After recently learning the song "Kids in America" was sung by a British (and I thought she was American all that time), I guess this recent influx should have come as no surprise (at least to me, anyway).
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