^I'm not either, but I remember thinking it was awful, especially in X-Men.
UK actors playing Americans
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I was surprised that the British-sounding accent Suresh has on Heroes isn't his real one. I heard the actor talking on one of the commentaries and it sounded like a normal American accent.
And the actor who plays Sayid on Lost has a British accent in real life.
And Lennie James (?) on Jericho -- I was floored when I found out he was English too!
And the actor who plays Sayid on Lost has a British accent in real life.
And Lennie James (?) on Jericho -- I was floored when I found out he was English too!
Tim Roth is playing a Brit though surely. Unless he's taken the Kevin Costner/Prince iof Thieves approach and just not bothering.
And weirdly, his accent was terrible in that.
What about Sean Connery in Highlander, a Scot playing an Egyptian with a Spanish name (who might be an alien) with no attempt to change his accent. Of course the Highlander in question was played by a Frenchman.
There are far more memorable tales about Batman than Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? For a one-shot story, it's fine. But I doubt it will have the same impact over time, by delineating an era, that Moore's Whatever Happened to the Man of Steel? had.
Alan Grant is the British author who, I would argue, has had the greatest impact on Batman, by dint of his decade on the titles, with or without Norm Breyfogle.
I'd say the Dark Knight Returns and Batman Year One have had the greatest impact on Batman.
Except that Frank Miller isn't British.
Several authors from the UK and Ireland have written Batman over the years, among them Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrison, Alan Grant, and Peter Milligan. Of those four, I would say that Gaiman's Batman work is the least impressive. He's written good Batman stories, yes, but not on a sustained basis.
Her Southern accent is passable, but it's nothing like any actual south Louisiana accent, so a bit of a misfire there. Then again, it's extremely rare to run across an accurate one in films and tv productions.
Oops, then I'll go with Alan Grant.Except that Frank Miller isn't British.
Several authors from the UK and Ireland have written Batman over the years, among them Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrison, Alan Grant, and Peter Milligan. Of those four, I would say that Gaiman's Batman work is the least impressive. He's written good Batman stories, yes, but not on a sustained basis.
Over all its Miller though!
I always thought Marsters' accent was pretty solid; until I saw him in interviews, I assumed he was British. However, my friends from the UK swear that his and Juliet Landau's British accents are absolutely horrible. I guess if you're raised in the UK, you notice subtle things that Americans and Canadians tend to miss.
I wonder, has Sean Connery ever actually tried doing an accent other than his own? Maybe early in his career, when he didn't have the clout to get away with incongruous accents by virtue of being Sean Connery, was there ever any role where he was required to assay an American or English or some other accent?
Then there's Arnold Schwarzenegger. How many Austrian-accented American heroes has he played?
Which reminds me -- has it come up yet that Mel Gibson's Australian and often plays Americans? Or that his voice was dubbed over with an American one in Mad Max?
Then there's Arnold Schwarzenegger. How many Austrian-accented American heroes has he played?
Which reminds me -- has it come up yet that Mel Gibson's Australian and often plays Americans? Or that his voice was dubbed over with an American one in Mad Max?
You've never looked at where Gibson was born have you
But Australians have this habbit of claim foreign born people as our own (Nicole Kidman born in Hawii, Russell Crowe born in New Zealand, Oliver Newton John born in the U.K).
I think Connery made a half hearted attempt at an Irish accent in The Untouchables
Kenneth Branagh doesn't do too bad of an American accent. It was pretty darn good in "Dead Again."
And, the first thing I ever saw him in was "Wild Wild West." Later, when I saw him in Harry Potter, my first thought was, "Hey, he does a good English accent!".... LOL. Then I finally went to IMDb, and cleared *that* up for myself. hehehe
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And, the first thing I ever saw him in was "Wild Wild West." Later, when I saw him in Harry Potter, my first thought was, "Hey, he does a good English accent!".... LOL. Then I finally went to IMDb, and cleared *that* up for myself. hehehe
Joy
Damn, I had no idea he was British.
. Maybe all 300 million of you should just move over and retire to Canada.
I agree, but I wasn't trying to claim it was the most memorable. Note that I referred to the Whatever Happened-s as "two of the most memorable," not as the definitively most memorable ones.
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