Seriously, its like practically every show on TV or films these days, are having performers from the 'other' English speaking countries, namely UK, Australia, NZ, or even some Scandanavian countries (Vikander, Kinnaman,Coster-Waldau) putting up an American accent.
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Totally agree, apparently Juilliard has been shut down or you need a foreign accent to play an American character these days.
shareI noticed. Sometimes I can see why like in Banshee and most of the time it doesn't make sense like in Blindspot.
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Maybe they see good acting for what it is... :)
shareOh get over it!
There are a lot of Irish actors used, also. Maybe all of these foreign actors work for less than American actors.
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Considering that the first thing an actor or actress born in the South is forced to do is hire a vocal coach to lose their accent. And that today, most every actor or actress looks, sounds and performs like every other actor or actress before them.
It's a problem that the new Hollywood system created and enforces itself. 41 flavors of Banality. With no rugged individualists, rebels, tough guys, thugs, saps or creeps.
Hollywood wouldn't know what to do or where to pigeonhole a John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Robert Mitchum, Steve McQueen or Elisha Cooke, Jr. or M. Emmett Walsh today.
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Oh, I don't know about that. For all the banality you perceive, there are the likes of Billy Bob Thornton, Edward Norton, Steve Buscemi, Michael Shannon, Michael Kenneth Williams, Jeff Bridges, Bruce Campbell, Forrest Whitaker, Sean Penn, Ron Perlman, Samuel L. Jackson... the list could go on.
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I'm convinced it's because American actors tend to be a bit cookie cutter bland and foreigners are more exotic. Watch an interview with an actor from the UK versus an American actor (I use actor for actresses, as well). You'll most likely enjoy the foreigner more. American actors can't talk about themselves without sounding so self-absorbed half the time. Not to mention once many of them get a taste of success it becomes a problem keeping their head on straight and their demands in check. I'm sure the producers hiring all these foreigners see a hundred pretty blonde women who think they can act come through their office on a daily basis. All basically looking and acting the same. Then in walks a foreigner with a soothing accent and a wry sense of humor with a good attitude who doesn't act like they're God's gift to the industry and it's like a tall drink of water.
shareI appreciate your response to what seemed like a rather pathetic and Nationalistic, original post. You hit the nail on the head.
shareIt has nothing to do with good or bad actors, or actors who are full of themselves or not. It has to do with complex international contracts that ensure that a certain amount of actors and crew from a given country that's co-producing a show get to work in the show, as well as with the renown of a given actor - Dockery is hot now from DA, so her name ensures the money necessary to produce the show.
shareActually you hit the nail on the head. The UK, Australia, NZ and european countries all share something which American TV actors generally neglect: Theatre. In commonwealth countries it's fairly routine to do a significant amount of classical training (i.e. Shakespeare), which produces and actor of considerable skill and technique. American TV actors are chosen because they look good.
Could you imagine Tim Allen playing Jean Luc Picard?
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Or, the foreign actors are willing to work for a lot less money. Oh the irony that unchecked immigration is now affecting the bottom line in Hollywood. But then again, all of those types who swore they were moving to Canada if Trump was elected can just get jobs up there, assuming of course that Canada lets them in since they likely don't have a skill that the Canadians need.
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