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Ewan Mcgregor's performance in Cassandra's dream

posted 16 years ago by Muvefan
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Most believeable. Hayley was good.

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I agree, Ewan is most believable.

If you believe that west Londoners sound like constipated Australians, then yes, very believeable.

Yep. It was appallingly bad. His acting in general was really dreadful.
Farrell's wasn't much better.

I lost count of how many times someone messed up their lines.
If, as I suspect, there was any ad-libbing then why were so many rough takes used !?

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[–] Scifi71 16 years ago

(some actors want to work with Woody Allen so badly that they don't even think about whether the role suits them or not?)

Basically.

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[–] DorsiaRes 16 years ago

"I lost count of how many times someone messed up their lines.
If, as I suspect, there was any ad-libbing then why were so many rough takes used !?"

so every time you talk, you never have to correct anything you say and it always comes out perfect? i think it was refreshing that they flubbed sometimes... it was more natural.

[–] BarrisDarkly 15 years ago

I've always liked Ewan MacGregor. And he does not stop being amazing for this film. Great performance.

[–] shushens 15 years ago

I think Ewan did pretty good.

Some people tend to do a very thorough research on accents. I meet normal people everyday who are not good with words, and if you have not seen them grow up, you can't tell where they are from.

To those guys very concerned about Australian accent in England, I would say only one thing: if you concern yourself a little more about the emotions and the cinematic value of the whole thing, your posts will be relatively good reads.

Some people may be desperate to be on an Woody Allen film, but Woody has such a reputation now, he can choose pretty much anybody for a film of his. I do not think he took Colin and Ewan because they were desperate but because he wanted them.

[–] jdobson-7 15 years ago

It's difficult.

Both Ewan and Colin were doing good stuff, but the "fluffing" of lines and the forced accents jarred. It's not a matter of sounding natural, (this was hardly a "natural" story - how easy is it to kill a man with a bullet from a wooden gun and get away with it - it's more of a fable), but it's a case of being fluid and getting the story across smoothly and convincingly.

Casting a high profile Scot and a high profile Irishman as two "cockney" brothers was a risky decision. And it kept getting in the way of what was otherwise a good story and, in the case of Colin Farrell particularly I thought, some nice acting. But two London actors would have done it so much better.

I enjoyed the film but was annoyed with it at the same time.

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[–] meandmydog 12 years ago

"To those guys very concerned about Australian accent in England, I would say only one thing: if you concern yourself a little more about the emotions and the cinematic value of the whole thing, your posts will be relatively good reads."

This thread is about the believability of the performances, not whether the posts themselves make "good reads" to you. Try to stay on topic and address the issue itself rather than attempting to insult other posters.

Hearing a Scottish actor sounding more like an Aussie than a Londoner is a bit off-putting, and detracts from the believability of the performance, at least for someone who can tell the difference. This isn't someone who's not good with words, it's an actor, giving a poor performance.

I can assure you I know many people from London who are poor with words. Their accents are just fine, unsurprisingly!