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Why is there always a Brit in the rarest of places?

posted 12 years ago by roycant07
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I really want to see this film but I cannot stand the trend of sticking a British or Aussie in the most rarest of places.

So far in these quirky comedies there have been Brits as CIA special agents, grocery store clerks, Southern Baptist Pastors, local store managers, bank clerks, loan officers, etc.

And these films are usually set in podunk towns or small cities, yet there is always a British person working at the local so-and-so.

Since when do Americans run into a British person in their every day lives much less at a local shop?

Why aren't they sticking Americans in random places in British movies? How about an American manning the local pharmacy in the next Simon Pegg film?

[–] johnnada 9 years ago

I'm a Brit living in America (well, I'm a citizen now but you get the idea). I've travelled all over the country and have pretty much ran into Expats every single place I've been, in fact we always joked about it.

So yeah, it's really not far fetched why movies are doing this.

[–] shonoffilm 8 years ago

I do agree with OP to an extent. BUT if you operate in the real world, especially large cities or college towns, you'll run into people from all over. Steve and Kiera apparently live in a city somewhere, its realistic the city has some European transplants. Since she's young, my guess is that she attended college in the states and decided to stay like so many do.