Another English actor
With an American accent. Great!!
shareSo? Notice no Britons moanied about RDJ being Sherlock Holmes? It's called acting for a reason.
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Because they're better actors. They play Americans better than Americans do. The creator of House said pretty much this about Hugh Laurie.
shareExcept often times English actors use a generic "American" voice devoid of an accent or anything--a very generic sounding, flat affect used to color their voice.
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That's why they're sought after for acting parts. The lack of accent makes it so that people can project themselves onto the actor, so that they can feel like they are the actor themselves. There is no twang or lilt to taint peoples sensibilities. Accents get in the way of this due to societal bias. Southern accents make the character seem stupid or ignorant, New York accents make the character seem obnoxious, none of this is true of course, you can have stupid, ignorant or obnoxious people from any part of the country or the world. But in the world of movie making, with its focus groups and demographics, these things carry weight.
That generic American accent that is devoid of any characteristics, the one that British actors do so well, is exactly what producers are looking for.
I've read that they don't ask for as much $$ as American actors so are better "deals."
shareThe only British person in the main cast is Emily Mortimer, so I believe the right term should be actress, not actor. Took me a while to figure out WTF where you referring to until I realized.
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