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Sep. 30th, 2009 08:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shapinglightLink here to a slightly tongue-in-cheek article in today's Guardian about Brit actors being cast in American TV shows, as Americans.
I'd been going to make some facetious comparison with American GIs coming to Britain during WW2 (overpaid, oversexed and over here), but in fact the Brit actors are not like the GIs. They are more like the influx of Polish plumbers to the UK back in pre-credit crunch days, in that they are not only very good at their job and very hard workers, but they also come very cheap.
Apparently, they are also getting better at doing the accent, though even those who aren't so good, like Dominic West, seem to get away with it. Certainly, two of the three Brit actors (Joseph Fiennes and Sonia Walger) in the first episode of Flash Forward, which was shown here on Monday night, could have fooled anyone this side of the Pond that they were really American (if they didn't know who they were already) and possibly on the other side as well.
Speaking of Flash Forward (spoilers for ep 1 within)
I've only seen one person on my flist mention it. Did no one else like it, or even watch it? Must admit, I'm not sure I can be bothered with any more of it. It comes from the makers of Lost and you can tell. Ep 1 featured lots of rather dull characters we're evidently supposed to care about, plus a lot of explosions and mysterious goings on - not to mention a brief appearance by an incongruous animal (a kangaroo rather than a polar bear, in this instance). However, since it's obvious already who the villain is, and since I'm pretty sure they're basically making it up as they go along (like Lost), I'm not sure I have the patience for any more.
If you're wondering how I've fingered the villain already, it's easy. It has to be Jack Davenport, yet another British thesp (though presumably a little better known in the US, thanks to the Pirates of the Caribbean movies). How do I know he's the villain? It's simple. Because he's been allowed to keep his own accent of course.
I'd been going to make some facetious comparison with American GIs coming to Britain during WW2 (overpaid, oversexed and over here), but in fact the Brit actors are not like the GIs. They are more like the influx of Polish plumbers to the UK back in pre-credit crunch days, in that they are not only very good at their job and very hard workers, but they also come very cheap.
Apparently, they are also getting better at doing the accent, though even those who aren't so good, like Dominic West, seem to get away with it. Certainly, two of the three Brit actors (Joseph Fiennes and Sonia Walger) in the first episode of Flash Forward, which was shown here on Monday night, could have fooled anyone this side of the Pond that they were really American (if they didn't know who they were already) and possibly on the other side as well.
Speaking of Flash Forward (spoilers for ep 1 within)
I've only seen one person on my flist mention it. Did no one else like it, or even watch it? Must admit, I'm not sure I can be bothered with any more of it. It comes from the makers of Lost and you can tell. Ep 1 featured lots of rather dull characters we're evidently supposed to care about, plus a lot of explosions and mysterious goings on - not to mention a brief appearance by an incongruous animal (a kangaroo rather than a polar bear, in this instance). However, since it's obvious already who the villain is, and since I'm pretty sure they're basically making it up as they go along (like Lost), I'm not sure I have the patience for any more.
If you're wondering how I've fingered the villain already, it's easy. It has to be Jack Davenport, yet another British thesp (though presumably a little better known in the US, thanks to the Pirates of the Caribbean movies). How do I know he's the villain? It's simple. Because he's been allowed to keep his own accent of course.