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Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on Dec 25, 2022 12:12:12 GMT -5
Do assumed nationalities and accents count?
Because I was convinced Chadwick Boseman was a British dude then I heard him talk and brother sounded straight outta Motown
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Dec 25, 2022 12:17:46 GMT -5
Do assumed nationalities and accents count? Because I was convinced Chadwick Boseman was a British dude then I heard him talk and brother sounded straight outta Motown In more ways than one. Man had some pipes. |
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Post by pinja on Dec 25, 2022 12:40:39 GMT -5
Bud Spencer and Terence Hill mostly played American characters. But that was true for much of Italian genre cinema.
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Post by Clutchhausen on Dec 25, 2022 14:41:20 GMT -5
Listening to Gary Oldman, Christian Bale, and Charlie Cox talking with their real "Awright guvnah, how's ya fava?" accents is always a trip. This also applies to Andrew Lincoln aka Rick Grimes from Walking Dead. My mind was blown when I heard his real accent. |
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Dec 25, 2022 14:45:53 GMT -5
I was so caught off guard when I heard Top Hopper's actual accent. I just assumed he was American after seeing him on Umbrella Academy.
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Post by The Captain on Dec 25, 2022 15:11:57 GMT -5
Eric Braeden, a German-born actor, has played a number of American characters. Most famously Victor Newman in the daytime soap opera "Young And The Restless" and John Jacob Astor IV in James Cameron's "Titanic."
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Post by Kalmia on Dec 25, 2022 15:15:26 GMT -5
One of my favourite (and completely stupid) games is finding a new Christian Bale interview on YouTube and seeing how many comments it takes before someone freaks out because he's British. Even after 30+ years of him making movies there are still people who think he's American.
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Post by Zombie Mod on Dec 25, 2022 15:15:27 GMT -5
Listening to Gary Oldman, Christian Bale, and Charlie Cox talking with their real "Awright guvnah, how's ya fava?" accents is always a trip. This also applies to Andrew Lincoln aka Rick Grimes from Walking Dead. My mind was blown when I heard his real accent. Lennie James (morgan from walking dead.) got me the same way. |
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Post by Tiger Millionaire on Dec 25, 2022 23:09:28 GMT -5
Edward G. Robinson was famous for playing Italian monsters was born Emmanuel Goldenberg, and was a Romanian Jew.
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Post by Mozenrath on Dec 25, 2022 23:40:01 GMT -5
Do assumed nationalities and accents count? Because I was convinced Chadwick Boseman was a British dude then I heard him talk and brother sounded straight outta Motown That happened to me, too, probably since "Chadwick" just sounds like it'd be an English guy's name. I for some reason got Krysten Ritter confused with someone else, I assume, and thought she was British and just had a really good fake American accent until I saw an interview with her and realized that's just her. |
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Post by Lance Uppercut on Jun 24, 2023 0:52:53 GMT -5
I just remembered
Mark from Roseanne.
Was really Glenn Quinn and Irishman
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Post by Nr1Humanoid on Jun 24, 2023 16:29:25 GMT -5
Who knew Spartans spoke with an occasional thick brogue. Marc Mero played Johnny B Badd, who I believe, was supposed to be black. Why not, it worked for Akeem. |
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Post by doomish on Jun 24, 2023 22:31:11 GMT -5
I know this isn't exactly a nationality, but anytime someone who isn't from the southern United States tries to pull off the accent, it sounds extremely fake/terrible if you're from that area. I genuinely don't think I've ever heard a good one from someone who isn't from the south. It's either the extremely corny "Gone With the Wind/Southern Genetleman/Southern Belle" accent or the goofy, over the top, stereotypical redneck accent.
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Post by agent817 on Jun 24, 2023 23:45:13 GMT -5
I got into it with someone on an FB group about "The 355" and how Lupita Nyong'o portrayed a British woman. I wish I made a comeback to that person about how a lot of Brits portray Americans. Hell, he also said something about Penelope Cruz, a Spaniard, portraying a Colombian in that film and that a Colombian actress should have portrayed that character.
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Post by yokohamacpfc on Jun 25, 2023 3:23:29 GMT -5
What must have been the oddest for those filming it is Arrow on the Doorpost, S3 E13 of The Walking Dead.
The entire episode is Rick and The Governor having a sit down meet on neutral ground to try and fail to reach a peace with their two warring factions. Their soldiers are outside and have their own mini stories but 80% of the episode is Andrew Lincoln and David Morrissey talking to each other.
The show is set in Georgia, the show is filmed in Georgia, all the characters are from Georgia, a good portion of the crew and backstage people and probably all of the extras are from Georgia and they spent days probably filming this show of two men talking to each other in Georgia accents (which must have been good as no one complained) and as soon as the director yells "CUT" both men would switch back to their strong NW England accents.
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Jun 25, 2023 8:34:09 GMT -5
Rosalind Chao (Chinese-American) as Keiko O'Brien (Japanese). I mean, virtually all successful actors and actresses of any East-Asian descent is going to play a wide array of nationalities. A brief reminder of her career, however, suggests that she may be a bit more selective (or her character’s nationalities are changed when she gets cast). Despite her most famous roles being Japanese (Star Trek) and Korean (M*A*S*H), she either tends to play explicitly Chinese characters or characters whose nationalities is nondescript. |
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Post by Hurbster on Jun 25, 2023 9:10:03 GMT -5
And of course, Dr. House.
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Jun 25, 2023 17:27:34 GMT -5
Who knew Spartans spoke with an occasional thick brogue. Marc Mero played Johnny B Badd, who I believe, was supposed to be black. Why not, it worked for Akeem. Akeem was just doing a WWF version of Dusty Rhodes.... oh yea. |
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Jun 25, 2023 17:29:29 GMT -5
I know this isn't exactly a nationality, but anytime someone who isn't from the southern United States tries to pull off the accent, it sounds extremely fake/terrible if you're from that area. I genuinely don't think I've ever heard a good one from someone who isn't from the south. It's either the extremely corny "Gone With the Wind/Southern Genetleman/Southern Belle" accent or the goofy, over the top, stereotypical redneck accent. That is how I knew the first time I heard Jamie Pressley talk she had to be from somewhere in the south. Oddly I have seen a good amount of actors from the UK that can do a decent Southern US accent. |
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Post by The Lach is very tired on Jun 26, 2023 8:30:57 GMT -5
Here is a list of non American actors who have played the President of the Untied States (either a fictional President or a real President).
Daniel Day-Lewis (UK)
Bruce Greenwood (Canada)
Michael Gambon (UK)
Alan Rickman (UK)
Jonathan Pryce (UK)
Ben Kingsley (UK)
Leslie Nielsen (Canada)
Donald Pleasence (UK)
Peter Sellers (UK)
Alan Dale (New Zealand)
Charlize Theron (South Africa)
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