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In Reply to: Finding Neverland: posted by tinear on April 6, 2005 at 06:01:06:
They could not find a real Englishman to play the part?
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Gosh, I guess if you thought it was supposed to be an English accent it would have sounded phoney. It was dead on for what it was supposed to be though.
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or vice-versa. It isn't the accent, per se, that trips the actor up, it's the linguistic cadence. The rhythm is the hardest thing to learn in most languages; kind of like dancing with a tongue.
> > > "It isn't the accent, per se, that trips the actor up, it's the linguistic cadence. The rhythm is the hardest thing to learn in most languages; kind of like dancing with a tongue." < < <Good point; what amazes me is that popular British film & television actor Hugh Laurie has managed to pull this off as the featured star in the American hit medical series House. His accent is indiscernable; fooled me completely!
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He's perfect as Bertie in the "Jeeves & Wooster" series. And well matched by Stephen Fry's Jeeves. Got the complete DVD set awhile ago and have enjoyed it several times already.
Englishman Damien Lewis as the lead role in Spielberg's HBO mini-series, "Band of Brothers". He is very convincing as a World War II American officer.To see his range, also see him in the TV mini-series remake of "the Forsythe Saga, Parts I and II.
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Or Brit Jeremy Northam in Happy, Texas.
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I just received the DVD....
one committed suicide with his gay lover and another also took his life. This would not be inconsistent with victims of child sexual abuse, though I hesitate to make an outright conclusion. Still, the least said about this strange man, the better...
Think of Baden-Powell. Or at Caroll....
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