Casting Umbridge

[Scully931]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Iggy McSnurd" 
<coyoteschild at p...> wrote:
> > Taryn:
> > JKR cares. She's specifically requested an all-British cast. 
(Chris
> Columbus' daughter playing Susan Bones seems more like a father 
doting on
> his daughter, as Susan bones doesn't actually speak and is only 
seen in
> scenes.) Also, I've heard a lot of British HP fans on the subject 
of
> Americans being cast who say that they find it extremely easy to 
tell when
> an accent is being faked. Obviously most Americans probably can't 
(I sure
> wouldn't be able to) as they haven't grown up speaking it and 
listening to
> it. But this reminds me of Ralph Finnes attempt at an American 
accent in
> Maid in Manhattan which, although I adore the actor, was a bit 
grating at
> points in the movie.
> >
> > *shrugs* But I don't really know. I'm certainly not British 
myself, it's
> just a sentiment I've heard from a lot of British HP fans.
> >
> > ----------
> > Taryn : http://taryn.shirataki.net
> 
> 
> I think the only people who can really pull off a given accent are 
those who
> spent a good deal of time around one or more people who spoke in 
that accent
> from childhood.  If you try to train in an accent, it usually 
comes off as
> odd or "not-quite natural."
> 
> Personally, I grew up in California, but I can pull off a Scottish 
accent
> that people from Scotland that I know have said sounds like I'm a 
native.
> The reason for this is because the mother of one of my best 
friends in high
> school (that friend being my "little sis", Maureen.. and she 
referred to me
> as her "Big Bro") was born and raised in Glasgow.  While she had 
lived in
> the US for about 30 years, her first 30 or more were vein her 
homeland, so
> (as anyone from Scotland knows) she could never lose her thick 
Glasgow
> "Scottish Brogue."
> 
> I spent entire weekends at their house for years, so I picked up 
on the
> accent.  (Being someone with 5 years of drama training, 2 years of 
speech,
> and 2 years of choir, I tend to mimic accents of other people I 
hang out
> with... even if I don't know I'm doing it.)
> 
> So, while I can pull off a Scott accent like a native, and a 
passable Irish
> one (though it doesn't sound quite right...), my English accent 
sucks eggs.
> (And don't even ASK me to try a Welsh one...)
> 
> 
> Some people can pull off the accents, and some can't.  I think it 
all
> depends on their background, and what accent it is.
> 
> 
> Just my two centaurs worth.
> 
> Iggy McSnurd
> the Prankster