OT, American accents. Was: Casting for Voldemort

[Pernille]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, Valerie Flowe 
<valerie.flowe at v...> wrote:
> [from Valerie]
> This rumor was going around a couple of months ago. But apparently 
> only Brits, Irish and Scots are allowed in HP films! John Malkovich 
> is American.
> Though he is outstanding in everything I've ever seen him in.
> Question: What do you think of all the Americans that were in the   
> LOTR films? Some of them had better accents than others (Elijah,    
> Viggo,Wormtongue, Liv did nice jobs; Sean Astin's accent was so-so. 

You know, I think most of the American actors and actresses pulled it 
off. I guess because I'm not British I didn't really notice most of 
the time. But you're right Sean Astin did drop in a lot of American 
RRRRRRRRs. But I think Brad Dourif (Wormtounge), really did a good 
job. While he was filming he actully spoke British outside the set as 
well. He did not go back to his American accent until he had shot the 
last scene he was going to be in. (Most big LOTR-movies fans know 
this of course):D

> And I only saw previews of Troy, but Brad Pitt's British accent    
> sounded DREADFUL! So I guess it's better to get an actor that      
> speaks in the native tongue that the film requires. 

OMG. that movie was dreadful! Brad Pitt should not have been cast in 
that part! The only two actors I think did their parts well were Sean 
Bean and Eric Bana. In my eyes the rest of it was, well, crap.

Take Care
Pernille