British Accents (WAS: the casting of Emma Thompson as trelawney)

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "(Mrs.) Lee Storm (God Is The
Healing Force)" <n2fgc at a...> wrote:
> With all the talk of Americans trying to do the British accent, I
have seen
> some of the most horrible attempts from British and other UK folk to do
> American accents.
> 
> Whenever I watch "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman," I have to ask why in
the world
> did Jane Seymour get the part?  And that's not the first time she's
> struggled doing an American accent.
> 
> Another who comes to mind is Roma Downey...almost passable, but not
really.

True.   Though not British, the two actors I've seen who always seem
to have a bit of an accent creep through when they're doing an
American accent are Nicole Kidman and Mel Gibson (and Gibson should
know better, as he's spent so much of his life in the US).  Very
hurtful to my ears. 

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