[HPforGrownups] Re: accents (was Casting call)

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Lisa Gansky 
  To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 2:22 PM
  Subject: Re: [HPforGrownups] Re: Casting call


  Parker wrote:

  >After seeing what a horrible mess Kevin Costner made of a British
  >accent in "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves", I'm really leery of
  >casting anyone but a British actor in a British movie. 


  Wait, Costner was doing a British accent in Robin Hood?  I never noticed it!


   I can't think
  >of one American actor who could even do a British accent, but then, I
  >spend my life watching British movies, so I'm probably not the best
  >one to chime in on actors themselves.

  Oh come on...Gwyneth Paltrow isn't THAT bad, is she? ;)


  I had no problem with Paltrow's accent in Sliding Doors, but then I'm American, so what do I know?  On the flipside, though, In Primary Colors, while Emma Thompson seemed to struggle a bit with the American accent, the black guy (sorry, I can't remember his name) did a great job. Another excellent performance I can think of is the Australian actor who pulled off a fabulous southern accent (as Sonny Sielor) in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.
  I personally would have voted for Emma Thompson to be McGonagall...with a little aging makeup. 

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