I feel Natalie Portman should at least be a mention for her character in V for vendetta. When I first watched that movie when I was younger, I assumed it was Keira Knightly the entire time.
i always mention James Marsters as Spike in Buffy as my favourite american pretending to be english. he did such a great job that when i next saw him (in smallville) speaking american i was blown away to find out that american was his native accent!
My problem with it is that I just know that some Americans now think that Robin Hood was American and went to England to save the poor from a despot. Sigh.
I didn't. By the time we got to drink it in summer it was rancid, in winter it was freezing cold. Remember how the blue tits used to peck at the foil top, and in winter the frozen milk would push the foil up? Happy days. But yeah, "Maggie Thatcher the milk snatcher".
Bleugh, I certainly didn't. It was always warm and tasted rank. I hated it, and it turns out I'm lactose-intolerant, so I was right to hate it! But she was a big old b!tch nonetheless.
I used to love my mid-morning little bottle of milk. I don't know what it was like in other parts of the country, but in Birmingham we had blue straws with a thin white stripe down it.
Glenn Close was also the voice of Jane Porter in 1984s movie "Greystoke, the legend of Tarzan, Lord of the apes." Andie Macdowell who was playing Jane had such a strong southern American accent they decided to dub Glenn's voice over hers after filming had finished.
I think the Glenn Close film you’re trying to remember is called Alfred Nobbs (2011) where she played the title character. A really good film with a great cast.
Mullarkey shows up in quite a few Mike Myers movies and other projects, they are still really good friends in real life. I'm surprised that when he first got famous with Wayne's world that he didn't have him in it as they were still a comedy duo when he got offered that.
When you do your "Cast me in your next project" line, with terrible voice and scowl, all I see is Bilbo Baggins when Frodo won't let him handle the ring again. So funny and yet deeply disturbing at the same time.
As long as an American actor can nail an appropriate British dialect/accent for a british character as a lead/support in a film, I personally have no problem with them playing a British part. Acting is after all just make believe & if they fought for the part and can carry the accent off without it sounding like finger nails being dragged down a chalk board .. I'm cool with it.
The cast of Spinal Tap are hands down the best. They shouldn't be in the honourable mentions, they should be number 1. Their accents are so naturalistic that you actually believe they're Brits, as opposed to the others where the accents are accurate but somewhat exaggerated or overemphasised.
Renee Zellweger had me convinced. I thought for a few years she was English. And Johnny Lee Miller in Trainspotting had me convinced he was a fellow Scot. He even had the right mannerisms, which maybe sounds strange, but he just seemed Scottish. I remember being a little disappointed to find out he isn't!
I believe Johnny Lee Miller kept up the Edinburgh accent for the whole time they were filming, so even fellow cast members who hadn’t known him previously thought he was from Edinburgh and didn’t find out he was English until the wrap party, so you and I are not alone in thinking that he was a fellow Scot.
Gwyneth Paltrow - after watching sliding doors, I was so convinced she was a brit, I ended up arguing with a yank about it. Until I saw her next film...
If you really want to challenge an American (or Canadian?) to do a British accent,try and find who's the best at scouse,cockney, Brummie or geordie,instead of plummy silver spoon in mouth King's English
re Kevin Costner the director has stated that he could either act or do the English accent but not both together. so they scrapped the accent. (PS I love kc he did dances with wolves and field of dreams so I don't care about this at all)
The legends of Robin Hood are set during the reign of Richard the Lionheart, which only lasted from 1189 to 1199. If Robin Hood had ever existed-which he did not-he would have spoken Norman French to the rich whom he robbed, and an early form of Middle English to the poor, so it doesn't really matter what Kevin Costner's accent was in the film.
Any time I feel bad about Americans taking British acting roles I just watch a couple seasons of The Wire and remember we took over. Also loved Denzel Washington in For Queen and Country.
For a better Mary Stuart meeting Elizabeth try the original film starring the amazing Glenda Jackson and Vanessa Redgrave. 2 of the greatest British actors ever
I don't think many Brits care if American actors play British characters. My guess that the free trade in Brits playing Americans as well overall works in the favour of the Brits.
How the hell is John Lithgow's Churchill from The Crown not on this list? Is the original video too old to include it? No idea when this compilation was made.
Personally I’m not impressed when Americans do posh accents English accents because it is the easiest accent to do, but hardly any British people speak with posh accents as it is a land of regional accents. That is why Sean Astin and Johnny Depp’s accent impressed me more because they are doing an accurate regional accent that English people actually speak with.
Margaret Thatcher SAVED the UK . its not an exageration to say so. all the angry little soviets in Liverpool or some other "Labour stronghold" had made the 1970's DIRE enough . the 1980s saw this country turn around. i grew up in that era and no word of a lie - if Labour had won 1979 GE the country would have been FINISHED
I can't remember the wit but some wag said of Kevin Costner he played the part as if he pulled on his tights in the backseat of the limo from the airport to the set. He gets my Dick Van Dyke Award for impersonating a British person on screen.
@@scottneil1187 There is a history of Hollywood actors not attempting a British accent in Robin Hood movies etc. Almost as if Robin Hood is an American hero (symbolising something "American" against unwholesome English / British overlords). [There could be a PhD thesis in that LOL]
American's doing British accents don't bother me at all, even the bad ones offer comedy value, I've spent years doing an impression of Brion James' in 'Tango and Cash'. It's a trivial thing to get upset by most times but I guess it depends on the tone/seriousness of the movie. BTW I don't have one planned, anytime ever, but I'll totally cast you in my next project. 😉
The Scots are right, we have never had an Elizabeth the First of England or an Elizabeth the Second of England, Elizebeth the first was only Queen of England, Elizabeth the Second was Queen of the UK and NI and so we should differentiate that by just calling them both Queen Elizabeth of England and Queen Elizabeth of Britain, however what seals it is the fact that the official terminology does not recognise the UK and NI or Britain as an offifcial title with the separation of nations being the norm as in Queen Elizabeth Queen of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. We need more clear definition for such issues, but as a side note, we have had many Queen's called Elizabeth, the Queens Mother for instance was Queen Elizabeth before Queen Elizabeth took her place on the throne upon the death of her Father, also Queen Elizabeth who was King Edward IV's wife, Queen Elizabeth who was Henry VII's wife and Henry VIII's Mother, in all we have had five Queens called Elizabeth with three being Queen Consorts and two being regnal Queens with only one who was Queen of all of the UK and NI. "Confused? You will be, tune in to next weeks episode...."!
I have no complaints about foreign actors playing brits unless it's Dick Van Dyke and his terrible, insulting and embarrassing role in Mary Poppins. Please god this level of ineptitude never gets repeated
No mention of Melg Ibsen in Braveheart? I guess British only means English for this react video. Then again, we don't want to think about RDJ's Welsh accent in Dolittle.
I'm glad this didn't include Americans playing Scotsmen , otherwise we would have had to endure SMEL GIBSON in Bravefart !! " turtlenecks" !? Queen Elizabeth the FIRST and SECOND !! NOT one and two! REGINAL is pronounced REG (as in peg) INAL.
I really don't understand the big deal about Australians playing a Brit. Their accent is already 95% there. In fact, oftentimes I can't tell the difference between an Australian and a Brit.
I dont have a problem with Brits doing American roles or vice versa, but i do have a problem with each country remaking the others counties hit shows when there is no need to. For examoke red dwarf, Inbetweeners, gavin and Stacey, the IT crowd etc, why? And it's not just America, we do it too. Whos the boss, married with children, the golden girls etc. theres no need for it (although i do think Russ Abbott did a decent job as his Al Bundy character, and wpthe who's the boss remake did well and was a high ranking show in the UK, to be honest , I didn't like it , but I did fancy Kellie Bright on it) So other than remaking TV shows, there's no problems with anyone doing whatever parts they want as long as they are the best person for the job. That is why they should get Hank Azania to start voicing Apu again on The Simpsons. He is the best person for that job. I dont know why people complained about him. It wasnt even Indian people complaining about it either. And the guy they have brought in to do Dr Hibberts voice on the Simpsons now, Kevin Michael Richardson, who does hundreds of black character voiceovers in the Simpsons, family guy, American dad, F is for family etc etc also voices whute and hispanic characters in these cartoons, and no one complains about that yett Hank Azaria and Mike Henry both got removed from doing their characters, Apu in the Simosons and Cleveland Brown in Family Guy. They replaced Mike Henry with someone the sane colour as Cleveland. But those characters shouldn't be decided on race, it should be on who provides the best voice for the characters, and in all these cases the original voice actors did it right. They created those characters and brought them to life. They weren't racist character portrayals, Now, the new Cleveland is just a sound-a-like impression of Cleveland. The new guy doesnt bring the heart and soul of what that character is to the part. Theres jyst something off about it, making his character not an enjoyable one. They should have left it as it was with the best people for the job, being the original guys. The Simpsons havent even bothered to replace Hank, they just have a non talking Apu in the rare occasion he pops up. People complained saying they were comedic stereotypes, and unrealustic... and, so what??? EVERY single character in those shows are all unrealistic comedic stereotypes. They are CARTOONS not real life documentaries or serious dramas. Anyone should be alliwed to play any part they want as long as they play that part the best, and put their heart and soul in to it and portray that character with honesty, integrity and give jt the respect it deserves. People get too hung up on trivial things nowadays just because it seems like the right thing to do, or they are hopoing on the bandwagon. Stop it, people.
Followed Azers from the beginning of his TH-cam career to him getting the job as Cleveland, he deserved it. The only thing that annoys me about them remaking our shows is they usually muck it up, the ones you mentioned didn't make it beyond the pilot. When they do, House of Cards, Shameless, The Office, they act like they came up with it. Step toe and Son is a prime example, the remake Sandford and Son is a beloved American show but I bet none of them know it's a remake.
@@coling3957 That's a geographical moniker, nothing more. Fact is that Ireland is not part of Great Britain or the United Kingdom. Great Britain (or just Britain) is actually just the British Isle (without Ireland) including England, Scotland and Wales, UK is the same plus Northern Ireland. Meaning that Pierce Brosnan is not a Brit.
I've no problem with foreigners playing British characters, as long as they make a decent job of it. I'm sorry, I like Kevin Costner usually, but this film is unwatchable imo.
Angelina Jolie has some weirdness to her accent in Tomb Raider. She sounds British I guess, but it doesn't sound like any one discernible accent. It kinda meanders around. I literally laughed at Johnny Depps attempt at a cockney accent. Just absolutely dreadful. Austin Powers' accent is kinda dreadful but I think that's a big part of the point. It's just charicature enough to be kinda wrong but totally perfect at the same time. The rest were just great. Freddie Mercury is a very hard voice to do, because he was born and raised outside of Britain (although mostly in English boarding schools etc) so his accent is very British but also very distinctly his own. You can't just study a regional accent and do his voice.
Don't know about British actors being better as there are some great foreign actors, I'll give you that. British actors are usually far more versatile though?
Glenn Close is great, but that accent is not ('pose it doesnae really matter with a cartoonish character like Cruella); in Albert Nobbs where she's playing Irish (woman living as man or maybe they'd now ID as a transmen, dunno) her performance in that is pretty perfect &the accent, where is wobbles is totes overshadowed by her general brilliance and some others in the cast utterly mangling their Irish accents to the point of it being borderline race-hate.... Rami is American to Eygptian parents and Freddie was British born in Zanzibar to Parsi-Indian parents, so both basically of global-citizen African extraction, so good casting all round. Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest of Spinal Tap fame is British-American from politians and diplomats so can't get much more establishment really. Lazenby is Australian but Bond is Scottish French much to many little Englanders' chagrin. I don't think Costner can do accents at all, I'm not sure he can act, actually, but he is/was a moviestar. Surprised the long necked goopy muppet Gwnny wasn't in there, exceedingly annying individual but her English accent is good. Only weirdos would get wound up by actors from elsewhere being cast, whether choices are made for acting chops or pulling in the punters, that's all down to producer power innit. And its ACTING right... like pretending to be summit you're not....
Glenn Close and Meryl Streep's accents sounded good. But often a lot of actors i.e. Renee Zellweger and Angelina Jolie's English accent sound too clipped and don't sound quite right. I thought Mike Myers was born here, his accent was great. I love the Austin Powers movies. Sorry to be pedantic, but movies showing Mary, Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I meeting are annoying because in real life they never met. Historical rant over now, thank you 😒
Nah, we only care when non-British actors play British characters very poorly. E.g. Dick Van Dyke's "Cockney accent" (and, to be honest, that's just a running gag, rather than anyone actually being genuinely upset by it in any way). But if you're nailing it perfectly - as Glenn Close, Meryl Streep, Johnny Depp, Rene Zellweger and, yes, even Mike Myers, have all done in this list - then couldn't give a shit where you're from, mate. Like, no jingoism. It's just whether it's a good and plausible performance.
Mercury was born Farrokh Bulsara in Stone Town in the British protectorate of Zanzibar (now part of Tanzania) on 5 September 1946. His parents, Bomi (1908-2003) and Jer Bulsara (1922-2016),[a][6] were from the Parsi community of western India.
I think there were more people disturbed by the fact that Thatcher was the subject of a film, rather than who was playing her. I personally have never watched the film because as an exceedingly divisive political figure, I find that I’m very much on the side of not wanting to venerate or glamourise a person that I feel caused a lot of harm to our country that we are still having to deal with over thirty years after she resigned. Elizabeth I is said as Elizabeth the first, not Elizabeth one and seeing as how Mary Queen of Scots and Elizabeth the first never actually met in person, it kind of quashes any belief on the historical accuracy of the film. I think spending some time in prison will help to enable anyone to have a down to earth quality, as you are very aware of how easily you can loose everything. The only time I felt quite annoyed about cast choices was the relatively recent version of MacBeth on Apple, due to the fact that as far as I can remember not a single actor was Scottish and though it is a Shakespearean play MacBeth was an actual Scottish King, not just a made up character (though the play itself is not true depiction of him). It is also famously known as ‘The Scottish Play’ in theatre circles as it is/was deemed bad luck to call it by its name. Though that superstition was actually born from the fact that when an acting group toured but the ticket sales were poor for the play that they were doing, it would be switched out for MacBeth because it was such a popular play, it was guaranteed to bring in the crowds. But I honestly felt that there should be at lest someone Scottish in the cast
If you want to get really infuriated watch that new Lord of the Rings show. The Scottish accents on that are frankly insulting. I turned it off near the start of the first episode because of it. On the same level as Van Dykes horrendous 'English' accent.
@@scottneil1187 it seems to be quite rare to find anyone who is neither Scots nor Irish (Northern or Republic) who does a decent Scottish accent. I say rare because it’s not impossible (you only have to watch Shetland to determine that) but the only times I can think of off the top of my head, entailed the actor being in a cast that is predominantly Scottish or Irish to be able to keep it up…though like I said, they are the only instances I can think of at the moment. Thank you though, for the warning that I’ll likely be irritated by the butchering of my accent by people who are likely being paid handsomely to do better.
@@Icanbacktrailers you may very well be right, as I’m not from New Zealand and have never spent that much time in the company of someone who is, I likely wouldn’t be able to say for definite what was a good or bad attempt…but I can’t help but presume that most attempts at a NZ accent would essentially be an Australian one with a handful of words that exaggerate the difference between the two. A bit like how attempts at a Canadian accent are just a generic US accent with an exaggerated ‘aboot’ thrown in to show a difference.
Nowhere near as annoying as when anyone does a Scottish or Irish accent. It's always the same stereotypical accent that never existed. See Myers in bloody Shrek.
RUBBISH .. maybe not the angry little Trotskyites. the woman who won 3 general elections and turned this country around. people who grew up during that time who weren't in some militant union run by communists could see change was needed and by the second half of the 1980's this country was on the rise again back to being a world leader. Labour in the 70s and 80s were communists
I feel Natalie Portman should at least be a mention for her character in V for vendetta. When I first watched that movie when I was younger, I assumed it was Keira Knightly the entire time.
We can kind of ignore Costner's accent in Prince of Thieves coz we get captivated by the unmatched sherif Alan Rickman. . .
i always mention James Marsters as Spike in Buffy as my favourite american pretending to be english.
he did such a great job that when i next saw him (in smallville) speaking american
i was blown away to find out that american was his native accent!
Gillian Anderson also played a fantastic portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in The Crown.
I don't mind foreigners playing British people as long as they make an effort. Costner playing Robin of Hollywood wasn't it.
My problem with it is that I just know that some Americans now think that Robin Hood was American and went to England to save the poor from a despot. Sigh.
@@johnsykes9795 as opposed to a legend
@@firstsurname7099He existed.
Still a great film, better than that effort from Russell Crowe or that recent one.
That was jarring!
‘Maggie the milk snatcher’ 🤣 I used to really look forward to my little glass bottle of milk daily at school!
I didn't. By the time we got to drink it in summer it was rancid, in winter it was freezing cold. Remember how the blue tits used to peck at the foil top, and in winter the frozen milk would push the foil up? Happy days. But yeah, "Maggie Thatcher the milk snatcher".
It was never Maggie the milk snatcher it was thatcher the milk snatcher
Bleugh, I certainly didn't. It was always warm and tasted rank. I hated it, and it turns out I'm lactose-intolerant, so I was right to hate it! But she was a big old
b!tch nonetheless.
I used to love my mid-morning little bottle of milk. I don't know what it was like in other parts of the country, but in Birmingham we had blue straws with a thin white stripe down it.
That lovely warm milk, with the layer of cheese on top! *gags* 🤣
Glenn Close was also the voice of Jane Porter in 1984s movie "Greystoke, the legend of Tarzan, Lord of the apes." Andie Macdowell who was playing Jane had such a strong southern American accent they decided to dub Glenn's voice over hers after filming had finished.
I think the Glenn Close film you’re trying to remember is called Alfred Nobbs (2011) where she played the title character. A really good film with a great cast.
There's a barbers in the West Yorkshire town of Todmorden called Sweeney's of Tod.
Brad Pitt in Snatch had the accent dialled
Remember Mike Myers on the 'wide awake club' on itv about 1986 before his big breaks.
What?! Never heard of it! I have to find it, thanks!
@@JJLAReacts It was a breakfast time show in the UK for children, later hosted by Timmy Mallett.
"Weeere sound asleep!" Used to love Myers & Mullarkey
The Sound Asleep Club was so funny with Mike Myer
Mullarkey shows up in quite a few Mike Myers movies and other projects, they are still really good friends in real life. I'm surprised that when he first got famous with Wayne's world that he didn't have him in it as they were still a comedy duo when he got offered that.
When you do your "Cast me in your next project" line, with terrible voice and scowl, all I see is Bilbo Baggins when Frodo won't let him handle the ring again. So funny and yet deeply disturbing at the same time.
As long as an American actor can nail an appropriate British dialect/accent for a british character as a lead/support in a film, I personally have no problem with them playing a British part.
Acting is after all just make believe & if they fought for the part and can carry the accent off without it sounding like finger nails being dragged down a chalk board .. I'm cool with it.
The cast of Spinal Tap are hands down the best. They shouldn't be in the honourable mentions, they should be number 1. Their accents are so naturalistic that you actually believe they're Brits, as opposed to the others where the accents are accurate but somewhat exaggerated or overemphasised.
Renee Zellweger had me convinced. I thought for a few years she was English. And Johnny Lee Miller in Trainspotting had me convinced he was a fellow Scot. He even had the right mannerisms, which maybe sounds strange, but he just seemed Scottish. I remember being a little disappointed to find out he isn't!
Wow, mannerisms and everything! That's a committed actor.
I believe Johnny Lee Miller kept up the Edinburgh accent for the whole time they were filming, so even fellow cast members who hadn’t known him previously thought he was from Edinburgh and didn’t find out he was English until the wrap party, so you and I are not alone in thinking that he was a fellow Scot.
@JJLAReacts 😆 honestly though, he was very convincing!
BTW, I love your channel
@@lynnejamieson2063 I didn't know that.
Brad Pitt in Snatch he made the movie great.
Gwyneth Paltrow - after watching sliding doors, I was so convinced she was a brit, I ended up arguing with a yank about it. Until I saw her next film...
Gwyneth sounds like such a Welsh sounding name I could've sworn she was Welsh born but that's definately not the case
I’m never impressed when American does a posh accent, they need to do a regional accent for me that most people in the UK speak with.
TBF lots of fictional ones there plus Freddie Mercury wasn't born in the UK, he was born in Zanzibar
Zanzibar was a British colony when he was born, making him a British subject.
He always claimed himself as British
.
Cast me in your next project 😂
If you really want to challenge an American (or Canadian?) to do a British accent,try and find who's the best at scouse,cockney, Brummie or geordie,instead of plummy silver spoon in mouth King's English
re Kevin Costner the director has stated that he could either act or do the English accent but not both together. so they scrapped the accent. (PS I love kc he did dances with wolves and field of dreams so I don't care about this at all)
Merely Steep was brilliant as Thatcher I’m a Londoner and she nailed it.
Glenn Close did play a (male) pirate named Gutless in 1991's Hook 😊
George Lazonby (James Bond in On Her Majesty's Secret Service) is Australian.
I don't do musicals either but you MUST watch Sweeney Todd IMMEDIATELY!! Just brilliant film and Depps singing is incredible 👌
Haven't seen Streep as Thatcher but she certainly had the voice down pat.
Meryl Streep did an amazing job on Margaret Thatcher. If you closed your eyes you would think it was Thatcher speaking.
American actors are definitely much better at doing British accents now than actors in the past. 😊
Really delusional
The legends of Robin Hood are set during the reign of Richard the Lionheart, which only lasted from 1189 to 1199. If Robin Hood had ever existed-which he did not-he would have spoken Norman French to the rich whom he robbed, and an early form of Middle English to the poor, so it doesn't really matter what Kevin Costner's accent was in the film.
Any time I feel bad about Americans taking British acting roles I just watch a couple seasons of The Wire and remember we took over. Also loved Denzel Washington in For Queen and Country.
Or House and a ton of the Marvel heroes.
For a better Mary Stuart meeting Elizabeth try the original film starring the amazing Glenda Jackson and Vanessa Redgrave. 2 of the greatest British actors ever
Started watching really hoping the guys from This is Spinal Tap are on here.
I don't think many Brits care if American actors play British characters. My guess that the free trade in Brits playing Americans as well overall works in the favour of the Brits.
Spot on. There was a time in Hollywood that all the bad guys were Brits. Anthony Hopkins, Lan Rickman, Jeremy Irons etc.
*Alan
Robin Hood should actually have a Yorkshire accent due to being from Loxley he should sound like the 13th doctor ( her accent anyways)
"Only i can understand my own condition" sounds like an austrailian accent to me
How the hell is John Lithgow's Churchill from The Crown not on this list? Is the original video too old to include it? No idea when this compilation was made.
People had a go at Meryl Streep's wig in Cry In The Dark, but if you check out the real person Lindy Chamberlain, they actually nailed it! 😅
Mike myers is half British and half Canadian
I didn't recognise Kidman as VW awsome
Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher is the only one who really nails the accent.
Honourable mention to Gwyneth Paltrow. We love her. She can keep playing British characters all her career.
Do WE??? No, no thanks
Personally I’m not impressed when Americans do posh accents English accents because it is the easiest accent to do, but hardly any British people speak with posh accents as it is a land of regional accents. That is why Sean Astin and Johnny Depp’s accent impressed me more because they are doing an accurate regional accent that English people actually speak with.
Should've got the grim reaper to play Maggie ugh, but yeah streep probably did a good job, my mom hates Maggie is an understatement
Anyone with a brain hates her.
Margaret Thatcher SAVED the UK . its not an exageration to say so. all the angry little soviets in Liverpool or some other "Labour stronghold" had made the 1970's DIRE enough . the 1980s saw this country turn around. i grew up in that era and no word of a lie - if Labour had won 1979 GE the country would have been FINISHED
I can't remember the wit but some wag said of Kevin Costner
he played the part as if he pulled on his tights
in the backseat of the limo
from the airport to the set.
He gets my Dick Van Dyke Award for impersonating a British person on screen.
Still one of the best, if not the best Robin Hood film.
@@scottneil1187
I love Alan Rickman's Sheriff
not only do I think he steals scenes
he stole the whole movie LOL
@@scottneil1187
There is a history of Hollywood actors
not attempting a British accent
in Robin Hood movies etc.
Almost as if Robin Hood is an American hero
(symbolising something "American" against
unwholesome English / British overlords).
[There could be a PhD thesis in that LOL]
He was so hot in Weird Science and Soapdish.
I think one of the best American actors doing a British accent is William hurt, playing a Russian detective in Gorky park
American's doing British accents don't bother me at all, even the bad ones offer comedy value, I've spent years doing an impression of Brion James' in 'Tango and Cash'. It's a trivial thing to get upset by most times but I guess it depends on the tone/seriousness of the movie.
BTW I don't have one planned, anytime ever, but I'll totally cast you in my next project. 😉
The Scots are right, we have never had an Elizabeth the First of England or an Elizabeth the Second of England, Elizebeth the first was only Queen of England, Elizabeth the Second was Queen of the UK and NI and so we should differentiate that by just calling them both Queen Elizabeth of England and Queen Elizabeth of Britain, however what seals it is the fact that the official terminology does not recognise the UK and NI or Britain as an offifcial title with the separation of nations being the norm as in Queen Elizabeth Queen of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
We need more clear definition for such issues, but as a side note, we have had many Queen's called Elizabeth, the Queens Mother for instance was Queen Elizabeth before Queen Elizabeth took her place on the throne upon the death of her Father, also Queen Elizabeth who was King Edward IV's wife, Queen Elizabeth who was Henry VII's wife and Henry VIII's Mother, in all we have had five Queens called Elizabeth with three being Queen Consorts and two being regnal Queens with only one who was Queen of all of the UK and NI.
"Confused? You will be, tune in to next weeks episode...."!
I have no complaints about foreign actors playing brits unless it's Dick Van Dyke and his terrible, insulting and embarrassing role in Mary Poppins. Please god this level of ineptitude never gets repeated
No mention of Melg Ibsen in Braveheart? I guess British only means English for this react video. Then again, we don't want to think about RDJ's Welsh accent in Dolittle.
I'm glad this didn't include Americans playing Scotsmen , otherwise we would have had to endure SMEL GIBSON in Bravefart !!
" turtlenecks" !?
Queen Elizabeth the FIRST and SECOND !! NOT one and two!
REGINAL is pronounced REG (as in peg) INAL.
Your voice is so ASMR!!! ☺️
I really don't understand the big deal about Australians playing a Brit. Their accent is already 95% there. In fact, oftentimes I can't tell the difference between an Australian and a Brit.
I dont have a problem with Brits doing American roles or vice versa, but i do have a problem with each country remaking the others counties hit shows when there is no need to. For examoke red dwarf, Inbetweeners, gavin and Stacey, the IT crowd etc, why? And it's not just America, we do it too. Whos the boss, married with children, the golden girls etc. theres no need for it (although i do think Russ Abbott did a decent job as his Al Bundy character, and wpthe who's the boss remake did well and was a high ranking show in the UK, to be honest , I didn't like it , but I did fancy Kellie Bright on it) So other than remaking TV shows, there's no problems with anyone doing whatever parts they want as long as they are the best person for the job.
That is why they should get Hank Azania to start voicing Apu again on The Simpsons. He is the best person for that job. I dont know why people complained about him. It wasnt even Indian people complaining about it either. And the guy they have brought in to do Dr Hibberts voice on the Simpsons now, Kevin Michael Richardson, who does hundreds of black character voiceovers in the Simpsons, family guy, American dad, F is for family etc etc also voices whute and hispanic characters in these cartoons, and no one complains about that yett Hank Azaria and Mike Henry both got removed from doing their characters, Apu in the Simosons and Cleveland Brown in Family Guy.
They replaced Mike Henry with someone the sane colour as Cleveland. But those characters shouldn't be decided on race, it should be on who provides the best voice for the characters, and in all these cases the original voice actors did it right. They created those characters and brought them to life. They weren't racist character portrayals, Now, the new Cleveland is just a sound-a-like impression of Cleveland. The new guy doesnt bring the heart and soul of what that character is to the part. Theres jyst something off about it, making his character not an enjoyable one. They should have left it as it was with the best people for the job, being the original guys. The Simpsons havent even bothered to replace Hank, they just have a non talking Apu in the rare occasion he pops up.
People complained saying they were comedic stereotypes, and unrealustic... and, so what??? EVERY single character in those shows are all unrealistic comedic stereotypes. They are CARTOONS not real life documentaries or serious dramas. Anyone should be alliwed to play any part they want as long as they play that part the best, and put their heart and soul in to it and portray that character with honesty, integrity and give jt the respect it deserves. People get too hung up on trivial things nowadays just because it seems like the right thing to do, or they are hopoing on the bandwagon. Stop it, people.
Followed Azers from the beginning of his TH-cam career to him getting the job as Cleveland, he deserved it. The only thing that annoys me about them remaking our shows is they usually muck it up, the ones you mentioned didn't make it beyond the pilot. When they do, House of Cards, Shameless, The Office, they act like they came up with it. Step toe and Son is a prime example, the remake Sandford and Son is a beloved American show but I bet none of them know it's a remake.
Naming the role of James Bond they just showed George Lazenby. They should have included Pierce Brosnan as well who is Irish.
Ireland is part of the British Isles so therefore............
@@coling3957 That's a geographical moniker, nothing more. Fact is that Ireland is not part of Great Britain or the United Kingdom. Great Britain (or just Britain) is actually just the British Isle (without Ireland) including England, Scotland and Wales, UK is the same plus Northern Ireland.
Meaning that Pierce Brosnan is not a Brit.
I've no problem with foreigners playing British characters, as long as they make a decent job of it. I'm sorry, I like Kevin Costner usually, but this film is unwatchable imo.
LOL don't be sorry
Hang on, what about Alan Rickman's role? It was watchable just for that!
Rubbish. It's the best Robin Hood on film. Not a patch on Michael Praed in the TV show though.
Yeah by far the best
Angelina Jolie has some weirdness to her accent in Tomb Raider. She sounds British I guess, but it doesn't sound like any one discernible accent. It kinda meanders around.
I literally laughed at Johnny Depps attempt at a cockney accent. Just absolutely dreadful.
Austin Powers' accent is kinda dreadful but I think that's a big part of the point. It's just charicature enough to be kinda wrong but totally perfect at the same time.
The rest were just great. Freddie Mercury is a very hard voice to do, because he was born and raised outside of Britain (although mostly in English boarding schools etc) so his accent is very British but also very distinctly his own. You can't just study a regional accent and do his voice.
For a while, it might be said that one of the best Margaret Thatcher impersonators was actually a man. Which is problematic but perhaps also telling.
Don't know about British actors being better as there are some great foreign actors, I'll give you that. British actors are usually far more versatile though?
Glenn Close is great, but that accent is not ('pose it doesnae really matter with a cartoonish character like Cruella); in Albert Nobbs where she's playing Irish (woman living as man or maybe they'd now ID as a transmen, dunno) her performance in that is pretty perfect &the accent, where is wobbles is totes overshadowed by her general brilliance and some others in the cast utterly mangling their Irish accents to the point of it being borderline race-hate....
Rami is American to Eygptian parents and Freddie was British born in Zanzibar to Parsi-Indian parents, so both basically of global-citizen African extraction, so good casting all round.
Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest of Spinal Tap fame is British-American from politians and diplomats so can't get much more establishment really.
Lazenby is Australian but Bond is Scottish French much to many little Englanders' chagrin.
I don't think Costner can do accents at all, I'm not sure he can act, actually, but he is/was a moviestar.
Surprised the long necked goopy muppet Gwnny wasn't in there, exceedingly annying individual but her English accent is good.
Only weirdos would get wound up by actors from elsewhere being cast, whether choices are made for acting chops or pulling in the punters, that's all down to producer power innit. And its ACTING right... like pretending to be summit you're not....
Glenn Close and Meryl Streep's accents sounded good. But often a lot of actors i.e. Renee Zellweger and Angelina Jolie's English accent sound too clipped and don't sound quite right.
I thought Mike Myers was born here, his accent was great. I love the Austin Powers movies.
Sorry to be pedantic, but movies showing Mary, Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I meeting are annoying because in real life they never met. Historical rant over now, thank you 😒
His parents were Brits, so maybe why it was easier for him...
Will someone please cast him in their next project?! ...just do it.
Nah, we only care when non-British actors play British characters very poorly.
E.g. Dick Van Dyke's "Cockney accent" (and, to be honest, that's just a running gag, rather than anyone actually being genuinely upset by it in any way).
But if you're nailing it perfectly - as Glenn Close, Meryl Streep, Johnny Depp, Rene Zellweger and, yes, even Mike Myers, have all done in this list - then couldn't give a shit where you're from, mate.
Like, no jingoism. It's just whether it's a good and plausible performance.
Freddie Mercury was from Tanzania
Ge was born there, but only lived there for 4yrs
Mercury was born Farrokh Bulsara in Stone Town in the British protectorate of Zanzibar (now part of Tanzania) on 5 September 1946. His parents, Bomi (1908-2003) and Jer Bulsara (1922-2016),[a][6] were from the Parsi community of western India.
Zanzibar....but he always regarded himself as British
I like that the thumb nail suggests that Mike Myers is American. His parents are also British so eh, it's a bit of a bad example imo.
The thumb nail does not say that Mike Myers’s is American, he was born in Canada.
@@marydavis5234True, he has dual citizenship too.
Mike myers isnpart brit his parents are british
Yeah, he has dual citizenship.
Oof your not a name dropper lol who are you what have you been in. 😂
Mike Myers isn’t American
Microphone sounds top notch!!!!
The British Royal Family is the same Royal Family as Canada so they are Technically British also
Ding Dong…
I have to take you to task …. British accent - no such thing as Scotland, England and Wales will attest to. …😉
Costner can't do any accent.
Just like Sran Connery..
I think there were more people disturbed by the fact that Thatcher was the subject of a film, rather than who was playing her. I personally have never watched the film because as an exceedingly divisive political figure, I find that I’m very much on the side of not wanting to venerate or glamourise a person that I feel caused a lot of harm to our country that we are still having to deal with over thirty years after she resigned.
Elizabeth I is said as Elizabeth the first, not Elizabeth one and seeing as how Mary Queen of Scots and Elizabeth the first never actually met in person, it kind of quashes any belief on the historical accuracy of the film.
I think spending some time in prison will help to enable anyone to have a down to earth quality, as you are very aware of how easily you can loose everything.
The only time I felt quite annoyed about cast choices was the relatively recent version of MacBeth on Apple, due to the fact that as far as I can remember not a single actor was Scottish and though it is a Shakespearean play MacBeth was an actual Scottish King, not just a made up character (though the play itself is not true depiction of him). It is also famously known as ‘The Scottish Play’ in theatre circles as it is/was deemed bad luck to call it by its name. Though that superstition was actually born from the fact that when an acting group toured but the ticket sales were poor for the play that they were doing, it would be switched out for MacBeth because it was such a popular play, it was guaranteed to bring in the crowds. But I honestly felt that there should be at lest someone Scottish in the cast
If you want to get really infuriated watch that new Lord of the Rings show. The Scottish accents on that are frankly insulting. I turned it off near the start of the first episode because of it. On the same level as Van Dykes horrendous 'English' accent.
@@scottneil1187 it seems to be quite rare to find anyone who is neither Scots nor Irish (Northern or Republic) who does a decent Scottish accent. I say rare because it’s not impossible (you only have to watch Shetland to determine that) but the only times I can think of off the top of my head, entailed the actor being in a cast that is predominantly Scottish or Irish to be able to keep it up…though like I said, they are the only instances I can think of at the moment.
Thank you though, for the warning that I’ll likely be irritated by the butchering of my accent by people who are likely being paid handsomely to do better.
@@lynnejamieson2063 I don’t think any foreign actor has ever managed the New Zealand accent
@@Icanbacktrailers you may very well be right, as I’m not from New Zealand and have never spent that much time in the company of someone who is, I likely wouldn’t be able to say for definite what was a good or bad attempt…but I can’t help but presume that most attempts at a NZ accent would essentially be an Australian one with a handful of words that exaggerate the difference between the two. A bit like how attempts at a Canadian accent are just a generic US accent with an exaggerated ‘aboot’ thrown in to show a difference.
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technically elijah wood should beon this list and maybe vigo mortensen.
Why????
@@daisybelle1025 because they were playing chars from britains mythical past.
@@malcomflibbleghast8140 I get that, but Elijah was awful
@@daisybelle1025 he was just a pretty boy, they got to stick hair on??
American accent, what like Mexican or Argentinian, Brazilian or maybe Canadian perhaps.
wrong australia are from British and American people , as Americans went to Australia for gold and stayed in the country
It’s annoying when an American actor plays an English accent, in a good storyline film, but ruins the whole thing with a dubious accent.
Nowhere near as annoying as when anyone does a Scottish or Irish accent. It's always the same stereotypical accent that never existed. See Myers in bloody Shrek.
no British person would want to play Thatcher
RUBBISH .. maybe not the angry little Trotskyites. the woman who won 3 general elections and turned this country around. people who grew up during that time who weren't in some militant union run by communists could see change was needed and by the second half of the 1980's this country was on the rise again back to being a world leader. Labour in the 70s and 80s were communists