Like Miss Potter or Bridget Jones' Diary? Don't we have enough British actresses, or in the case of Bridget Jones, plump ones?
2007-01-29 21:32:49 · 8 answers · asked by True Blue Brit 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
Same reason we're constantly subjected to Sir Ben Kingsley's awful American accent in U.S. films, I guess.
2007-01-30 00:36:44 · answer #1 · answered by shkspr 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Renee has a poor English accessory!! no one somewhat talks like that! and every time an American does an English accessory it is a complex accessory and not in any respect very convincing - they do no longer seem to appreciate how diverse accents are in England. Johnny Depp does very undesirable English accents (in From Hell this is undesirable) - yet he did a very stable Scottish accessory in looking Neverland - so as that redeems him somewhat. I actual can not think of of a single stable British accessory.
2016-12-16 16:49:11 · answer #2 · answered by allateef 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The casting director obviously decided that they were the best actress for the role.
If we extend your logic, then
- Christian Bale (a Welshman) shouldn't be allowed to play Batman
- Hugh Jackman (an Australian) shouldn't be allowed to play Wolverine (or any other American role)
- Rachel Weisz (an Englishwoman) shouldn't have played Marlee in Runaway Jury
I could go on and on, but I think you get my point.
2007-01-29 21:39:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they aren't really British movies. Today, movies are mass marketed internationally and they need big names so that when it opens in Singapore, it will have star power. It works both ways, Australian Russell Crowe did a great American accent in LA Confidential and The Insider.
2007-01-29 22:47:50 · answer #4 · answered by Frisby 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the same reason they use British actresses in American movies, people like the different accent.
2007-01-29 21:55:53 · answer #5 · answered by Tumbleweed 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is probably a mixture of choosing someone suitable for the part and having a famous name to sell the film. The famous name need not necessarily be American, though they will usually need to be famous in America in order to get the film publicity and screenings there. Even British films need to make a profit!
2007-01-29 21:52:59 · answer #6 · answered by Matt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's Hollywood - they have to have an American 'name' to attract American audiences as they are so chauvinistic. I watched Robin Hood Prince of Thieves the other night on BBC and there we had an American actor playing an English hero - and one who couldn't even be bothered to try and adopt and English accent.
2007-01-29 21:38:56 · answer #7 · answered by rdenig_male 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's called acting.
2007-01-30 13:24:49 · answer #8 · answered by Clementine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋