It goes both ways - there are American actors who portray British characters, and even I will spot it, and it’s like someone smashed a plate over my head.
Remember that show "House"? I watched it for a year before discovering Hugh Laurie was British.I do think that’s gotten better - British programming is very popular these days, compared to when I was a kid in the ‘70’s and ‘80’s.
We didn’t have BBC America back then (which started out ok, but now seems to mainly show Star Trek: TNG reruns!), and certainly no AcornTV or Britbox, which I think both were started initially for the US market.
And all our most popular TV actors these days seem to be either British or Australian. There’ll be some guy on a show playing a Texan or SoCal character, with the appropriate accent, then we’ll see them on a talk show, and they’ll mention growing up in Leeds!
It's the size of the place though isn't it.
I can't watch it at all. He has such a strong upper middle class clear accent here that I just feel like he's had a stroke
Dare I mention Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman in Far and Away?It goes both ways - there are American actors who portray British characters, and even I will spot it, and it’s like someone smashed a plate over my head.
The one US English word that seems to trip British actors up…figure. We say “fig-yer,” and our British friends largely say “figger,” and it’s rather alarming to hear someone on a TV western say, “I reckon I’m a-gonna mosey on down to the saloon right quick-like. Miss Kitty will be lookin’ mighty good to this ol’ cowpoke, I figger.”
The lady who does my pedicures has never seen the ocean, never seen the mountains or the desert...in fact, she's never been out of Ohio! I can't even imagine.It's the size of the place though isn't it.
Here it's uncommon not to traverse the UK to some extent and it's relatively cheap and easy to do.
In America it's so vast I can imagine it's easy to never travel much just because of the expanse you have to cross and the hassle and expense.
Mr SSOAPs threatening to confiscate my phone if I don't start packing.
He finished his packing by 10am. I'm still not even started at 4.30pm
Agreed. I liked the movie but his accent sucked.Dare I mention Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman in Far and Away?
That was the final nail in Tom Cruises coffin from my point of view
I'm trying (sort of) I seem to be on self sabotage mode
That one I knew, because I knew him from “A Bit of Fry and Laurie” on British TV.
That’d be a lot of my family - if they can’t drive, they’re not going.
No, we weren't watching BBC America as kids either, I am older than you, not sure what I was thinking but maybe PBS? At any rate, we found English humor quite appealing. My brother liked Benny Hill better than I did and I am pretty sure we both know why. I didn't find him funny really, but my brother was glued to the TV screen...men/boys are such visual creatures in general, LOL.I do think that’s gotten better - British programming is very popular these days, compared to when I was a kid in the ‘70’s and ‘80’s.
We didn’t have BBC America back then (which started out ok, but now seems to mainly show Star Trek: TNG reruns!), and certainly no AcornTV or Britbox, which I think both were started initially for the US market.
And all our most popular TV actors these days seem to be either British or Australian. There’ll be some guy on a show playing a Texan or SoCal character, with the appropriate accent, then we’ll see them on a talk show, and they’ll mention growing up in Leeds!
Yeah, I meant BBCA didn't even exist back then. Any UK programming came through PBS (Doctor Who, Masterpiece) and a local independent station (Benny Hill, Monty Python).