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LlioMedi — 20 years ago(March 04, 2006 09:18 PM)
E1971 - Before telling the thousand "Limeys" in the American TV industry to go home (most of them probably live here anyway), kindly go and talk to your friendly local chain stores about the millions of jobs they outsource.
Hoangiuk - Please don't think for a minute that the average American thinks along the lines of E1971's post. He probably just wanted to begin an argument.
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Gladyss_the_dancing_mule — 19 years ago(May 13, 2006 10:15 AM)
because its called acting you half wit! that's like saying you should only hire serial killers to play serial killers. at least she's not as bad as josh hartnett in blow dry or brad pitt in devils own. and you don't hear us going on about BRITISH actors for BRITISH roles do you?
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rloren2 — 20 years ago(January 31, 2006 07:06 PM)
I've always known she sounded funny but I couldn't quite put my finger on it. At times I thought she might be Eastern European or sometimes South African based on how she soundsit doesn't seem consistent to me at all either.
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Gotanda — 20 years ago(February 01, 2006 05:32 AM)
Her accent may not be as good as other British actors playing Americans (such as Dominic West and Idris Elba in The Wire) but it's not so bad so it immediately sounds fake.
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twins1729 — 20 years ago(February 01, 2006 04:04 PM)
I KNOW.
I'm sorry, I can not stand Sofia. I don't know why exactly, but she just rubs me the wrong way.
Ever since the first time I saw her, I thought she was doing a bad English accent. Like, she's trying to hard to pretend she's from England and learning an American accent.
Then I learned she was from England and thought she needed better training. Maybe if Sofia was from England it'd be okay, but she's not.
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catpeee — 20 years ago(February 09, 2006 06:15 AM)
She a bad character on a dying show. Time to pull the plug. Stories are woeful now and character development just doesn't seem to happen.
However, I remember her from House of Elliot and thought she suited her dark hair much better. H111cad to think hard where I remembered her from, she has changed quite a bit.
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pumpkinhead97 — 20 years ago(February 17, 2006 10:47 AM)
She a bad character on a dying show.
about 25 million people would disagree with you every week.
Just kidding, but I do like Lombard, and her character on the showbut I will admit that I pay close attention to what she says to catch her in the act of "still being british" :).
One of my favorite classes when I was in college was Linguistics. I learned a lot about why people from different cultures have trouble with American English, and vice versa. For example, a lot of native Asians have more trouble with 'L' and 'R' sounds because there is little, if any duplication of that sound in their spoken languagenot the letter representation, the sounds they form when spoken. If you don't grow up practicing making these sounds, they are not in your repretoire, and they are difficult later in life.
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jorjafoxrox — 20 years ago(March 05, 2006 08:29 AM)
Wo.
I just came onto this thread cause I agree that Sofia's accent can be kinda annoying sometimes. Didn't realise it had turned into such a bash fest.
Without pissing anyone offI am English, and yes I do notice Sofia's accent. It's only like odd words/sentences/phrasings but it is obvious. All it needs is one line about how she is originally from England and it would make me happy. Or start doing a better accent
Saying that, I'm sorry if some people don't like British actors working in America but please, name one actor of any nationally who could play House better than Hugh Laurie. The man is a genius.
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Pixie_Light — 19 years ago(May 20, 2006 12:39 AM)
I don't really understand why you freaking americans have to be so damned racist.I live in America myself but it is people like Karenbug2001 that make me hate everything that this country stands for.maybe they hired Louise Lombard for CSI because she is a pretty good actresswho gives a crap about her "bad" accentI didn't even notice until I came on to her page that she wasn't even american.I really think that the reason that she was hired for CSI is because the majority of American actors suck..period.so before you act like a big fu*king BIGOT, why don't you try and put yourself in her shoes.
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Lauren_87 — 19 years ago(June 02, 2006 07:31 AM)
its not easy to keep an accent that isnt your own going for a long period of time and i'd like to see some of you americans try putting on a scouse or geordie accent for a couple of hours.
she was obviously the best acctress for the job and thats why they hired her british actors are just as good as american ones look at keira knightly and rachel weisz
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karenbug2001 — 19 years ago(June 06, 2006 02:06 AM)
Lauren 87 and (especially!) Pixie Light - CALM DOWN!
I never said that British, Canadian, Australianb68, etc. actors aren't as talented as American actors. I just think that if a character is supposed to be specifically American, then an American actor should be chosen to play that part. There are many thousands of talented and capable American actors who are out of work, and I think that they should be given preference. Why hire non-American actors for these roles when a huge pool of American acting talent already exists? That's not racist - that's just me being SUPPORTIVE of my fellow Americans.
Anyway, people in other countries generally resent it when plum roles that could be given to "native" talent are ultimately given to American actors. When Renee Zellweger was chosen to play Bridget Jones, people in Britain literally threw a fit because they believed that only a British actress should have been considered for that role. So you shouldn't be surprised that some of us here in the U.S. feel the same way about our acting talent.
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hannah_bradbury — 19 years ago(June 07, 2006 11:30 AM)
Ruthie Henshall rocks!
eeeesh, I go away for a year and look what happens!
I think you all have pretty valid points, they're your opinions so I have full respect.
What's a little odd is how it goes from her ability to pull off an American accent to how good an actress she is.
Personally, I think she's a great actress and fits the part of Sofia really well. I've not read all these comments on here so you could say I should before I try and make a point, and you'd probably be right.
I actually didn't know she was British at first and considering I am a Brit, its worrying I didnt pick up. Or maybe, thats because shes pretty good at the accent. Thing is, I tend to care more about the characters and the story line than whether they say "we found a hair in the bath tub" in an American accent or with a hint of English. Maybe thats why Ive not noticed any flaws in her accent. But if you look closely enough at most actors and actresses, im sure you'll find some flaw(s) in there somewhere too.
The w111cay I see it? she's giving it a damn good try, and the producers, script writers and general population who watch it clearly think shes doing a good enough job with it else she'd be gone. She probably wouldnt have gotten the role in the first place.
I can understand how it can annoy some people but in some cases, I think you can get so hung up on something that you then look for it when you watch the show. It'll only take away any enjoyment you get from the show.
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lookscanbdcving — 19 years ago(June 15, 2006 06:02 PM)
Okay, I feel that Louise's accent on CSI is awful. I picked up on the fact that she was British right away. It's getting better with practice, but still pretty bad.
One question: Why didn't they just make Sofia British instead of making Louise use this travesty of an accent? I mean, I don't see why this isn't possible.
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Rachel_Fox — 19 years ago(February 26, 2007 12:19 PM)
you took the words right out of my mouth hannah_bradbury!
well not the exact ones, but most of them fit
i had
no idea
that she was british until i came on here and i think she's a great actress (but contrary to popular belief, that's going completely off topic)
like many others on this thread, im english and didnt know, which is quite worrying.
(but then again, when the simpsons did british accents for a treehouse of horror episode, i couldnt help giggling all the way through b/c they just sounded so funny!)
im so used to hearing an american accent on TV that Parminder Nagra (from ER) sounds funny to me, and i think the relationships in CSI would be different if she was British
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Mr. OpEd — 19 years ago(June 20, 2006 06:13 PM)
I don't care if she's from Pacoima (that's in California), I caught her accent the second she opened her mouth and could tell she wasn't American. Only Anthony LaPaglia's American accent is worse (quite a bit worse, actually).
I've never heard Hugh Laurie or Nicole Kidman show their true colors when doing Yanks. Flawless. And it can go the other way. George C Scot could do a great Englishman. Johnny Depp did a respectable job as an Englishesque pirate (OK, he dropped the accent a couple of times). Then, of course, there's the usually great Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins (yikes). One can't win them all.
In this day and age of software-aided looping (ProTools, etc.), meaning they can say the line/accent over and over until they get it right, it's distracting to here an American/Brit layer cake.
That said, I still like her. She's a beaut and has so many fascinating facial expressions that she's fun to watch (if not hear).