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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.
BTW - Louise Lombard sucks BIG TIME on "C.S.I." regardless of her national origin. "Obviously the best actress for the job"? - I sincerely doubt it! -
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.
Just concentrate more on the stories given and what the characters are doing, get into it and scream at the tv "HES IN THERE!" if needs be (hell knows I do hehe) rather than waiting for the way she says a word or line. -
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
so you could say im used to an american accent
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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.
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Lauren_87 — 19 years ago(June 23, 2006 12:31 PM)
surely the accent will just get better over time i picked up that she was english as soon as she opened her mouth but that doesnt make me dislike her in any way its nice to have english people on popular shows for a change.
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birdie15 — 19 years ago(July 11, 2006 02:19 PM)
Johhny Depp as Jack Sparrow is not a good English accent. It's a funny parody of Keith Richards, who speaks like no-one else in the world.
Johnny could pull off an English accent, though. He does it in Sleepy Hollow, but it still kinda stylised for the time period. He did great Scottish in Neverland. I think he could turn his hand to any accent if he wanted to. -
throwntosafety — 19 years ago(August 04, 2006 12:42 PM)
I wish they would have let her be English. I definitely pick up on her accent so it's pretty distracting. And no, she doesn't sound Canadian.
I was surprised to learn that Catherine Zeta-Jones and Kate Winslet were British after seeing them play Americans. If she's not able to pull it off like this, why not work it into the story? The whole world does not have to be American.
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emilythebrave — 19 years ago(December 21, 2006 07:11 PM)
I agree they should've just let her character be British.
I don't see how this is 'racist' or even how British and American are different races or even races at all. Yes, there are a variety of different accents in the US (and in Britain), and she doesn't sound like any one of them. Sometimes one, then another, then? An American actor who tried to play a British character but still retained their American speech would deserve criticism for it, too. It would be more xenophobic, I guess, if people just hated her because she's British, but people saying that are, to be polite, 'odd'.
She seems like a g2000ood enough actress I guess, once you get past her distracting 'accent.' I wish it weren't far too late to make her character British.
Dominic West was mentioned as a British actor who does a plausible American accent on The Wire. Er, so plausible that I thought until halfway through the second season that his character was British. I still like him (a lot, in fact), but his attempt at an American accent is awful. -
Lauren_87 — 19 years ago(January 11, 2007 05:08 PM)
american and british are nationalities not races but yes they should have let her character be british it isnt like she has an accent that americans would have trouble understanding. isn't that what they have done with claire forlani on CSI: NY she has a british accent (correct me if i'm wrong) i haven't seen any of the episodes yet though they haven't aired here
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rloren2 — 19 years ago(December 01, 2006 09:01 PM)
The first few times she appeared in Season 7 I thought her American accent was getting bettermaybe it was just wishful thinking because it's currently as noticeable as ever.
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Marie_Arden — 18 years ago(July 24, 2007 03:03 PM)
I am an American who watches CSI on a regular basis and have never noticed anything off with her accent. I'm shocked to learn that she isn't American. This whole business about how American roles should only be played by American actors is total nonsense. Acting is acting. I enjoy Louise's character on CSI, I love her no nonsense attitude.