a white guy with an Australian accent is a Spaniard?
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dontbsme — 11 years ago(March 03, 2015 09:46 PM)
I can never figure out why anyone would care about the actor's accent in a movie like this. The English language didn't even exist when this movie is set (the closest thing to it is the language spoken by the Germanic people at the beginning of the movie). Nobody knows what ancient Latin sounded like. Nothing matters less in this kind of movie. I mean, did you think Charlton Heston used a proper Hebrew, or Egyptian accent in The Ten Commandments? It's ridiculous.
But I can guaranteed you that you can find people in Italy, France, and Spain who look just like Russel Crowe, although I don't believe that matters much, either. -
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cusca — 10 years ago(October 07, 2015 11:06 AM)
You are quite an ignorant on Geography and History, or you should know that Spain is a country in Southern Europe and most Spaniards are as white as Italians, Frenchs or Portugueses. It's not Spain's fault that many dumb Americans think Spanish is a race. Open a book about Latin America's History and you'll learn why most people are mixed race there.
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Yngelheim — 10 years ago(December 03, 2015 01:39 PM)
Dude, I'm Spanishwe are white.
Some people (mostly americans) think that we are like Mexicansno. We are as white as the French, British or Germans. I have blond hair and grey eyes.
Actually, the only Spaniards with a darker skin come from the shouth, where the Moors ruled for nearly 800 years. -
linop90 — 9 years ago(December 05, 2016 08:55 AM)
It is funny that most of these posts dissing Spaniards are probably from dumb "white" Americans who are really just transplanted Europeans.
A mish-mas of Euro DNA often mixed with American Indian and Negro.
So so pure spare me.
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BonsoirElliot — 9 years ago(December 29, 2016 07:53 PM)
Erm, yeah, a white guy Cause what are Spaniards if not white?
If you don't see Spaniards as white but Italians, Greeks etc. as white, well, then you are really retarded.
I'm of Spanish descent. My whole family is pale. In fact, my mom and her side of the family come from a long line of redheads. Spanish, and really a lot of Southern Europeans, in general, aren't pale(still 'white' just not pale) compared to Northern Europeans, but the term 'white' isn't supposed to be taken literally. Collin Farrell and many other examples of 'pure' Irish, and Brits have a very olive skin tone despite their ethnicity. I guess they aren't white to you?
Of course, someone like you, already has it stuck in their head that Spaniards aren't white. Fine, we aren't 'white', but we are European. And if somehow you believe that Spaniards aren't then you are really stupid.
Anyways, I love that Russell played the 'Spaniard'. Don't know who else could have played that part better than he did. -
gpmorrissey — 9 years ago(January 06, 2017 09:01 AM)
Erm, yeah, a white guy Cause what are Spaniards if not white?
If you don't see Spaniards as white but Italians, Greeks etc. as white, well, then you are really retarded.
I'm of Spanish descent. My whole family is pale. In fact, my mom and her side of the family come from a long line of redheads. Spanish, and really a lot of Southern Europeans, in general, aren't pale(still 'white' just not pale) compared to Northern Europeans, but the term 'white' isn't supposed to be taken literally. Collin Farrell and many other examples of 'pure' Irish, and Brits have a very olive skin tone despite their ethnicity. I guess they aren't white to you?
Of course, someone like you, already has it stuck in their head that Spaniards aren't white. Fine, we aren't 'white', but we are European. And if somehow you believe that Spaniards aren't then you are really stupid.
Anyways, I love that Russell played the 'Spaniard'. Don't know who else could have played that part better than he did.
And actually to follow on from your excellent point, we Irish are part of the same origins as true Spaniards, NOT northern Europeans and you don't get much paler than the Irish.