He's not British?
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aljaz_ciber — 14 years ago(January 25, 2012 05:53 PM)
The accent he is using is actually called "Mid-Atlantic English". It used to be very common for North American movie and stage actors to use it in the past (that's why almost everyone in old movies sounds British). But then a new generation of actors apppeared, and it suddenly became very popular to mumble your lines, to a point where they became very hard to understand (Brando, for instance). But thankfully, Plummer is one of those few "old-school" actors who still uses his beautiful fake English.
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blackadder — 14 years ago(January 28, 2012 12:26 AM)He actually started as an artist of the Royal Shakespeare company in the 50's/60's and I believe that's the reason many people assume he's British . If they happen to read his name in the cast of some 60's West End productions such as "Becket" , they may be led to think he's a British actor who later found success in Hollywood . But no , he's definitely Canadian .
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clarkgriz — 14 years ago(January 30, 2012 04:23 PM)
It reminds me of all those fakers from the UK+Ireland (except England) too. Anthony Hopkins and Peter O'Toole to name two. How dare they use their schooling in how to use their voice in their films!
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MyMovieTVRomance — 10 years ago(January 08, 2016 06:31 AM)
The accent he is using is actually called "Mid-Atlantic English". It used to be very common for North American movie and stage actors to use it in the past (that's why almost everyone in old movies sounds British). But then a new generation of actors apppeared, and it suddenly became very popular to mumble your lines, to a point where they became very hard to understand (Brando, for instance). But thankfully, Plummer is one of those few "old-school" actors who still uses
his beautiful fake English
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You mean his beautiful real English. Because any version of English that strives to be more like English English is more real English than what is being spoken in places like Canada and the US.
And I think it's too bad that mid-Atlantic English has gone by the wayside, for the most part. Because it is much more generally attractive to the ear, and it makes people sound intelligent, instead of the silly mumbling and hyperactive kind of speech that has become popular now.
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madrid04 — 14 years ago(February 13, 2012 04:43 AM)
He is very much Canadian. I also believe he has been residing in Canada more often, as of late. I saw him a few years ago on stage in Stratford (Ontario) playing Prospero in The Tempest. He was also on stage in Toronto quite recently playing in Barrymore.
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fruitbrute — 13 years ago(August 30, 2012 06:50 AM)
I couldn't think of a better actor to portray the Duke of Wellington on Waterloo. And to think he was a Canadian, playing one of the Britain's greatest national heroes? Masterful!
He's also my favorite Sherlock Holmes sly as a fox with an air of Victorian refinement. On of the greatest, and underappreciated, actors of the last 100 years.