Where in Canada? I can't think of anywhere that would help various British accents that much.
I'm not sure where in Canada he grew up, but his father has a thick Scottish accent (from what he says), that he grew up hearing.
Wash: Don't fall asleep now. Sleepiness is weakness of character. Ask anyone. You're acting captain. Know what happens you fall asleep now? Zoe: Jayne slits my throat, and takes over. Wash: That's right. Zoe: And we can't stop it.
'Shindig'
Spoilage Lite - The Return
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sj - Jun 22, 2006 12:30:36 pm PDT #604 of 3639
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
sumi - Jun 22, 2006 12:31:15 pm PDT #605 of 3639
Art Crawl!!!
I remember that episode - - was it Garry Shandling?
The guy from Hustle who plays Mickey did a very nice American accent on the episode that aired last night. (About a restaurant owner -- they were trying to pass Danny off as his son. )
Scrappy - Jun 22, 2006 12:35:40 pm PDT #606 of 3639
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Oh, emigrated to Canada from England, I meant.
And, yeah, Dominic West, although a brilliant actor, can get a little shaky, accentwise..
IAmNotReallyASpring - Jun 22, 2006 5:29:23 pm PDT #607 of 3639
I think Freddy Quimby should walk out of here a free hotel
Off the top of my head I add Colin Farrell on the faking Brit side, and know there are others but my mind is completely blank right now. I think I've heard Liam Neeson be decent too.
Neither of them are British, though.
sumi - Jun 22, 2006 6:16:16 pm PDT #608 of 3639
Art Crawl!!!
Oh, and AD does brilliant accents and voices that are American but not his own. Why can't we give him accent-talent props?
§ ita § - Jun 22, 2006 7:29:17 pm PDT #609 of 3639
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Neither of them are British, though.
Yes. Way sloppy. What's the term I'm looking for, that covers both big islands? Great Britain is just one...United Kingdom can't be it, because they're hardly united or a kingdom...but I swear there's something...eta: British Isles! Okay, better, but makes the whole "British" thing hella confusing.
AD does brilliant accents and voices that are American but not his own. Why can't we give him accent-talent props?
I don't intend to not give him props--I'm just talking about something else.
sumi - Jun 22, 2006 7:32:30 pm PDT #610 of 3639
Art Crawl!!!
So, Irish people who do good American accents don't count? What if they do good British accents? (Not that I could tell.)
§ ita § - Jun 22, 2006 8:24:44 pm PDT #611 of 3639
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Irish people who do good American accents don't count?
Is that to me or IAmNotReallyASpring? I think they count, but that wasn't the group I indicated at the start.
I just checked -- Liam Neeson's from Northern Ireland, so he was in what I referred to as British (what do you call people from the UK?). I blanked on Colin Farrell's Irishness...I mean, I know he's Irish, I was just *hella* sloppy including him in the group.
Jon B. - Jun 23, 2006 12:35:09 am PDT #612 of 3639
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Last night, we stumbled across "Ever After" on the Family Channel. After 20 seconds, FAQWife was yelling at me to turn off the TV because Drew Barrymore's British accent was so bad.
sumi - Jun 23, 2006 3:49:27 am PDT #613 of 3639
Art Crawl!!!
Which reminds me: Dougray Scott - a British Isles type person that does an okay American accent.
Oh, I saw a bit of Christopher Eccleston in that movie with Renee Zellweger where he's playing an Orthodox Jew? His American accent is also good. Although, I don't recall whether he sounded very New York -- or if he was supposed to. (I only stopped by the movie long enough to see Christopher Eccleston - and then I moved on.)