Of course he's the villain--he has a British accent. All movie villains have British accents. Except for LotR and Harry Potter.
All Hollywood villains have British accents.
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Beverly - Jan 04, 2012 10:22:25 pm PST #17373 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Polter-Cow - Jan 04, 2012 10:27:10 pm PST #17374 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Unless they have German or Russian accents.
Beverly - Jan 04, 2012 10:29:35 pm PST #17375 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
But usually there's a British accent lurking beneath the adopted Russian or German accent. It sometimes seems a Brit or UK actor can't get a job in Hollywood unless it's as a villain, or he has a workable American accent.
Polter-Cow - Jan 04, 2012 10:38:28 pm PST #17376 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
After 200 years, we're still bitter.
Dana - Jan 05, 2012 5:48:21 am PST #17377 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Cumbermuffin will be a Romulan surely.
Burrell - Jan 05, 2012 6:16:45 am PST #17378 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
But usually there's a British accent lurking beneath the adopted Russian or German accent.
Ha, so true! I was just thinking of Rickman in Die Hard.
bon bon - Jan 05, 2012 6:19:52 am PST #17379 of 30000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
When British people are Batman and Spiderman and Superman I think they're doing ok, casting-wise.
§ ita § - Jan 05, 2012 6:27:26 am PST #17380 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But they're doing it with American accents! So, you know, we still have some ground to hoe.
Of course, most American movies have people with, what, one of three American accents? So the fact that there are not British accents I find hardly surprising.
Jessica - Jan 05, 2012 6:31:30 am PST #17381 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Of course, most American movies have people with, what, one of three American accents?
- Standard American Stage English
- Generic Southern
- Gangster
- Boston
That's all I can think of off the top of my head.
Amy - Jan 05, 2012 6:37:30 am PST #17382 of 30000
Because books.
What about New York/New Jersey?