why does hollywood hire english actors to play batman, superman, spiderman and even lincoln?
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2013-12-17 18:16:42 UTC
cant they just find actors who are already american?
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2013-12-17 22:19:15 UTC
Well it makes a change from being the baddies in Disney movies, where we are always the baddies even in English based stories!
Or the Romans to your American slaves?! Lol
Perhaps at the moment they're the best actors.
Jas B
2013-12-18 01:19:49 UTC
Hollywood producers and directors are looking for the best actors to play their parts.Obviously the fact that we speak the same language (almost) must have some influence on why this happens so frequently, you do after all see a lot of British TV programmes. British actors are also seen by those who cast the parts in the theatre when they visit England.
Second Britain has a long history of acting our first theatre opening in the 1500's. While we do have a film industry, Hollywood is of course in a league of it's own. So maybe Brits who go into acting are more focused on being good actors perfecting their craft, rather than drawn by the "fame and fortune" aspect.
While I would never say that we (Britain) have better actors than the US, some of the greatest actors in the world are American, I think we do produce a large number, considering the size of our population of really skilled actors, so it is inevitable that they will be offered quite a number of film parts.
2013-12-17 18:27:16 UTC
There are also American actors that pretend to be English on films.
Why do they always give the evil people English accents, like in Star Wars?
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2013-12-17 21:44:27 UTC
Actors and actresses are selected based on likeness, acting ability and probably personal reasons - not where they come from, which works in all different ways.
Meryl Streep is American yet she was selected to play Margaret Thatcher in that film about her. American actors have played British people in films for years.
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Riley
2013-12-17 18:29:40 UTC
Because Americans all look the same on film, with their big bug eyes, flat noses and big wide mouths, superman cartoon chins and endomorph body shape.
robert x
2013-12-17 23:59:59 UTC
its obvious. English / British actors are just better than anyone else in the type of rolls they are offered.
guiri
2013-12-18 08:59:28 UTC
They do not give a damn about nationality - the just get the best available actor they can afford.
2013-12-17 18:19:17 UTC
British accents are very manly like James Bond 007
That could be one reason
Britain maybe doesn't have an actors union
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2013-12-17 19:36:31 UTC
Our super heroes and our presidents are unlike the rest of us Americans, They are civilized. So are the British. It shouldn't be too hard to connect the dots from there.
Lord Britannia
2013-12-18 07:24:40 UTC
I'm with Ceph we always play the bad guys The Death Star is filled with SS lookalikes who are British. Star Wars for years cast us as the bad guys