But in US TV dramas, Brits are everywhere

[Independent voter]

Was listening to the radio as I worked and these actors were talking about British actors in Hollywood using American accents. The actor's point was 'why can't they hire an 18 year old American to fill the role?' The Wire, best TV show ever made had at least 2 British actors.

uk_news/magazine/8643941.stm

The Wire has garnered much praise for its gritty portrayal of social ills and crime in urban American, with cynical Baltimore cop Jimmy McNulty at its centre. But how many American viewers know that he is being played by an old Etonian, Dominic West?

The same goes for gangland kingpin Stringer Bell. He's played, with an apparently-convincing accent, by Londoner Idris Elba.

You can also spot British actors in Lost. Naveen Andrews and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje play an Iraqi and a Nigerian respectively.

But perhaps more eyebrow-raising is the regularity with which Britons are recruited to play American characters.

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They hire the best person for the job, if a Brit can put on a convincing accent for the role why not hire them?

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Sorry old boy, we are just better than you in everyway. No hard feelings chaps.

I like to watch an episode of teachers and then follow it up with the walking dead as if it is a continuation. Good old Andrew Lincoln.

[Colbor]

sorry old boy, we are just better than you in everyway. No hard feelings chaps.

I like to watch an episode of teachers and then follow it up with the walking dead as if it is a continuation. Good old andrew lincoln.

corallllllll!

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Sorry old boy, we are just better than you in everyway. No hard feelings chaps.

I like to watch an episode of teachers and then follow it up with the walking dead as if it is a continuation. Good old Andrew Lincoln.

Oh shit I never realised it was the same guy, reinforces my point about if you can fake the accent you should get the job.

[Muadiib]

Britain just produces better actors, get over it.

[Independent voter]

Is there a Brit in Walking Dead?

[Colbor]

Is there a Brit in Walking Dead?

Someone can't read. :3

[Bamboozles]

Britain just produces better actors, get over it.

lol.

I thought MMO-C was against bait threads?

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Is there a Brit in Walking Dead?

Rick motherfucking Grimes. Aka Simon.

[rayvio]

casting is about a lot more than just an accent. sometimes a character is rewritten slightly to better fit an actor who is considered to be otherwise perfect for the role and sometimes the actor adapts to the role by changing their accent, dying or shaving their hair, changing their weight/build, etc. so long as the actor can convincingly portray the accent (which is not always the case) it shouldn't be an issue

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Is there a Brit in Walking Dead?

Rick Grimes, the main character.

[Kalis]

We're everywhere, like Ebola.

[seta-san]

I was wondering what's with the onslaught of Indian actors playing effeminate and prissy roles

[Kalis]

The Governor in Walking Dead was also English.

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How is this surprising or news? If they would be played by russians, french or whatever with flawless american accents then that would be something different but this is meh trivia at best

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He reminded me of a fucked up version of Liam Neeson.

Also from the UK.

Shit just googled 'game of thrones english actors'. There are a fucking lot.

[Beloren]

Inb4.. "they took our jobs" reply

Brits are hot and sexy people, and have far less weight control problems than their cross atlantic cousins

[Tradewind]

Abraham Lincoln was played by a man from Greenwich.

[Deleted]

British actors generally cost less than American actors.