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Originally Posted by Fbone
Interestingly, it was actually Martin Crane played by John Mahoney who was originally from Manchester/Blackpool.
The miscasting bothers me too. I don't like when an American plays a Brit and an Australian/Brit plays an American. They sound strained and lose something in their acting abilities.
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I don't think Australians do too bad a job with American accents, but some British actors, even some otherwise good ones, seem to think we all speak in some sort of generic 'Southern Drawl'. When that occurs, I assume they are lazy, pros will do their homework.
As far as 'Daphne' character goes, the producers should have at least written in an excuse for her inability to get the accent correct. I remember when Freddy Prinz (the original, not the kid) got the series "Chico and The Man". Freddy couldn't speak Spanish like a Mexican, he spoke like a Puerto Rican, They wrote how he had grown up in New York in the P.R. districts.