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Originally Posted by pdurrant
How does Hugh Laurie do in House? Being British, I'm not qualified to judge how well he does an American accent.
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He does rather well, I remember being surprised he was British and even more surprised he was the Blackadder servant character. I hope no one tells me he doesn't really walk with a cane. I saw him on some awards show where he was using his natural voice and even though I KNEW he wasn't from New Jersey, part of me kept thinking, "why is he using that strange silly voice?"
Now that you mention it, it seems to me that in general younger British actors (less than, say, 65 - 70 Years old) seem better than older.
Maybe younger people have grown up hearing American accents more frequently than the older people and feel more comfortable doing it. In the 1960's and 1970's it was HARD to watch a Brit play an American. It's been a while since I've had a truely cringeworthy moment.
I also remember reading, after the TV show "Lost" came out, that Daniel Dae Kim (who is American) had to go to a coach because he spoke Korean with a heavy American accent and they wanted to make sure the show could be sold in Korea.