Why Does Hollywood Cast So Many Brits/Aussies As Americans Nowadays?

FlyRy

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shyt, you're right most of the great american actors are dead or in their fukking 70s. Name some great american actors in their 30s
Gyllenhaal is the only one i can think of
I thought of making an emergency gyllenhaal thread. I have had no interest in his last three movies. He was on a great run

Southpaw, everest and demolition
 

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Because they will work for cheaper.

Highest paid actors of 2015 as of August 20th, 2015
  1. Robert Downey Jr.: $80 million
  2. Jackie Chan: $50 million
  3. Vin Diesel: $47 million
  4. Bradley Cooper: $41.5 million
  5. Adam Sandler: $41 million
  6. Tom Cruise: $40 million
  7. Amitabh Bachchan: $33.5 million
  8. Salman Khan: $33.5 million
  9. Akshay Kumar: $32.5 million
  10. Mark Wahlberg: $32 million


  1. Jennifer Lawrence: $52,000,000
  2. Scarlett Johansson: $35,500,000
  3. Melissa McCarthy: $23,000,000
  4. Bingbing Fan: $21,000,000
  5. Jennifer Aniston: $16,500,000
  6. Julia Roberts: $16,000,000
  7. Angelina Jolie: $15,000,000
  8. Reese Witherspoon: $15,000,000
  9. Anne Hathaway: $12,000,000
  10. Kristen Stewart: $12,000,000
  11. Cameron Diaz: $11,000,000
  12. Gwyneth Paltrow: $9,000,000
  13. Meryl Streep: $8,000,000
  14. Amanda Seyfried: $8,000,000
  15. Sandra Bullock: $8,000,000
  16. Emma Stone: $6,500,000
  17. Mila Kunis: $6,500,000
  18. Natalie Portman: $6,000,000
Where da Canadians at?:pacspit:
Where da Aussies at?:russ:
Where da Brits at? :feedme:
















Where da black people at? :sadbron:

how is jackie chan making that much paper a flick? :dahell: when's the last hit he had? :mindblown: rush hour 3?

is dude :eat: in china or something?
 
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I feel like there should be another sentence or two to go with this.

If you surmise brit/aussies come over here due to lack of industry in their native countries, how does that answer why hollywood is casting them over americans?
Because casting directors don't care where you are from as long as you can act, and can mask an accent if a character demands it. The supply of actors outweighs the supply of roles in UK and Aus. Thus they go to a larger market.
 

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Because casting directors don't care where you are from as long as you can act, and can mask an accent if a character demands it. The supply of actors outweighs the supply of roles in UK and Aus. Thus they go to a larger market.

Oh, ok. I get why they come to america.

I was looking into the why they are being cast over americans part. And I agree that casting directors don't care, but it doesn't answer why they are winning out( i.e. they're better trained, work for less etc), which I thought your first post was getting at
 

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Cause they want to hone their craft and be great at it, then the money come later. Americans these days, especially the young ones, want to get money as fast as they can without being good at anything.

You seen the talent pool of American actors? Most of them are in their late 40s to early 70s.
 

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are there ANY american actors anymore?


whenever I see a new TV show or Hollywood movie and check imdb its always some brit or aussie playing americans in lead roles. what's up with that?

are brits/aussies just better at acting american than americans can? :laugh: shyt is absurd
Because this is America and Foreigns are better at all our jobs.
 
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I honestly think it's because Hollywood is lowkey :mjpls: and they think they want a certain type of Northern European look that isn't necessarily the norm in America. They want people who look British and the people who look most British...are the British and Australians
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