why is it in shows n movies like games of thrones all actors are english?

[Kuwka_Atcha_Ratcha]

is the American accent to weak to feature in such epics?

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immortals

reality is most of this is greek mythology or set in rome, so why are the accents English and not Italian or greek?

 

[GulfCoastGhost]

Cause outside of a new York or Boston accent, American accents are horrible

 

[Slystallion]

The British take acting more seriously in terms of the craft and there are a wealth of great actors with legit British accents so why hire an American who is unknown to do an accent? Only time they take a risk with an American is if their name is so big that they know it will pay off in the box office but sometimes the accent is considered terrible by critics like when Tom Cruise did the Irish accent for far and away

 

[HookersandIceCream]

Why are you so obsessed with America?

 

[Kuwka_Atcha_Ratcha]

Why are you do obsessed with America?

Lol u mad?

 

[King Crimson]

The British take acting more seriously in terms of the craft and there are a wealth of great actors with legit British accents so why hire an American who is unknown to do an accent? Only time they take a risk with an American is if their name is so big that they know it will pay off in the box office but sometimes the accent is considered terrible by critics like when Tom Cruise did the Irish accent for far and away

Agreed.

 

[NatiboyB]

fukk king Jeffrey and the lannisters.

 

[Kuwka_Atcha_Ratcha]

The British take acting more seriously in terms of the craft and there are a wealth of great actors with legit British accents so why hire an American who is unknown to do an accent? Only time they take a risk with an American is if their name is so big that they know it will pay off in the box office but sometimes the accent is considered terrible by critics like when Tom Cruise did the Irish accent for far and away

Why could they not just do an american accent in game of thrones

 

[Slystallion]

Why could they not just do an american accent in game of thrones

Since it's an American show accents convey the feeling that it's a foreign fantasy setting as opposed to say Brooklyn or Alabama lol

 

[MidniteJay]

is the American accent to weak to feature in such epics?

Not weak but I think it sounds too "young"?

I don't know why but even as an American I'd find it weird if shows like Rome had peeps with Boston/NY/NJ accents or even Southern accents. It just doesn't seem like it fits the setting.

Meanwhile British accents sound old and classic.

 

[Gandolpiffini]

Why could they not just do an american accent in game of thrones

Because the Brits are considered entertainment over here, clowns really. The goofy accent is fun

 

[Slystallion]

Why could they not just do an american accent in game of thrones

Also like someone said about the American Accent being young there was no American accent before the 1700s and it's actually set in a fake European setting anyway in medieval times so it wouldn't even be authentic in that realm to do an American accent

 

[mtu wa chuma]

Because these shows are historical and the english accent is very old which makes the roles very believable.
I was watching a show a while ago about ancient rome and the actors were American with American accents and I found it really distracting and just couldn't get into it.
The American accent is very young which doesn't really work well with historical shows

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

Lol what a stupid thread. The show takes place several hundred years before American accents existed.

 

[Devilinurear]

is the American accent to weak to feature in such epics?

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immortals

reality is most of this is greek mythology or set in rome, so why are the accents English and not Italian or greek?

Those productions have English producers. Cant explain game of thrones though.