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I've been rewatching "The Wire"
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I was very late to The Wire, but recognized the three actors from UK shows I'd seen.

Some years ago, I was stunned at the number of Brits, Ozzies, and an occasional Kiwi who steal the jobs of American actors.

They are so good at doing a really good American accent.

Jamie Bomber (Battlestar Galactica)
Yvonne Strahovski (Chuck, Handmaid's Tale)
Anthony LaPaglia (Without a Trace, Frasier)
Jim Sturgess (Home Before Dark, Hard Sun)
Michelle Ryan (Bionic Woman, Covert Affairs)
Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Without a Trace)
Ana Torv (Fringe, Mindhunter)
Lennie James (Hung, Line of Duty, Fear the Walking Dead)
Damian Lewis (Life, Homeland)
David Tennant (Gracepoint)

...just to name a very few.

Many of the above and other TV shows have more than one Brit or foreigner playing an American.

There are a lot of Brits who are great at doing American accents.

I don't think the other way round is nearly as numerous.

I'm not sure we get to count Gillian Anderson among that group.
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I've been rewatching "The Wire" - by freeradical - 07-22-2021, 01:32 AM
Re: I've been rewatching "The Wire" - by mattkime - 07-22-2021, 02:00 AM
Re: I've been rewatching "The Wire" - by vision63 - 07-22-2021, 03:51 AM
Re: I've been rewatching "The Wire" - by RgrF - 07-22-2021, 04:31 AM
Re: I've been rewatching "The Wire" - by RgrF - 07-22-2021, 04:40 AM
Re: I've been rewatching "The Wire" - by ArtP - 07-22-2021, 05:04 AM
Re: I've been rewatching "The Wire" - by kj - 07-22-2021, 06:04 AM
Re: I've been rewatching "The Wire" - by Fritz - 07-22-2021, 12:36 PM
Re: I've been rewatching "The Wire" - by cbelt3 - 07-22-2021, 12:54 PM
Re: I've been rewatching "The Wire" - by cbelt3 - 07-22-2021, 01:06 PM
Re: I've been rewatching "The Wire" - by vision63 - 07-22-2021, 06:02 PM
Re: I've been rewatching "The Wire" - by DeusxMac - 07-22-2021, 06:26 PM
Re: I've been rewatching "The Wire" - by kj - 07-22-2021, 07:31 PM
Re: I've been rewatching "The Wire" - by vision63 - 07-22-2021, 07:50 PM
Re: I've been rewatching "The Wire" - by Fritz - 07-22-2021, 08:21 PM
Re: I've been rewatching "The Wire" - by kj - 07-22-2021, 09:20 PM
Re: I've been rewatching "The Wire" - by kj - 07-22-2021, 09:24 PM
Re: I've been rewatching "The Wire" - by vision63 - 07-22-2021, 10:00 PM
Re: I've been rewatching "The Wire" - by RAMd®d - 07-23-2021, 03:45 AM
Re: I've been rewatching "The Wire" - by kj - 07-23-2021, 04:09 AM
Re: I've been rewatching "The Wire" - by kj - 07-23-2021, 04:28 AM
Re: I've been rewatching "The Wire" - by Fritz - 07-23-2021, 11:32 AM
Re: I've been rewatching "The Wire" - by DeusxMac - 07-23-2021, 01:06 PM
Re: I've been rewatching "The Wire" - by RAMd®d - 07-23-2021, 05:07 PM
Re: I've been rewatching "The Wire" - by davester - 07-24-2021, 04:20 AM
Re: I've been rewatching "The Wire" - by RgrF - 07-24-2021, 05:34 AM
Re: I've been rewatching "The Wire" - by davester - 07-24-2021, 06:00 PM
Re: I've been rewatching "The Wire" - by RgrF - 07-25-2021, 05:09 AM
Re: I've been rewatching "The Wire" - by kj - 07-25-2021, 08:02 AM
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Re: I've been rewatching "The Wire" - by DeusxMac - 07-26-2021, 07:03 PM
Re: I've been rewatching "The Wire" - by RgrF - 07-27-2021, 01:48 AM

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