I prefer the Armando Iannucci approach where everyone uses their own dialects. It's far better than hearing Brits torture audiences with "'Murican" accents.
--Dave Sikula On Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 2:16:45 PM UTC-7 Diner wrote: > Well, he studied in England as a Rhodes Scholar, so he can do a pretty > good English accent. (He did play Churchill, after all.) > > But I'm reminded of the story that Rosie O'Donnell was considered for the > role of Mrs. Dursley in the first Potter movie until director Chris > Columbus decided that the movie would seem more authentic if they used real > Brits rather than Americans doing accents. Still seems like the right idea > to me. > > > On Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 3:43:35 PM UTC-4 Bob Jersey wrote: > >> The adult cast has been revealed, led by... *John Lithgow??* >> >> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/harry-potter-cast-hbo-1236189812/ >> (link) >> B >> >> Moi, April 13th 2023: >> >> It'll take ten years to tell all the stories from Rowling's books, and >> stuff that was in the books but left out of the movies will likely be >> included... the budget will be on par with *GoT* and *...Dragon*, WBD >> said... >> >> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/harry-potter-tv-series-officially-happening-at-max-1235371717/ >> (link) >> Buuuut there's still the belief that with ten years of *Potter* on >> telly, comes more anti-trans b*tchin' from JKR... >> >> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/harry-potter-tv-series-controversy-jk-rowling-1235372796/ >> (link) >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/e56e0243-1cc1-43db-aec7-ccc2566b060bn%40googlegroups.com.
