"The Wire" on HBO

"idris elba" ;__________;

what do you have against brits

rewatching it recently, mcnulty stood out as a brit ... but Stringer, even though I knew he was British, I didn't really think about it too much.

yeah once you know mcnulty is welsh(right?) it's impossible to ignore, his accent slips. idris less so

think he's from sheffield... but he went to eton!

like the dude in band of brothers

david schwimmer

and to find out he was the creation of a brit

pretty sure an american writer created mcnutty

brits > americans so it's not even a big deal

Some of these characters are played by actors! Totally ruinz the show for me. (FYI Lester Freamon is almost a Brit.)

newsflash Omar is not really gay

Marlo is white.

Herc is a chick

Daniels is a praying mantis

SAWYER IS A MOTHERFUCKING HORSE

lmao @ "brits > americans"

how did you find out mcnulty was british? listening to his accent in season 1, episode 1?

no, i was watching the special features of the season 4 dvd. i lent season 1 to a friend, i'll have to see if i can pick up on it when i rewatch (or in season 5, which i haven't seen)

you're saying it slips in the pilot?

once you know he's a brit it becomes pretty obvious. not so with idris elba -- well, i say that, but im a brit, so there are all sorts of non-americans i buy as americans.

mind you i think hugh laurie's american accent is terrible.

yeah mcnulty is really obvious but stringer sounds almost like a real black american. not one from baltimore though.

yeah now that i think of it mcnutty's gruffy vioce kinda reminds me of house's, which is kinda obvious. string was definitely more surprising

thought joseph fiennes was so effing bad in flashforward i didn't watch past episode one

oh House is much better at his accent than McNulty

they all have so much trouble with "R"s even stringer

Something I've often wondered - when you get plummy English characters in US shows, normally butlers and suchlike - are they Americans doing the worst English accents of all time, or are they English journeymen actors hamming it up? And do they sound authentic to US ears? (not the guy from Fresh Prince, he's good)

I think usually the latter, with unusual exceptions (Wesley and Spike in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, who were convincing). Feels like we've been getting more British and Australian actors posing as Americans in lead roles every year, so I don't think there's a shortage of foreign actors here.

House's accent is terrible though, really.

spike?!

this is the worst, but it's not that much of an outlier

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg_3ZSeHL4g

according to wiki, lester freamon is currently in (unbelievably shit uk hospital soap) 'holby city'!?!

yes, i've seen it with my own eyes.

Clarke Peters has lived in London since the '70s.

bunk is swedish

Snoop's hair look good... it look good, girl.

spike?!

yeah, i know!

u guys didn't know marsters was from california?

Dude even made it onto Torchwood! How many Americans actually make it onto the BBC and fake a British accent? (I actually have no idea)

yeah his "american accent" on torchwood was his real voice iirc

no, spike's accent is rotten. I was just surprised nhex held it in regard. he's the proto-mcnulty

^^ that

though it's part of the character's charm for me

i didn't know lee adama was british till i'd stopped watching BSG

oh yeah spike's accent is totally part of his charm

oh whoa i didnt know lee adama was british either!

whoah!

brits ruin everything :(

lmao

is this british

http://www.escapemtl.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/avon_barksdale_story_unwired-500x703.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTe9LHtVp14

sounds like someone's trying to cash in by going straight to walmart