I didn't mean to pick on you, Alex. Many people - me included - have a selective sense of where disbelief can be suspended. You're certainly not alone by being distracted by fake accents from a voice you know while accepting the playacting visage of a face you know. It's just an odd disconnect that I wanted to highlight.

Gosh, I used to freak out whenever I heard Jim Neighbors sing.

Heh, and I used to watch Hugh Laurie in Jeeves and Wooster, so when I started seeing commercials for House it weirded me out to no end to hear him speaking with an American accent. It's one of the reasons I've avoided watching House (that and medical dramas are intensely uninteresting to me).

And yet, when most of us "playact," we put on a fake accent as one of the primary ways to differentiate to the desired persona. But when professional actors do it, it tends to stand out. I wonder why we don't allow them the most elementary trick of the trade.



Actually, I find women get a pass from me. Kidman's American or English accents, Blanchett's recent German-accented work, Streep's accents of every stripe. And yet DiCaprio's accent stood out to me. Fortuntately, having known some South Africans, I recognized it as a very passable job. But I think I let female actors get away with what I hold males' tongues to the fire for.

Watched Peggy Sue Got Married today.

I had never seen. Sadly, I wish that were still true. Could anybody have predicted a long career for Nicholas Cage based on this movie (and the one's he'd made to this point)?

He and Stephen Fry were prominent in Rowan Atkinson's Blackadder series' as well. Laurie was also very American in the Stuart Little movies.

Those two have had varied creative careers as writers, actors and novelists that I think we'd all aspire to. Not to forget, in Laurie's case, sleeping with Emma Thompson.

Nickolas and I half watched, half sped through Snakes on a Plane Saturday night. I only let out 2 blood curling screams. Poor Nick, when I screamed he jumped a foot off the chair. At one point he sent 2 sleeping rats airborn (we took out the girls for comic relief).

I timed it right, I was too tired to have nightmares.

Aw, I thought that movie was cute, years ago when I'd seen it. But, you are right on, no way would I have seen that for Nicholas Cage.

And, woman that I am, fan of Kathleen Turner that I am, it was a bit hard to swallow....

But cute. {I like how things in the past come back in the future/future in the past, like Back to the Future movies, fun to see who catches what while watching}.

I think that was his first big role. I know one of his first was Fast Times At Ridgemont High.

Yes it was, that and The Cotton Club the year before. Uncle Francis gave him both those roles. Then the next year came Raising Arizona.

It is so weird to see him go from the Prince Regent character to the House one- he's really is an amazing actor. (I have the entire BlackAdder series on DVD.:D )