05-11-2006, 11:46 AM
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Or even a Scottish accent passed off as Russian!
Stephen Boyd was Irish!
Even better if they had spoken Greek.
Charlton Heston said that because they perfomed Shakespeare it made the Brits the best actors in the world. Peter Ustinov however said that Americans were more like the ancient Romans in Character. One of my favourites is Remington Olmstead who played the centurion in Ben-Hur "No water for him!!" Ben -Hur nevertheless started some sort of tradition for having the Brits as Romans and the supposed good guys(depends on your point of view, I always rooted for the Romano British myself) played by Americans, see also Masada. Mel Gibson's Roman thugs, shaven headed in 'The Passion', looked almost the same as the shaven headed English executioners in 'Braveheart'. I expect that if ever he does make 'Boudicca' then the Roman bad guys who flog Boudicca and assault her daughters will look much the same and probably Boudicca will be played by an American!
Graham.
Quote:Accents...can't be worse than Sean Connery's welsh accent being passed off as Russian!!!
Or even a Scottish accent passed off as Russian!
Quote:There are noteable exceptions... American Stephen Boyd played Romans in both Ben Hur and Fall of the Roman Empire (which also featured Canadian Christopher Plummer as Commodus)
Stephen Boyd was Irish!
Quote:that is what I liked about The Passion of the Christ....although some of the Roman soldiers were portrayed in a unpleasant light .... they spoke in Latin...!
Even better if they had spoken Greek.
Quote:My biggest beef with Roman movies is that they all use british actors.
Romans did not speak in shakesperean english.
Charlton Heston said that because they perfomed Shakespeare it made the Brits the best actors in the world. Peter Ustinov however said that Americans were more like the ancient Romans in Character. One of my favourites is Remington Olmstead who played the centurion in Ben-Hur "No water for him!!" Ben -Hur nevertheless started some sort of tradition for having the Brits as Romans and the supposed good guys(depends on your point of view, I always rooted for the Romano British myself) played by Americans, see also Masada. Mel Gibson's Roman thugs, shaven headed in 'The Passion', looked almost the same as the shaven headed English executioners in 'Braveheart'. I expect that if ever he does make 'Boudicca' then the Roman bad guys who flog Boudicca and assault her daughters will look much the same and probably Boudicca will be played by an American!
Graham.
"Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream" Edgar Allan Poe.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
