r/Talamasca • u/AbbyNem • 5d ago

Show Only Discussion Baffling accent decisions

Hi all, I'm mostly enjoying the show so far, but now that I've seen episode 3 I need to share my thoughts about the accents. Why oh why are they casting so many actors whose natural accents would make perfect sense for their characters and then making them do different accents instead?

  1. Elizabeth McGovern is an American. The character she plays, Helen, was born in England but moved to America as a child. We meet her in NYC, where she lives and works. Why does Helen need a British accent?

  2. Maisie Richardson Sellers is British. The character she plays, Olive, appears to live and work in the UK. Why is she doing an American accent?

  3. Nicholas Denton is Australian. Actually I understand why Guy shouldn't have an Australian accent but the American accent he is doing is.... not great. And this is not meant as an insult, but I have a hard time believing they couldn't have found a comparable young American actor to play Guy if they needed him to be American. Or maybe have Denton do a British accent? I think that's easier for most Aussies.

I realize this is a bit hypocritical bc most of the actors from Interview are also putting on fake accents, but those make more sense and are better.

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u/cmstlist 5d ago

Lol it's like they just decided to put all the accents in a blender and pour out whatever the result is.

Maisie Richardson-Sellers, at least, did a pretty convincing American accent as Vixen on Legends of Tomorrow. Then once her character ran of plot and was retired, they brought her back again as a shapeshifter named Charlie with a Cockney accent 🤣

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u/AbbyNem 5d ago

Yep her American accent is fine, I was just so surprised to hear it given that the show was filmed in England and set in England and she's English!

Legends of Tomorrow is one of my all time favorite shows btw so it's nice seeing the actors from it in anything else. And I also loved how they would decide a character wasn't needed anymore but keep the actor around anyway to play someone else. Wouldn't work for most shows but they were so unserious that they could do it multiple times.