Does anyone think that...

A lot of times, accents disappear when singing, there's no real "american" sound.

This thread is proof that the average person only uses 15% of their brain.

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I know this may come as a shocker, but countless amounts of British, Irish, Scottish and yes, even Australian actors have played Americans and vice-versa.

Remember, Vivien Leigh... a British actress played Southern Scarlett O'Hara in the film GONE WITH THE WIND and New Orleans' Blanche Du Bois in the film A STREETCAR NAME DESIRE.

Oh, and Texan Renee Zellweger played British in both BRIDGET'S DIARY films.

Also, the musical CHICAGO is performed in London with American accents (um, like the plot takes place in Chicago, Illinois!).

Ashley Brown, an American accent plays British MARY POPPINS!

I don't know. As for Wicked once she is done doing the role on Broadway she is going to London to do the role again in the west end.

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wow.

Ok, I'm very much aware of that... but Wicked takes place in OZ, there is no accent for OZ. So, you hear the actresses accent, which in this case doesn't sound English.

Not really, otherwise we'd have had an Australian Glinda in the West End at first. But as it was a production in England, Helen Dallimore performed with an English accent. Come to that, we'd probably have had an Australian Fiyero too, if people were performing with their native accents. But they weren't. (Apart from Idina kepping her American accent, and I rather enjoyed the Scottish Boq.)

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