Comments on: Who’s that girl?

By: siobhan

siobhan — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:32:53 +0000

Hii, Yes she was on eastenders her name was Zoey She has also been on other Progams!She was also in the new BBC series ‘Merlin’ which turned out better than I expected.

I had already guessed Michelle Ryan as the 11th Doctor’s companion, so though I was wrong, I take some comfort in being not quite so wrong as I might have.

I have met her before walking down the London roads she didt reil say any thing i just ran up and said OH MY GOSH hii can i hav you singtureand she gave it to me but i was reil Shy :s xxx Siobhan xxx

By: Fatso

Fatso — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:35:17 +0000

Gopher65 – Worcestershire is pronounced “wuss-ter-sheer”

By: Kimpatsu

Kimpatsu — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 01:12:26 +0000

Yes, Shane, Ryan Kwantan does indeed hail from Down Under. In fact, the actor who plays Sam Merlotte is the only American in the main cast (of people who survived for season 2).
Hey, why didn’t we think of Alexis Denisoff? He played Wesley in Buffy and Angel, but is a Yank. (Although we attended drama school in London from age 16.)

By: shane

shane — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:54:07 +0000

Kimpatsu, Holy Cow! Jason Stackhouse is the Aussie. I didn’t pick that. I new about Moyer and Paquin, but crikey. Maybe I should’ve watched more Home And Away… maybe not.

Robin Williams is good with accents too. He does a passable Aussie accent as well. Yanks tend to struggle with the Aussie accent. Poms are better at it.

By: Kimpatsu

Kimpatsu — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 01:47:35 +0000

@Jura:
James Marsters played an immigration agent in the previous season of Without a Trace, and he didn’t have a British accent in that.

By: !AstralProjectile

!AstralProjectile — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:32:28 +0000

For those WHO missed the series finale, the first episode airs on BBCA tonight(In my neck of the woods)- I made the choice to go fishin in New Hampshire rather than stay home to watch it last summer. Tough Choice

By: Chris Hughes

Chris Hughes — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:44:03 +0000

We were all impressed by Gillian Anderson’s perfect English when she played Lady Dedlock in ‘Bleak House’ — then it turned out she went to my old school in North London! Sadly, many years after I was there…

By: Thomas Siefert

Thomas Siefert — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:42:00 +0000

I should really get ’round to see Jekyll as I was present when they filmed one of the scenes.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:54:26 +0000

She’ll always be Zoe Slater from Eastenders to me.

By: Naomi

Naomi — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 07:54:22 +0000

I have to admit, when I first saw her, I thought it was Gwen from Torchwood XD

By: rjccj

rjccj — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 06:39:14 +0000

I freely admit, I fell in love with her in Jekyll and joked at the time she would make a good companion. Bionic Woman was horribly wonderful. Merlin has been very fun to watch, though I haven’t finished the series yet. But while listing Who alum in that one, Merlin was the kid in the last series episode “Midnight.”

By: Jura

Jura — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 05:36:02 +0000

I liked Bionic Woman. I thought the series had some potential, and was killed too early. In regards to James Marsters English accent; not only is it spot on, but it is so good that he has yet to get a part that doesn’t ask him to play someone WITHOUT a British accent.

By: Kimpatsu

Kimpatsu — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 03:32:09 +0000

Michelle Ryan was great as Nimueh in Merlin (which also starred Anthony Head [Mr. Finch in the DW episode School Reunion] and Richard Wilson {Dr. Constantine in the Ecclestone 2-parter The Empty Child and The Doctor Dances]).
And, to add to the list of Yanks who can fake British accents, let’s not forget James Marsters, who played Spike in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Captain John in Torchwood.
Going the other way, check out True Blood, which stars a Kiwi, Brit, and Aussie in the three main roles, all of which are supposed to hail from Louisiana.

By: PG

PG — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 03:12:43 +0000

Michelle Ryan is teh hawt.

By: rdriley

rdriley — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:37:42 +0000

@GuanoLad:

I also pegged Ms. Ryan as a perfect new companion, just this week while watching “Jekyll” for the first time. I didn’t realize at the time that she was the Bionic Woman, but I saw Moffat’s name in the credits, I saw her onscreen, and, after I cooled down a bit, thought … “She’d make an AWESOME companion.”

And she still could be. She could come back after this one-off special when the new show starts next year.

By: gopher65

gopher65 — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:36:37 +0000

Matt A: Could you please tell me how to pronounce “Worchestershire”? I’m a cook, and it sucks having to say “worchest… worcesh… warshitser… that brownish black thin stuff with that smells a little bit like ketchup”.

By: Matt A

Matt A — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:22:31 +0000

Gwyneth Paltrow’s English accent in Shakespeare In Love was excellent, as was Natalie Portman’s in V For Vendetta. On the other hand, Excellent should never be used without some sort of qualifier, so it’s probably worth pointing out that technically, everyone’s accent in Shakespeare in Love was wrong, since they (wisely) chose not to correct their pronunciations for the Great Vowel Shift, which was in progress when the film is set. It’s also worth noting that Ben Affleck, although he gives it a very creditable college try, does not entirely convince as an Englishman. Heath Ledger and Shannyn Sossamon, similarly, give spirited but not completely successful performances in A Knight’s Tale, although Alan Tudyk’s accent is good. Russel Crowe’s is also good in Master And Commander – and he pronounces “Lieutenant” correctly, as “Lef-tenant”, rather than “Loo-tenant”*. I appreciate that some of those mentioned are Australian rather than American, but the point holds.

On the other hand, Dick Van Dyke. No Cockney has ever, or will ever, speak like that. Even “Mockney”, epitomised by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, does not descend to those stygian depths.

* In deference, some proofs that we English are quite, quite mad: Among surnames, Mainwaring is pronounced “Mannering”, Marjoriebanks is pronounced “Marshbanks”, Saint-John is pronounced “Sinjen”, and Featherstonehaugh is pronounced “Fanshaw”. In place names, Leicester is pronounced “Lester”, and Edinburgh is pronounced, approximately, “Edinbra”. And whether you say “Barth” (as I do) or, very approximately, “Baff” for the word Bath is a fairly certain indicator of whether you hail from the south or the north of England…

By: Nigel Depledge

Nigel Depledge — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:45:55 +0000

Sorry – that should be Bridget Jones’s Diary.

By: Nigel Depledge

Nigel Depledge — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:45:30 +0000

Justcorbly – Mike Myers, in the Austin Powers movies, and Renee Zellweger in Bridget Jones’ Diary.

By: justcorbly

justcorbly — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:56:58 +0000

One interesting thing about Ryan’s bionic role was her dead-on American accent. She’s not alone. It seems easy for a British actor to adopt an American accent for work here in the states, but somehow every time I think of an American actor playing British I start to laugh.

Can anyone name an American actor who can fake, or has faked, a British accent (and there are many) well enough to convince British viewers?

By: Melissa Kaercher

Melissa Kaercher — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:33:39 +0000

I’m getting a serious Avengers vibe here. The next Doctor better have a steel-rimmed bowler and a cane, or I’ll be disappointed.

By: GuanoLad

GuanoLad — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:29:17 +0000

She was also in the new BBC series ‘Merlin’ which turned out better than I expected.

I had already guessed Michelle Ryan as the 11th Doctor’s companion, so though I was wrong, I take some comfort in being not quite so wrong as I might have.

By: Naked Bunny with a Whip

Naked Bunny with a Whip — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:44:45 +0000

Ah, so she’s the new Doctor.

Er, no…wait….

By: RL

RL — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:40:38 +0000

Put me down as a fan of the bionic woman show too. Katie Sackoffs character was interesting, too.

By: Nigel Depledge

Nigel Depledge — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:34:13 +0000

I liked Bionic Woman, too. But that doesn’t make me a bad person, right?

Right?