Brit Reacts to 10 Brits Who Tricked America with Their Fake Accents

[@thelastofthemachines]

Hugh Laurie is bar none the best American accent I've ever heard from a British citizen. Loved House! Hugh is amazing! ❤

[@LazlowOut]

All the House series he is really playing the instruments, he’s a talented musician. Has his own band. Look up Hugh Laurie Saint James Infirmary.

[@thelastofthemachines]

@ Knew about that but for anyone who doesn't know, check Hugh's talents out! He is the first crush many of us had on a British citizen, not because of his British accent, but because of his American one. lol

[@pigs18]

Jesse Spencer (Chase) is Australian. He uses his real speaking voice once on House when Chase speaks with a "fake" accent to try to win a bet (that women in a speed dating session weren't just into looks).

[@martymar1964]

his work in Blackadder is brilliant.

[@MsAubrey]

Love Hugh Laurie!

[@santinau1012]

"I don't like it." Actually made me do a snort laugh. LOL

[@tintinismybelgian]

Do you think it's the rhotic/non-rhotic quality between the two accents that makes him prefer the North American accent?

[@tonyg490]

I was shocked when I first found out Hugh Laurie was English. His American accent is so good and his real accent is very English sounding.

[@arsenalfan9892]

Watch the Young Ones....the Bambi episode (university challenge)...He plays Lord Monty. Emma Thompson n Stephen Fry are in it too. One of my favorite episodes.....Rah rah rah, we're gonna smash the oinks!

[@valeriecharboneau308]

Hugh Laurie was the most jarring for certain, after watching years of House.

[@rosyellis14]

the name hugh laurie is extremely english to me

[@Laura-o2z6x]

I LOVE HIM & SO MISS HOUSE!!!

[@Rhaenarys]

I didnt figure it out until a few years when I saw Black Adder, and i was watching that for Rowan Atkinson, so took me a minute to even realize Laurie was there lol. Very funny, and wish we had easier access to the BBC in the states.

[@keithwillenson8314]

Renée Zellweger was in Bridget Jones's Diary with Hugh Grant and Colin Firth. They were all shocked after the filming was over and Renée suddenly started speaking in her normal Southern USA accent.

[@ZestonN]

Tom Hardy's American Accent is so good, It makes his Natural British Accent sound fake. 😂

[@Emma88178]

I'd like to hear him try other American accents

[@cmqguy]

When I learned he was British I was shocked. I’ve listened to some of his videos where he’s speaking British English since then. He especially does a good job hiding his British Accent in Lawless and Warrior let alone in his Venom movies.

[@cmqguy]

@@Emma88178I think he did in Lawless as it was very Southern.

[@pacmon5285]

Nobody is fooled by Benedict Cumberbatch - but that's because he's got a name that's so *obviously* British.

[@LadyBeyondTheWall]

Lol, kind of like Andrew Lincoln's real last name! "Andrew James Clutterbuck" just.. sounds British to me. 🤔

[@lindae9875]

well i love cumberbatch as sherlock and that guy who played watson, They tried American accents in some other bits, had a lot of holes in it. I used to like House, but if he used his higher English accent, his character would have been more clownish. Cary Grant was one of my favorites, and back in those days, all the actors were training to speak in NE accents that were a bit British, they were used for characters that were more high class.

[@mortimerbrewster3671]

Cumberbatch has a good American accent but some words he hasn't perfected and you can still hear the British lilt.

[@teresavandal4973]

@@pacmon5285 YEAH, but he DOES play mean and vicious BRILLIANTLY!! He so gets into the character. In the behind the scenes videos of "The Hobbit", they said when he was doing Smaug, He actually did crawl on the floor like he thought a dragon would! Then in the Star Trek remake, when he played Khan, the fight with Spock was amazing! Sorry Mr. Montalban! LOL

[@kohakuaiko]

At best, Cumberbatch comes across as someone who went to boarding school in the UK when he does a new American accent. Hiddleston does a better American accent. It's a near perfect Missouri-Ozarks accent. Unfortunately, he was supposed to be doing an Alabama accent at the time. (as Hank Williams Sr in I Saw the Light).

[@amandamiddleton4445]

I love watching British shows! I've gotten to the point where I forget they even have an accent because I watch them so much. Daniel Day-Lewis is amazing, definitely check out Last of the Mohicans.

[@katherinehamilton2147]

I'm with you! I switched to British shows for the most part several years ago and haven't looked back!

[@BeachyD]

I love them, too! I had BritBox for a while but let it lapse, but it's tempting to subscribe to it again.

[@teresavandal4973]

@@amandamiddleton4445 OH I LOVE Last of the Mohicans!!

[@yves2016]

So interesting, as a Brit, I watch so much American content that I don’t notice the accent but when I watch British TV it takes me a minute to adjust to the British accent. My accent is soooo London so I makes it en funnier

[@hiheeledsneakers]

Ive lived in Georgia over 60 years. Hearing Andrew Lincoln speak with a British accent blew my mind. He sounded so American and southern too.

[@alexandradeheus]

Hugh Laurie Played doctor House in an American top rated show for years, very beloved.

[@suerogerts4330]

Hugh Laurie was first seen in black adder all series with rowan Atkinson was one half of the comedy duo fry and Laurie I mean how old are you ten that you don't know this there's no one on this list that I didn't know were brits come on own up you knew and it's a shame you're not at all proud of our British acters for they're talent and prefer the telentless yanks😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@heyzooz]

Gary Oldman too. Threw me for a loop when I heard his real voice 😳😳

[@lizthedisjointedzebra692]

Omg, Gary Oldman is one of the most talented actors in Hollywood. He is SUCH a chameleon. I already liked him, but then after seeing Leon the Professional, I was just blown away. I LOATHED him, well, his character. He is just fantastic.

[@Gemma_626]

He's absolutely amazing, love him

[@teeemkay]

Love Gary, but he kept slipping into his British accent in Mank and it was driving me crazy.

[@lostmyshoe2294]

I’ve loved British television since I was in grade school watching it on PBS. I love the various British accents. I love yours 🥰

[@mortimerbrewster3671]

I love British TV shows. I only have two streaming channels now and they are both British/Australian/New Zealand/Canadian shows.

[@SherylMcCallister]

RADA and LAMDA do a lot vocal course work that US programs. There are a lot different Brit accents.

[@kellyeidson9161]

I met Millie Bobby Brown. I was shocked when she spoke in a British accent.

[@F1Swiftie]

I just had a similar comment about watching PBS when I was a kid that probably sparked that interest. :)

[@srowe1528]

❤❤❤

[@NanaRae2Three]

Ohio here and I subscribe to BritBox and Acorn TV. I love British shows! I rarely watch American shows.

[@juliebarlow9548]

Same here! 😂❤

[@lk_c7214]

Ditto with the BRITBOX and Acorn; I prefer British Mystery shows.

[@oltedders]

James McAvoy does a believable American accent as well as a standard TV news British accent. (Mid Atlantic) I was shocked when I recently heard him speaking in his native Scottish brogue.

[@ICEcoleman2k]

I believe my introduction to James was Wanted, so yeah my mind was blown when I heard him speak in interviews for the movie.

[@lizthedisjointedzebra692]

I first saw him in Children of Dune hahahah. Yes, I am a geek. But he is seriously one of my favorite actors(along with Gary Oldman). He can do a FLAWLESS American accent, and always just immerses himself in each role, I freaking love him.

[@NathanMN]

Daniel Day Lewis is one of the best actors ever. He immerses himself into whatever character he plays, even between takes, and outside filming.

[@annettelocke345]

I'm American, and I love British movies and TV shows.

[@ajlynch5235]

I kinda hate that the season usually is only 6 episodes though

[@emjai2122]

Lucy Lawless (New Zealander) had a near perfect American accent during her Xena Warrior Princess days.

[@xkindredxsoulsxxx4195]

I mean it's all right, but you can still hear the New Zealand accent so it's not flawless or anything. I think people being less aware of New Zealand accents in America actually really helped it pass as well as it did. That and the show was filmed in New Zealand so a lot of the extras had that same accent peeping through so it all felt natural. I believe her American accent is pretty flawless now though. As of the last I heard it that is.

[@markbrown3374]

Love Monty Python,Benny Hill,Are You Being Served,Faulty Towers and a few other British Shows

[@user-tm4my4jb6d]

The jeeves stories when he was young.

[@becorations1]

I heard the mix with Bale, also! Almost like an east coast and British accent. Hugh Laurie did his Brit accent in a mocking moment on House, and it cracked me up.

[@F1Swiftie]

If you haven’t, check out Christian Bale in Ford v Ferrari. Uses his real accent for that one.

[@debbiemusselwhite752]

I love watching a sitcom back in the 70's called "Are you being served". It's a british sitcom about a department store. The store is called Grace brothers and i can still watch it on KZbin.

[@jessssayin6850]

YES!! I watched Are You Being Served on pbs when I was younger I loved it

[@MamaSally79]

I have it on DVD! Got hooked on reruns of it as a kid at like 1 o'clock in the morning 😂😂😂. Have loved British Comedy since.

[@tlyoung1420]

Love it

[@badkitty4922]

Love that show, too!❤❤❤

[@jennifersnyder1405]

I loved Are You Being Served Again

[@jno99]

13:31 I agree. Christian Bale has a mixed accent. My MIL has been in US for 50+ years from Oxfordshire. She has a mixed or “watered down” accent. She’s told she has an American accent when she’s in the UK.

[@t2j0h09]

He kinda sounded like he was from Boston.

[@simplyrowen]

I had a neighbor like that in FL. He says everyone back home said he sounded American, but to me he still sounded British. Perhaps his accent had just watered down to them, but by no means did he sound American yet. And much like Millie Bobby Brown, I have a mixed accent, was born in another country and raised in both the US and overseas. But I also speak 2 languages. And I feel like the one I speak the most, affects the other. So everyone in the US hears something different, depending on their own ear for accents or depending which language I’ve been using more. Fascinating this whole accent + perspective thing.

[@kellydavidson3379]

The Welsh actor Matthew Rhys' American accent is my favorite. Watching a Welshman play a Russian who is impersonating an American (The Americans) was really something. Hugh Laurie's accent is also very impressive.

[@pacmon5285]

I LOVE Scottish, British and Irish accents. Edit: Have to admit I've been fooled by a few British actors with their accents.

[@jackcarter5101]

Scottish accents ARE British accents because Scotland is part of Britain

[@ChaquetaB]

I generally can't understand thick Scottish accents. (I don't recognize it as English). I like British and Irish accents.

[@ajlynch5235]

colin farrel does an amazing job covering up his irish accent in the penguin

[@Our_Darkest_Knight]

13:50 - HUGH LAURIE - I think the earliest English shows I've seen him in are Black Adder and The Fry and Laurie show. I watched those on PBS late night, here in the states. I had the entire Black Adder series on VHS once, long lost to a million moves. LOL! Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie really made me chuckle.

[@ohmightywez]

First time I saw Hugh Laurie was with Steven Fry in PBS Mystery Theater as Bertie Wooster and his butler, Jeeves. He was ridiculously funny, and got to show off his piano playing skills quite often.

[@Persewna4]

I remember Hugh Laurie from the live action 101 Dalmatians movies with Glenn Close; he and the actor who plays Arthur Weasley in Harry Potter were Cruella's henchmen. So when I saw him later in House, I already knew he was British from those films and was not fooled.

[@GemmaleeDee]

Fry and Laurie together are gold.. so great...

[@teerat8451]

Many Brits using an American accent go towards a southern accent first. I think a bit of a drawl fits a natural British accent better than our other accents. My British accent sounds like the royal family grew up in the ghetto.😂😂

[@brettmuir5679]

Came here to say what you did. Beat me to it. L3WG.....peace!!!!!!!

[@kyrataylor2035]

I saw a documentary-type show decades ago explaining that the English cockney accent basically IS the same as our southern drawl. She said cockney is a quicker-paced, sharper sound and just by slowing down that speech pattern, you get a pretty good start on the southern drawl.

[@grantdillon3420]

​@benjaminmorris4962It also sounds quite a lot like the stereotypical "pirate" accent

[@lizthedisjointedzebra692]

Allegedly, today's southern accent sounds similar to what British accents sounded like during the colonies

[@DaveBjornRapp]

"Bro, I don't like it." haha I do watch some British TV - and since the grass is always greener - I prefer a British accent to an American one.

[@clotho98]

Hugh Laurie was famous in Britain from "A Bit of Fry and Laurie". Episodes are available on KZbin.

[@TheWayno71]

Also, Laurie was with Rowan Atkinson in the show Black Adder.

[@TheyCallMeMr.Fahrenheit]

Don't forget Jeeves and Wooster.....

[@barbarajungbauer7000]

Love, love, love, A Bit of Fry and Laurie

[@starchunkss]

British actors are really good at mimicking American accents but unfortunately, we Americans suck at doing British accents. Haha!

[@jack-of-all-trades1234]

Have you heard Alex Jones do his British accent when interviewed by Piers Morgan? It was amazing.

[@janetwatson7966]

Speak for yourself

[@CHARLAAYYY]

Says you

[@starparodier91]

I have a degree in linguistics and have been asked to be on set a few times for QA. It comes more naturally to some but with some practice and a good dialect coach- it’s not that difficult. 😊

[@alb91878]

This is so spot on! Every once in awhile I'll hear someone do a decent British accent but that's rare.😂

[@davidbryan4732]

Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind where she did a perfect southern bell accent

[@DebraHarter]

I moved to the south 20 years ago and my native southern friends make fun of her “southern “ accent. Being raised in California I thought she did a good job too till they set me straight!

[@Onepinkflamingo]

My favorite show ever is Keeping Up Appearances. I was shocked how well House had me fooled even though I knew he was British. By the end, I'd forgotten and decided he is American! 😂

[@bear4muscledfw]

Keeping Up Appearances is great. I also liked Are You Being Served and Fawlty Towers.

[@ordinarynocturne]

It's pronounced BOO-KAY! My parents love that show. My dad says Onslow is his favorite, though IRL he's more like a Richard. (Yes my mother can be like Hyacinth, no she doesn't realize it which makes it funnier.)

[@FourFish47]

I can only imagine what it's like for a Brit to grow up watching American movies, then be in one as an adult. ❤

[@JBone22931]

Your reaction to Bale speaking in his native accent was priceless, lol.😅

[@teresavandal4973]

Christian Bale is a definite SHOCK!! Seriously though; Hugh Laurie did the Emma Thompson version of "Sense and Sensibility" with a British Accent.... so when he did HOUSE with an American accent...My first words were "Dude, damn you are GOOD!" Oh and I ADORE British shows... though I usually watch mysteries... "Vera", "Madame Volpe", "Silent Witness", "Midsomer Murders".... etc....IN FACT I'M GOING THROUGH WITHDRAWAL RIGHT NOW WAITING!!!!

[@ruthsaunders9507]

I grew up watching Empire Of The Sun so we always knew he was British. Can't remember if he had an accent in Little Women or not.

[@Persewna4]

Ooh that's right I forgot he was in Sense and Sensibility. I remember seeing him first in the 101 Dalmatians movies so I had a similar reaction seeing him in House, knowing it wasn't his native accent.

[@teresavandal4973]

@@ruthsaunders9507 He had a "proper" New England accent in Little Women...

[@lisainthecold4287]

Andrew Lincoln playing southern sheriff Rick Grimes on THe Walking Dead is the best!! It's my favorite show ever, he's sexy, and his Georgia American accent was awesome imo. ❤️🧟‍♀️

[@YetiUprising]

Andrew Lincoln on TWD was a big one that got me

[@nancyt2848]

I love watching British comedies. They have such a unique humor that I just love.

[@marieneu264]

The main character from All American is British and I about died when I saw an interview where he didn’t have an American accent. I was SHOCKED!!! Love him!

[@srowe1528]

Omg... I love him! He used his real accent in Discovery of Witches. 😏❤

[@jack-of-all-trades1234]

Kelly Reilly who plays Beth on Yellowstone really surprised me when I first heard her real voice.

[@TexArizocan]

She's British??? Oh damn. Never would've guessed that

[@Violet-du9bk]

She’s so good as Beth!

[@jack-of-all-trades1234]

​@@TexArizocan Yup, she apparently initially kept it a secret from many people on the set.

[@ruthsaunders9507]

She confused me. I'd seen her in several British mysteries and Period Pieces but couldn't place her when watching Yellowstone.

[@rationalcynic8416]

She is amazing. She mastered the art of the occasional "rural" or "country" accent that comes out when you're angry and from a rural area that is not in the South or in the Northeast. I'm from the Midwest, and my brother in law says my "rural" drawl only comes out when I'm angry.

[@tonyg490]

You don't even have to hear Benedict Cumberbatch speak to know he's English. It's the most English sounding name I've ever heard. 😂

[@jryan9547]

The only thing that could make that name more British is to throw "Nigel" in there somewhere.

[@hannakinn]

I couldn't believe when I saw the actor from House, Hugh Lore, and realized his American accent was not his natural accent, his American accent was so perfect. It has always amazed and baffled me that so many English singers sing with no English accent at all and to my American ears sound American. I don't think they train for that it just happens, right? I wonder why that is.

[@marydavis5234]

Hugh Laurie

[@makapan1]

Woah..what the hell? .I had no idea most of these actors were British. You gotta admit, UK keeps turning excellent actors, year after year decade after decade, and to answer your question, Americans cannot get enough of British shows, there just not enough of British content available. I think it all started with Monty Python. We've been hooked ever since!

[@cyn37211]

I knew Hugh Laurie was British. I watched Black Adder

[@melanie62954]

Americans have been Anglophones much longer than Monty Python. Haha. It goes back at least to British writers like Charles Dickens being published in the US in the 19th century. American audiences couldn’t get enough of it!

[@makapan1]

@@melanie62954 Good to know!

[@rebeccawoods5119]

I love watching Masterpiece Theater on PSB.Every story they do has British actors and I love their accents. ❤ Call the midwife is one of my favorite shows.

[@oltedders]

The Georgia accent is the most difficult Southern accent to mimic.

[@Voo504Doo]

idk bro, real coonass cajun is hard because its not just creole with french like haiti, its a unique language with unique words lol.

[@oltedders]

@@Voo504Doo It's a separate language, not just an accent.

[@danieltroymont211]

When the untrained Brit, Australian or other nationals try and mimic any Southern accent, I find them so far off base. There is more to a Southern Lilt than incorrectly saying “you all” to a single individual!

[@mjkag1127]

I lived in a small farming town in Georgia and saw nothing consistent in accents to call a specific dialect a Georgia accent. Speach varied greatly from person to person.

[@jordanparker5949]

@@mjkag1127 I agree, I have a southern accent, but when I hear people from the deep south, it makes me laugh.

[@DrNordo]

I don't watch much British tv but what I've seen i love. The Office, Red Dwarf, Faulty Towers, Luther, Broadchurch, and a few others.

[@ChristysChannelYall]

I’m southern American. I can’t mimic any other accents and I absolutely butcher other languages that I’ve tried learning. To answer your question, I love hearing British accents. Y’all sound so much more elegant than we do.

[@richardlukesh5807]

Someone once joked that whenever Americans imagine ancient Greece/Rome, they imagine them being spoken BRITISH ACCENTS. Due to movies. LOL!

[@inquisitive6786]

Whoever said that must be so fucking dumb

[@kathleenwebb6301]

Love British TV! Especially the older comedies: Absolutely Fabulous...Are you Being Served😅🤣😂

[@gxa6058]

I knew hugh laurie from english roles before he played house. I remember watching house and thinking, that’s one of the thugs Cruella hired in the live action 101 Dalmations. But he’s made me a fan over the years, I even bought some albums he’s done. Yes, he sings too.

[@shelbybutler9714]

I had no idea Hugh Laurie was British. His accent is spot on! Christian Bale was another one that surprised me. I love Idris Elba's British accent; his voice IS hot hot hot.

[@MAGGOT_VOMIT]

Yo Bro, Tom Hardy has played some wonderful roles like "Bane" in Batman, but many people don't realize he played "John S. Fitzgerald", the man who was hunting Leonardo Dicaprio in "The Revenant".

[@ncgirl122]

i loved his scenes on Peaky Blinders too!

[@tararussell7651]

I love the scene in The Wire where Dominic West, a British actor, is playing an American detective who puts on a terrible British accent.

[@bryansproles2879]

I was a massive House fan as soon as I saw the first couple of episodes, and although I DID watch several BBC shows growing up, like Benny Hill, Fawlty Towers, Monty Python, Keeping Up Appearances, etc, I somehow missed Blackadder and A Bit of Fry and Laurie, so I never knew who he was until I saw House, and just assumed he was American. First time I heard him speak with a British accent, it just floored me.

[@terridostal1348]

Cary Elwes was one i had to Google to fing out if he was british or american. If you haven't watched Glory you should. I love british shows especially your mysteries. Love Simon Peg. Sometimes we have to turn on the CC to catch every word

[@teeemkay]

Cary was so obviously British because of Princess Bride and Men in Tights! I know he's played American quite a lot, but I can never picture him as one no matter how good his accent is.

[@sergioandrade8735]

I'm older than you so I saw Hugh Laurie as Bertie Wooster, there's an uperclass British stock character that in the U.S. we call "the silly-ass Englishman" Laurie spent a lot of his earlier carrer playing those type of characters in the Blackadder series and Jeeves and Wooster.

[@tabithastoll247]

I absolutely love Jeeves and Wooster! ❤

[@AliciaHudson-ui6dh]

The UK's The Office, The Misfits, The Young Ones, Skins, The Great British Baking Show, Sex Education, Baby Reindeer and Alan Partridge are all British shows I love.

[@gotham61]

Check out Christian Bale with an English accent back when he was a child actor in Empire Of The Sun.

[@Ruleof2Review]

Andrew Lincoln blew my MIND! His performance as Rick is legendary. Top 5 all time acting performance…and he’s British!!!! 🤯🤯🤯

[@brookeelzowry]

Oliver Stark (9-1-1 TV series) is a great example....and definitely Colin Farrell... especially his role in The Penguin

[@Sebast.chan666]

Hugh Laurie.. in Blackadder with Rowan Atkinson…… must see.. best british comedy content. Also Fry and Laurie… with Stephen Fry…. Absolute British Classics. From the 80’s Also tony robinson as Baldrik in blackadder.. you have to watch it

[@ronsaunchegrow7418]

That is cool, you are Lou Grant. Like on the Mary Tyler Moore show. Kinda nice that British prefer American accents and Americans love British accents (obviously being very over generalized). We love you like a brother L3W, actually I would trade my brother for you in a second, keep giving us the great reaction content.

[@MelissaCWilliams1]

Interesting that you watch American TV. I spend most of my time watching British TV on Acorn and BritBox!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Matthew Rhys was the actor that blew me away when I found out he was a Brit!!!!🤯

[@tinaboyd7574]

Daniel Day Lewis, Last of the Mohicans, Gangs of New York, Lincoln, There will be Blood...so awesome!

[@Free2b56]

My favorite part of YOUR accent is how you manage to make the word "button" one syllable.

[@kyrataylor2035]

😂 Yes, indeed. When he says 'button' I hear 'bu-un.'

[@Free2b56]

@@kyrataylor2035 it makes me laugh every time even though of course I know it's coming.

[@SwarmerGaming]

And somewhow girl is two 😂, i love how he says it.

[@jordanparker5949]

@@kyrataylor2035 He doesn't like "t's".

[@tamelakoboldyoder356]

I LOVE British accents!!! I could listen to you talk all day 🥰

[@babalugats3540]

Damien Lewis is the one that slays me.

[@rapodejko]

Bro I love band of brothers. Then I heard him talk in the interviews on the DVD. That f**ckes me up. Actually most of the actors from BoB are British

[@NathanMN]

@@rapodejko Don't forget his series, Life. It was a good show and another great performance by Lewis. I didn't know he was British until after seeing Band of Brothers and Life. Surprised me with his native accent in an interview I watched.

[@rapodejko]

@@NathanMN I'm not attached to this car.... I'm pretty attached to this car lol. Great show. Too bad the writers strike killed it.

[@rapodejko]

@@NathanMN dreamcatcher was another good one. Didn't even realize that duddits was Donnie Wahlberg until the end credits

[@NathanMN]

@@rapodejko I actually think Life was about the perfect length; 2 seasons and done. Too many shows go on too long and the writers either run out of ideas or go on ridiculous tangents. Sometimes they course correct, e.g. Smallville after the horrible season 4, but others just go off into the ditch, e.g. Game of Thrones.

[@cynthiafarrington5188]

I loved the tv show House and was so surprised when I learned that Hugh Laurey was British. He does the American accent so well.

[@beesnort3163]

British accent is so so beautiful imo! I think American accent is much easier to do. Idris is my dream man! 😍

[@jack-of-all-trades1234]

There are many American accents. Some are very difficult.

[@beesnort3163]

@@jack-of-all-trades1234 true. What I meant was a lot of American actors seem to struggle doing a good British accent. But yes many many difficult ones for sure!

[@crystalmichaud3716]

I love watching British TV. My favorite growing up was "Keeping up with Appearances".

[@IreneStrong-s1x]

Love the British accent and all British shows and movies. This list are all exceptionally fine actors.

[@pinjam100]

Love classic British comedy. Played it on our local tv channels in the 70's and still goes on. Benny Hill Monty Python, Mr Bean etc...

[@stephaniemccarthy1676]

I like so many British shows Benny Hill, Monty Python, Absolutely Fabulous, As time goes by, Midsummer Msteries, Keeping up Appearances, the list goes on.

[@britt1784]

I started out with British Comedy as a kid. I loved Keeping up Appearances, Faulty Towers, Chef, Thin Blue Line, The Vicar of Dibley! But my all time favorites were Are you Being Served, and Mr. Bean! They were all so funny 😅

[@jryan9547]

I have ab fab on dvds :)

[@ninamravlja3632]

lol, Hugh Laurie! The first time I saw him was a small but memorable part on Friends, where he was a snippy Brit dressing down Rachel on a plane. I LOVED him! Then when House started, I was so excited, imagining him as the same snippy Brit. I could not get past the American accent and just never got into the show. 😁

[@evansjessicae]

Anytime I've watched a British show or movie, I've needed subtitles. 😂

[@BeachyD]

The only one I've needed subtitles for was "Shetland" but after a few episode I found that I got the hang of it and didn't need them anymore.

[@Sobergirl_]

15:01 Hugh Laurie was using his British accent when he was on the plane with Rachel when she was trying to get to Ross in Friends. It blew me away when I realized that was House and he was British.

[@NinaBee21]

Don’t change your accent us Americans love the British accent! I’m from the South so I have the Southern one.

[@solar._.dragons224]

SAMEEEEEEEE im from the south to, and honestly, i love my accent sm and its funny sometimes, and i always challenge myself to speak in a casual american accent and i just cant and its hilarious- 🤣💀 (im also half British)

[@Corsina]

A Bit of Fry and Laurie (Stephen and Hugh) is a fantastic variety show. Look up Hugh singing the song Mystery from the pilot. ROFL He was also part of Black Adder. Love British humor!!

[@thisblackgirloverhere9013]

We already knew that the British ones were British. They do interviews. They didn’t fool anyone.

[@pacmon5285]

If you don't watch interviews and don't 'follow' celebs, it's easy to be fooled, and plenty of people are.

[@thisblackgirloverhere9013]

@@pacmon5285 Then it shouldn’t matter to them.

[@STateTFA]

American here...I listen to you because of your accent 😊

[@KarenWarren-bu2bv]

I love British comedys. Ive watched them for years.

[@ChefDuJour78]

I loved that show Keeping Up Appearances. The British accent makes it even funnier for us. Because to us, your accent sounds “fancy”-- Do you know the actor Mark Addy? He played King Robert in Game of Thrones. I used to love a sitcom he starred in here in the US called “Still Standing”. I had NO clue he was British. Initially, I thought his British accent of GOT was a fake accent. Nope, he just fooled me. 😂

[@alb91878]

I think it's because you are British and you live in the UK and you hear it all the time whether it's on TV your family or out and about in your everyday life. So no matter what you're always hearing the British accent so you don't understand the beauty of it like a lot of us outside of your country do. You're also fascinated with us culture and movies and a number of other things so I think you may be drawn to our accents because of that. I don't hate our American accents but I really don't think anything of them, but if I hear a European or a Spanish accent or an Asian accent I am tuned in like crazy! Absolutely find them so melodic and beautiful! I also think there are a lot of British comedy shows that I absolutely love and I love how they're able to talk about and do things over there that we can't do here. There are a lot of good series and movies as well. I just love how matter of fact you guys can talk about things on TV without a bunch of religious pretenders clutching their pearls and freaking out.

[@stargazer83l15]

All I can say is it’s simply amazing to me, an American, when an actor or actress (whichever term one prefers) drops their accent for a different one is a huge testament to their effort. I can only imagine how difficult it could be. I’m not just talking about an accent but also various regional dialects, too. I am stunned when the inflections of one’s tone can throw me off from TV or movie to actually hearing their real voice in interviews.

[@SellersChantal]

10:04 We watch shows with British/Australian & New Zealand accents so much my daughter has an accent that is a mix of everything.

[@bleachedbrother]

I hardly ever watch TV, let alone British TV, but when I do, I like "Doc Martin."

[@joannalynn3848]

I loved Hugh Laurie in Black Adder. I’m American and a big fan of British comedies

[@mattkevlarlarock5469]

I still find it strange when Tom Holland speaks in his native accent, because his American English as Spider-Man is so good. The person that really surprised me was from BSG, Apollo. Jamie Bamber.

[@iChristyD]

I prefer a lot of British shows over American ones, especially if it’s an original British show & gets remade here in the states.

[@LochAndLoad95]

Laura Fraser, who plays Lydia in Breaking Bad, has a heavy Scottish accent irl. It was so crazy hearing it for the first time because her American accent is so flawless

[@Jinty92]

Laura is from Glasgow, which can have a thick accent. I live 20 miles away so not quite as thick.

[@peggykunkel9180]

The Walking Dead has many actors that are from the UK and Australia. The one that still surprises me is Lennie James who plays Morgan Jones. Andrew Lincoln is famous for not being able to say Carl in an American accent. It surprised many Americans that Charlie Hunnam from Sons of Anarchy is English.

[@ZeroTolerance-tk9ce]

He said " Coral"

[@carrot1977]

​@ZeroTolerance-tk9ce there are a lot of Southerners that say Carl like that

[@karenhatwood3381]

Don't change! I love the British accent. I have watched British shows since I was a child. Benny Hill was everything when I was small. I never missed Downton Abby, Luther and almost lost my lunch watching Mrs Brown's Boys.

[@Arlene-j3n]

When Hugh L was a young actor he worked with Stephen Fry in 'Geeves and Wooster', an English comedy.

[@joiedevivre2005]

In an Uno Reverse of British & American accents, James Marsters of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" fame, played the British vampire, Spike, with a thick Cockney accent. Marsters is actually from a small town in California & has a drawl that sounds a little like he's from Texas.

[@amandajingleheimerschmidt3050]

And don’t forget that one episode of Buffy where Spike (James) tried to hide his identity from Giles by doing a really bad American accent, just like an unstudied Brit might. That was GENIUS 😂 I was partly fooled because I’d always thought that “Marsters” was a very Old English sounding name!

[@dominicschaeffer909]

Check out Jeeves and Wooster for some early Hugh Laurie… his yank accent is flawless tho.

[@tommytwofingers1123]

I love how the narrator throws out Benedict Cumberbatch like everyone can't tell by the name alone haha

[@QvFaGwVaVaBahHsjw]

There are several good shows from across the pond. Spaced, and Red Dwarf to name two.

[@Sebast.chan666]

Red dwarf has a reboot. I still love cat

[@kiritoshi0]

Bro I'm still Baffled by Hugh Laurie's british accent.

[@lindsayhileman823]

Ohio just moved to Tennessee here. I actually watch more UK and Australian reality TV than American. I also watch a lot of UK shows as I enjoy their banter and their type of comedy.

[@karenbeamish6907]

I LOVE watching British shows and hearing the way you Brits speak! My "Mum" and Dad watched shows on our Public Broadcasting S(?) - PBS and I love the shows "As Time Goes By, "Lord of the Manor" and so many others! I'm 56 and have LOVED watching since probably 1982!!!! Love you L3WG! I miss having my BritBox subscription!!

[@BeachyD]

One they missed, who is also on The Wire, is Dominc West. He did a great job with the Baltimore accent. It was the first thing I ever saw him in and when I realized he was British 🤯

[@sarahs373]

I don't watch a lot of British TV dramas, but I do really like your game shows like Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Taskmaster, QI, and Would I Lie to You 😆They have a much more laid back quality than a lot of our game shows. I have seen a lot of the older shows like Ab Fab, Keeping up Appearances, Fawlty Towers, etc. They used to play on PBS back in the day. Oh, and I guess Doctor Who and Sherlock of course.

[@locustkllr]

As an American, i've got to give it to the UK, they really do produce the best and most legendary actors. At least, since the beginning of Hollywood until now.