Your stock is rising Aussies! From pitchmen on TV to naturalists who tried to feed his kids to alligators to "great" steak houses to purveyors of fine hair products. Australia seems to be in vogue right now, and we have a slew of new-ish Australian actors who are flooding our big screens to show for it! Joining Nicole Kidman (not new) and Mel Gibson (not new) are new-to-semi-new actors: Eric Bana, Sam Worthington, Heath Ledger, Portia de Rossi. I'm sure there are more that I've missed. It must be the accent! ~String
Lots of Aussies manage to hide behind a reasonable American accent, too. Another one is Anthony LaPaglia, lead in Without a Trace.
How about Hugh Jackman, Russel Crowe [originally from New Zealand], Anna Torv, Yvonne Strzechowski, Poppy Montgomery [also in Without a Trace, she's the blond] and Toni Collette?
Guy Pierce, Gigi Edgely, Claudia Black, Wayne Pygram, Anthony Simcoe. Not gonna see much Heath Ledger any more though. Er, Kylie. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Gah! Bryan Brown also, of course. Excellent actor.
Barry Otto, Geoffrey Rush, Miranda Otto, Vince Colossimo, Magda Szubanski, Kerry Armstrong, There are more...
There is a scene in F/X where they show him from the back, he's at a particularly good angle in that scene and you can see the perfect line of his nude back, its symmetrically and artistically perfect its the kind of pose that has you reaching for a charcoal stick.
Ah, Sir Les Patterson. The man who did to the Anglo-Australian relationship what napalm did for shrubbery. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
You can add Tom Hardy to the list also. He's been cast to replace Mel Gibson in the upcoming Mad Max sequel(which is a terrible move by the way). What intrigues me is hearing guys like Eric Bana during interviews talking in a deep Australian accent. It's astounding that he sounds so authentically American in his movies.
Frakk! and I forgot one of my ALL TIME faves: Cate Blanchett. Damn. Now that I think of it, there's a full on invasion going on. Why weren't we allerted? But really, pound for pound, I think Aussies punch higher above their weight in Hollywood than Canadians and Brits. Seriously, is there a strong art culture down-under? How'd I miss Jackman, Crow and Torv (I LOVE Fringe). Damn, Rush is from Oz too? The "v" shape. Plus, seeing some muscles helps. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! ~String
Pish posh. My favorite actor of all actors throughout history! She's from ENGLAND, my good friend. ~String
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You mean Judi Dench :bugeye: She's British http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judi_Dench#Personal_life Mine too. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! No thats not it.
