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Ello Sailor wrote:I had no idea that Idris was a pom when I first watched The Wire. It's actually super noticable in certain scenes if you listen for it, though.

Still, he did a great job. Convincing accents must be the hardest thing in acting.
A Pom?
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wease wrote:
Ello Sailor wrote:I had no idea that Idris was a pom when I first watched The Wire. It's actually super noticable in certain scenes if you listen for it, though.

Still, he did a great job. Convincing accents must be the hardest thing in acting.
A Pom?
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epilogue wrote:
wease wrote:
Ello Sailor wrote:I had no idea that Idris was a pom when I first watched The Wire. It's actually super noticable in certain scenes if you listen for it, though.

Still, he did a great job. Convincing accents must be the hardest thing in acting.
A Pom?
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Never heard of that before. Wonder where that came from.
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wease wrote:
epilogue wrote:
wease wrote:
Ello Sailor wrote:I had no idea that Idris was a pom when I first watched The Wire. It's actually super noticable in certain scenes if you listen for it, though.

Still, he did a great job. Convincing accents must be the hardest thing in acting.
A Pom?
An English person
Never heard of that before. Wonder where that came from.
English people come from England, Wease
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epilogue wrote:
wease wrote:
Ello Sailor wrote:I had no idea that Idris was a pom when I first watched The Wire. It's actually super noticable in certain scenes if you listen for it, though.

Still, he did a great job. Convincing accents must be the hardest thing in acting.
A Pom?
An English person
Have you ever been tasked with taking on an accent? Is it as tough as it sounds?
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Ello Sailor wrote:
epilogue wrote:
wease wrote:
Ello Sailor wrote:I had no idea that Idris was a pom when I first watched The Wire. It's actually super noticable in certain scenes if you listen for it, though.

Still, he did a great job. Convincing accents must be the hardest thing in acting.
A Pom?
An English person
Have you ever been tasked with taking on an accent? Is it as tough as it sounds?
Yes and yes. It's extremely difficult. And Idris is a boss.
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I could definitely hear the cracks in his accent, but bad accents in movies/tv rarely bother me. People fixate on that too much.
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BurtReynolds wrote:I could definitely hear the cracks in his accent, but bad accents in movies/tv rarely bother me. People fixate on that too much.
Agreed.
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Jorge wrote:
wease wrote:
epilogue wrote:
wease wrote:
Ello Sailor wrote:I had no idea that Idris was a pom when I first watched The Wire. It's actually super noticable in certain scenes if you listen for it, though.

Still, he did a great job. Convincing accents must be the hardest thing in acting.
A Pom?
An English person
Never heard of that before. Wonder where that came from.
English people come from England, Wease
That can’t be right.
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spike wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:I could definitely hear the cracks in his accent, but bad accents in movies/tv rarely bother me. People fixate on that too much.
Agreed.
Well sorry for touching on it *checks notes* Burt and Spike, RM's proudest NPCs.
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Ello Sailor wrote:I had no idea that Idris was a pom when I first watched The Wire.
I originally read this as "was in porn"
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Ello Sailor wrote:
spike wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:I could definitely hear the cracks in his accent, but bad accents in movies/tv rarely bother me. People fixate on that too much.
Agreed.
Well sorry for touching on it *checks notes* Burt and Spike, RM's proudest NPCs.
what are you getting fired up about now
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spike wrote:
Ello Sailor wrote:
spike wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:I could definitely hear the cracks in his accent, but bad accents in movies/tv rarely bother me. People fixate on that too much.
Agreed.
Well sorry for touching on it *checks notes* Burt and Spike, RM's proudest NPCs.
what are you getting fired up about now
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anybody want to create a broadway play version of the wire with me?
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I could see Omar's story translating pretty well to the stage.
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okay you can play him
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mickey will play both dukie and snot boogie
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:lol:

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The Prime Time Emmys are tonight.
This legit used to be my favorite awards show but now there’s too many platforms, much less series, to keep up with.
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Biff Pocoroba wrote:The Prime Time Emmys are tonight.
This legit used to be my favorite awards show but now there’s too many platforms, much less series, to keep up with.
i might tune in for a bit to see ted lasso clean up and then get back to the chiefs game
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