HBO The Undoing

[Anonymous]

When they have a character like Haley and the actor can’t get the American accent down, they should just let the (British, I’m assuming?) accent flow freely. We don’t have Haley’s back story, so NBD. An American accent that is constantly breaking into something else steals the focus of the scene.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When they have a character like Haley and the actor can’t get the American accent down, they should just let the (British, I’m assuming?) accent flow freely. We don’t have Haley’s back story, so NBD. An American accent that is constantly breaking into something else steals the focus of the scene.

yes, she is a great actress but I noticed her accent slipping immediately (I am also British). I agree they should just have stuck with the british accent. After all, there are a couple of hundred thousand brits in nyc...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When they have a character like Haley and the actor can’t get the American accent down, they should just let the (British, I’m assuming?) accent flow freely. We don’t have Haley’s back story, so NBD. An American accent that is constantly breaking into something else steals the focus of the scene.

yes, she is a great actress but I noticed her accent slipping immediately (I am also British). I agree they should just have stuck with the british accent. After all, there are a couple of hundred thousand brits in nyc...

I just assume that every actor is British in most premium cable dramas. It's a pretty safe assumption.

[Anonymous]

I was expecting and hoping for a Law & Order: Criminal Intent tale of twists to a slightly unbelievable whodunit. instead we got a predictable standard Law & Order.

I'm not going to make judgements on if it is Nicole K's plastic surgery or her acting ability, but her lack of appropriate physical reaction had me thinking her character was faking (like being terrified at the beach house) and her taking was a plot point. With the ending it really does seem like it was an issue with the actress and hurt the story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When they have a character like Haley and the actor can’t get the American accent down, they should just let the (British, I’m assuming?) accent flow freely. We don’t have Haley’s back story, so NBD. An American accent that is constantly breaking into something else steals the focus of the scene.

yes, she is a great actress but I noticed her accent slipping immediately (I am also British). I agree they should just have stuck with the british accent. After all, there are a couple of hundred thousand brits in nyc...

It didn't bother me as her presence was so commanding.

The child who played Henry is also British. He does a pretty good American accent. After seeing him in Wonder, I was surprised to see him in the Night Manager with his British accent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am clearly the exception and liked it. The whole point was that we saw it from Grace’s perspective and she was willfully blinding herself to what he really was until the murder. It was all about the undoing of her seemingly perfect life. Too many shows go for twisted endings and they make no sense. This one toyed with you but delivered a realistic end.

I enjoyed it as well! I do agree the testimony/heresay issues required us to suspend our disbelief, but other than that I thought this entire series was excellent. The actors were fantastic, and I was fooled by the twist that there was no twist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am clearly the exception and liked it. The whole point was that we saw it from Grace’s perspective and she was willfully blinding herself to what he really was until the murder. It was all about the undoing of her seemingly perfect life. Too many shows go for twisted endings and they make no sense. This one toyed with you but delivered a realistic end.

I enjoyed it as well! I do agree the testimony/heresay issues required us to suspend our disbelief, but other than that I thought this entire series was excellent. The actors were fantastic, and I was fooled by the twist that there was no twist.

Yeah. Haley was to sharp a cookie and phenomenal defense attorney to ever have agreed to let Grace take the stand.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When they have a character like Haley and the actor can’t get the American accent down, they should just let the (British, I’m assuming?) accent flow freely. We don’t have Haley’s back story, so NBD. An American accent that is constantly breaking into something else steals the focus of the scene.

yes, she is a great actress but I noticed her accent slipping immediately (I am also British). I agree they should just have stuck with the british accent. After all, there are a couple of hundred thousand brits in nyc...

It didn't bother me as her presence was so commanding.

The child who played Henry is also British. He does a pretty good American accent. After seeing him in Wonder, I was surprised to see him in the Night Manager with his British accent.

Uh, no. Sean Connery was commanding. Dame Helen Mirren is commanding. Nicole is a stretched out face that registers no emotion. I gave up after episode 3. It was just one six part Law & Order. Waste of time.

[Anonymous]

Hugh Grant. English
Nicole Kidman - Aussie
Donald Sutherland - Canadian
the kid who played Henry - English
The lawyer - English
the prosecution lawyer - Danish

Was there and American actor IN this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When they have a character like Haley and the actor can’t get the American accent down, they should just let the (British, I’m assuming?) accent flow freely. We don’t have Haley’s back story, so NBD. An American accent that is constantly breaking into something else steals the focus of the scene.

yes, she is a great actress but I noticed her accent slipping immediately (I am also British). I agree they should just have stuck with the british accent. After all, there are a couple of hundred thousand brits in nyc...

It didn't bother me as her presence was so commanding.

The child who played Henry is also British. He does a pretty good American accent. After seeing him in Wonder, I was surprised to see him in the Night Manager with his British accent.

Uh, no. Sean Connery was commanding. Dame Helen Mirren is commanding. Nicole is a stretched out face that registers no emotion. I gave up after episode 3. It was just one six part Law & Order. Waste of time.

When I was talking about a commanding presence, wasn't talking about Nicole Kidman, who my husband now refers to as Joker Face. I was talking about the actress who played Haley (Noma Dumezwen).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hugh Grant. English
Nicole Kidman - Aussie
Donald Sutherland - Canadian
the kid who played Henry - English
The lawyer - English
the prosecution lawyer - Danish

Was there and American actor IN this?

Lily Rabe, and I think she's a fantastic actress.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hugh Grant. English
Nicole Kidman - Aussie
Donald Sutherland - Canadian
the kid who played Henry - English
The lawyer - English
the prosecution lawyer - Danish

Was there and American actor IN this?

I thought the same thing.

[Anonymous]

Can we talk about the opening sequence of each episode?? Until the finale, I assumed the young red- headed girl was Grace as a little girl and then they show her in her wedding dress when she married Jonathon. But NOOO... the little girl was Jonathan’s 4 year old sister who died, and he purposely married Grace because she looked like his dead sister with the wavy red hair! What a sociopath!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can we talk about the opening sequence of each episode?? Until the finale, I assumed the young red- headed girl was Grace as a little girl and then they show her in her wedding dress when she married Jonathon. But NOOO... the little girl was Jonathan’s 4 year old sister who died, and he purposely married Grace because she looked like his dead sister with the wavy red hair! What a sociopath!!!

That would seem to argue against his being a sociopath, wouldn’t it? If he’s haunted by the specter of this child and looks for her in a mate? Sociopaths don’t carry any emotional baggage. You can’t have it both ways.

[Anonymous]

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