Ethan Envies British Talent
Hawke reveals he has a lot of opinions on his British counterpartsIt has come to light that Ethan Hawke doesn't like us Brits all too much when he spoke to London's Evening Standard.
It would seem he has taken a dislike to the way fellow Americans readily hail British actors as the best.
"You know, Americans are such Anglophiles," he ranted.
"It just astounds me that for a country so small, the percentage of British actors nominated for the Academy Awards every year is so large."I mean, you guys are abusing us. Americans have this tendency to just lurve British actors and I feel that we don't celebrate our own actors in the same way.
"I mean, Jude Law is one of my favourite actors and I love Ewan McGregor too, but it does amaze me that American directors think they're soooo wonderful that none of us Yanks can compete."
The star of Dead Poets Society also confessed to another thing that gets on his nerves: "I tell you what really bugs me is when they get English actors to put on American accents."
This comment came across as slightly more poignant as he backed up his argument with examples: "Jude right now is doing a film where he's playing a guy in the Civil War (Cold Mountain). What the hell does Jude Law know about the Civil War?
"They've got a British director (Anthony Minghella), Jude Law and Nicole Kidman - an Aussie - doing a film about the Civil War and you think to yourself, give me a break! You've got Mel Gibson in The Patriot and it's like what?! Go do Gallipoli again, please.
"Whenever I get offered a part that has me speaking with an English accent, I say, 'Go and hire Jude!'"
