It's just me... wrote:
> Jette wrote:
>> It's just me... wrote:
>> >BTW Jette, where is the actress who plays Gwen
>>> from? Do I detect Scot in her accent? I know they are in Wales and I
>>> can't says I know what a Welsh accent sounds like so it's bugging me.
>>
>>
>> Eve Myles? No, she's Welsh. 100% Welsh as far as I know, born in
>> Ystradgynlais, Wales. She's very well known in Wales for her role in
>> a local long running show "Belonging" - IIRC that's a Welsh language
>> show.
>>
>> Ianto - Gareth David-Lloyd - is also Welsh.
>>
>> Burn Gorman - Owen - on the other hand was actually born in Hollywood,
>> California, USA. To British parents (actors).
>>
>> And off-screen John "Captain Jack" Barrowman speaks with a Scottish
>> accent :-)
>
> Really? I had thought he was American. In all the behind the scenes
> interviews that are shown during commercial breaks on the BBC America
> he seems to be speaking the same.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland, moved to the US when he was 8 years old,
picked up a good American accent as a form of "self defence" against
the local bullies, but as soon as he gets 'home' to his Scottish
relatives the old accent comes back. If you can find the Torchwood
"blooper reel" (it was on YouTube a while ago) you'll hear him - not
surprisingly when he swears, it's pure Scots <g> (and when he's joking
around with the cast).
>Like I said, I don't really know a
> Welsh accent but the character of Gwen seems to have a more distinctive
> way of speaking than the others and at times the way she says things
> sound very Scottish.
She always sounds VERY Welsh to me. Quite like my cousins down in
Cardiff, in fact. Still, the Welsh are also a Celtic race, though the
language is from a different branch of Celtic to Scots or Irish
Gaelic, so maybe that's what you're hearing.
>When James Marsters popped up on the show I
> found it very amusing that he's playing with an American accent on a
> Brit show after playing with a Brit accent on an American show. This
> makes two ex Buffy actors to appear in Who related shows. Perchance
> Russel is a Whedon fan?
I dunno if Russel is a Whedon fan, but apparently James Marsters was
really keen to get a part in Torchwood, so when they wrote that
character, they had him in mind.
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Jette Goldie
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