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We got a lot of people in Hollywood but most of them don't bother to rep for Raleigh/Triangle. Only Peyton Reed really reps for Raleigh.
He directs Marvel's the Ant-Man movie series including the upcoming Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. The safe in the first movie is labeled as made in "Raleigh, NC". The show "The Unicorn" he directs is set in Raleigh.
That's very cool. We went to look at that college last summer, it's a neat place. When did she graduate from AHS? My sister's kids might know her.
2016. She was (of course) always active in the theater program there, so they would know her if they had any connection to that. Then to UNCSA and BAM, first job out of college! It's really mind-blowing and it never happens this way! She was having to do auditions via video, but obviously the fates worked in her favor!
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Congrats! That is so exciting to land a role in such a high profile series.
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WOW! Holy shamoly! She must have some serious chops to get a gig like this! Way to represent!!!
No kidding--and as a FIRST professional job! I can't even believe it myself! There are so many talented people in NY who wait tables etc for 5 years before their big break; she hadn't even moved there yet--did her video auditions from Cary, I think!
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We have a few North Carolinians that are in Hollywood!
"Jill" on the show, Mom, is from Raleigh.
Actually from Kinston, if you mean Jaime Pressley--her dad sold me my last two cars
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The current Batchelor went to Sanderson High School with my daughter!
Very exciting!
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“Ainsley†was Emily Proctor’s character on West Wing before she starred in CSI:Miami. She graduated from Ravenscroft. The Sedaris brother/sister (David and Amy) graduated from Sanderson, and David has written extensively about growing up in Raleigh in the 70s.
Yup--I did catch the Emily Proctor coincidence myself. I was at Ravenscroft the same time both she and Michael C "Dexter" Hall were, but they were 5 and 9 years younger than me. And of course Raleigh loves the Sedarises!
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I’d love if her character would have a southern accent, it would be very cool if she did.
Oh, how I wish! This is a bugaboo of mine, too! But despite growing up in Cary and her parents being natives of NC and OK, I've never heard Ainsely speak with a Southern accent. I guess that's what growing up in Cary in the 2000s does to you LOL! Plus, in live theater, they actively train people to lose their nonstandard accents, which is a shame.
Speaking of Emily Proctor above, I loved it when she had a Southern accent on her shows. I don't expect the same this time, though. You are correct that (almost) the only time characters have Southern accents, they are stereotypical rednecks or religious fundamentalists
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We got a lot of people in Hollywood but most of them don't bother to rep for Raleigh/Triangle. Only Peyton Reed really reps for Raleigh.
He directs Marvel's the Ant-Man movie series including the upcoming Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. The safe in the first movie is labeled as made in "Raleigh, NC". The show "The Unicorn" he directs is set in Raleigh.
Yes, I didn't know about him, myself, until he showed up as one of the speakers at the North Hills time capsule opening in 2017, where he discussed growing up and going to the Cardinal theatre there just like I had. He mentioned Ant-Man at the time (which I've never seen).
Back to the main topic: Law & Order: Organized Crime premieres Thursday, April 1, 10 pm!!
About accents, I think well trained actors should be able to pull off any accent. That's why those British actors are so good at it. They get trained and it shows. I remember reading the Walking Dead fans thought the main guy was "tough 'Murican" like them (if you know the TWD phenomena, you know who the fans are), until he opened his mouth and spoke in British English. There are many American Actors who can do accents, and some who even do brief words, phrases perfectly in foreign languages. I was pleasantly surprised to hear Viggo Mortensen do some eastern European/Slavic languages flawlessly. Then I found out that he is literally a polyglot. I think he is even bilingual in Spanish. I remember watching an Argentine movie where he played the main characters - twin brothers. It was all in Spanish. Surprisingly Tom Cruise usually does a pretty good job with 1-2 words in other languages, he does break down a little (doesn't sound native) when he does a whole sentence. But, he seems like a super intense guy, I can see him like practicing with a language tutor million times.
Talking about NC and movies, I re-watched Stranger Things recently, and it was fun to hear all the Durham references, such as Enzo's, Cornwallis and Erwin, Eno River, etc. I thought it was pretty cool.
About accents, I think well trained actors should be able to pull off any accent. That's why those British actors are so good at it. They get trained and it shows.
There's a difference between learning an accent for a role (as you cite) and using one's native accent if it's nonstandard, when playing an American. There is no reason that characters on a show like "Law & Order" couldn't come from any part of the US and have the accent they grew up with, but most TV shows or movies about "Americans" strip away regional accents, unless the character is specifically supposed to be from a certain region. I think back to Holly Hunter in "Broadcast News" as a groundbreaker where the character "just happened to have" the same native accent as the actress and even then being glad they hadn't made her cloak her accent (which she has done successfully in many other films and shows) because there's no reason a network executive couldn't be from the South, or anywhere else.
As I said, it's moot in this case because Ainsley Seiger doesn't have a noticeable Southern accent despite being native to NC. With her training, I'm sure she could use one if they decided they wanted her to, or she could do a British, Brooklyn, or any other accent if that were desired, but affecting 'stage accents' is actually the opposite of what was brought up here.
There's a difference between learning an accent for a role (as you cite) and using one's native accent if it's nonstandard, when playing an American. There is no reason that characters on a show like "Law & Order" couldn't come from any part of the US and have the accent they grew up with, but most TV shows or movies about "Americans" strip away regional accents, unless the character is specifically supposed to be from a certain region. I think back to Holly Hunter in "Broadcast News" as a groundbreaker where the character "just happened to have" the same native accent as the actress and even then being glad they hadn't made her cloak her accent (which she has done successfully in many other films and shows) because there's no reason a network executive couldn't be from the South, or anywhere else.
As I said, it's moot in this case because Ainsley Seiger doesn't have a noticeable Southern accent despite being native to NC. With her training, I'm sure she could use one if they decided they wanted her to, or she could do a British, Brooklyn, or any other accent if that were desired, but affecting 'stage accents' is actually the opposite of what was brought up here.
Sorry for misunderstanding. I wasn't arguing about that. I do not watch TV shows that much, and wouldn't even know who Ainsley Seiger was/is. I do have an idea about Law and Order but I admit I never watched it, and would know the difference between that or any other crime TV show.
I agree with what you are saying about accents. To me that's just regular TV show problem though. They sterilize everything so it can have that "anywhere USA" feel to it. The occasional accents are there for stereotypes: southern accent for a religious hillbilly or a redneck, northeastern accent for someone who has connections with the mob, and a blonde ditzy with a California vocal fry. Everyone else has an impeccable standard American English. It's is silly and nothing like the reality.
Nothing really compares to HBO series though when it comes to "reality": the Wire, Sopranos, True Blood -- you have very real accents. Who knows maybe your niece will land something like that one day. Maybe she'll have to use the Stravinsky method and channel some of the people from her childhood to get that NC accent just right.
I am sure that Ainsley has a Southern accent in her repertoire. My kids, despite having long Southern NC/VA lineages, do not noticeably speak with an accent to my ear, but they can if they take a mind to. I think pretty much anyone who grew up here can, especially if they have older relatives from the South.
Lots of bad accents from British actors out there, especially Southern accents. I don't know why it is so hard for people to get it right.
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