Jason Clarke Will Hunt Bin Laden For Kathryn Bigelow; Tom Hardy, Rooney Mara & More In The Mix For Roles

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• scw1 | November 10, 2011 6:16 PMReply

  I don't think it's the same as shipping jobs overseas. The actors that are in the mix for this came HERE for work. Not unlike Elizabeth McGovern, who went to London and now is in Downtown Abbey. The young, unkown actors from the aforementioned training institutions have to work their way to getting noticed in Hollywood, through auditions, theater, etc. Nina Arianda did it. Jennifer Ehle did it. Rooney Mara I think is "untrained," but the reason she's in Dragon Tattoo is she made a convincing case for her abilities. And because of that, she's in the mix for this. As for the non-Americans, Tom Hardy has obviously proven himself and so has Guy Pearce.
  
  The Elizabeth Moss thing is actually understandable: ABC provided funding under the condition that an Australian played the lead. For this film, there is no such rule apparently.

• buntyhoven | November 10, 2011 4:41 PMReply

  Kinda funny how they're seemingly going out of their way to cast an entirely non-American team of all-American Navy SEALS.

• Jug | November 10, 2011 5:28 PM

  @SCW1-It matters because as an industry, you try to employ as many of your fellow countrymen as possible. Same thing as shipping jobs overseas, I mean one screw turner is as good as the next right? :-(
  
  AND it creates a false ideal about the quality of talent in this country and the training institutions (NYU, Yale, CAL Arts, NC School of the Arts, etc), which further hurts business down the line. Money, prestige & craft, in this instance, all go hand in hand.
  
  And if you think I'm just being sensitive, Aussie's & Brits don't want Americans playing them in their productions...stuff like BRIDGET JONES & SHERLOCK HOLMES are Hollywood, won't see any Americans as Brits in LOCK STOCK & TWO SMOKING BARRELS or DOWNTOWN ABBEY.
  
  Case in point: http://www.aoltv.com/2011/11/07/elisabeth-moss-new-role-sparks-controversy-in-australia/

• scw1 | November 10, 2011 4:54 PM

  I don't think they went out of their way to do it, but what do I know? But again, why does it matter? All actors, American or otherwise, pretend to be other people. And these are all good actors.

• Jug | November 10, 2011 4:46 PM

  THANKS YOU!! And it's crap like this that has everyone believing foreign actors are better than American actors. Nothing more than "who is hot & who can we afford".
  
  "When the Legend becomes Fact, print the Legend"-The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance