I had to choose between American and British actors, and it didn't take me more than a second to decide: Russians are Europeans and should be played by other Europeans.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I thought actors were artists and that artists had to be European.
If you're lucky enough to work with great actors and creative people, they're always just going to be who they are, so I don't think there's a difference between the Brits and the Americans.
British actors behave like Europeans; they are also extremely well trained.
So I started to learn Russian and I was one of those probably way too eager, annoying young actor kids who was trying to change all my lines to Russian, much to the dismay of the director and Nic Cage.
In American films, Russians are often portrayed like cartoon villains without clear motivations.
I think Americans are wonderful film actors - the best in the world - but they are a very contemporary race and they look forward all the time.
There are actually quite high profile British TV star cameos in it that you probably wouldn't even notice, that the British wouldn't even notice, let alone the American audience.
There's still a bit of a problem, in that so many leading English roles are taken by American or French actresses.
So anyway, I really enjoyed the European audiences.
I love European movies and I kind of grew up on European films.
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