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swiwi_ · 31-01-2017 10:19PM

Bazzo wrote: »

I always thought Russell Crowe was Australian. Isn't he a league fan!?

He's a bit dodgy alright. He was born in NZ, his cousins, especially Martin Crowe (RIP) were well-known NZ cricket players.

From memory he lives in Oz though, and he has that weird love affair with the South Sydney Rabbitohs.

Maybe you just head him talking and assumed it was an Aussie accent :rolleyes: :pac:

Bazzo · 31-01-2017 10:30PM

swiwi_ wrote: »

He's a bit dodgy alright. He was born in NZ, his cousins, especially Martin Crowe (RIP) were well-known NZ cricket players.

From memory he lives in Oz though, and he has that weird love affair with the South Sydney Rabbitohs.

Maybe you just head him talking and assumed it was an Aussie accent :rolleyes: :pac:

No no, I can tell the difference. Australians are like "Where's the car" whereas Kiwis are like "Where's the car".

errlloyd · 31-01-2017 10:31PM

swiwi_ wrote: »

I suppose Sam Neill is fairly well known.

It's a bit like Irish golfers vs Kiwi golfers...

I'm a big fan of Rhys Darby the kiwi comedian, he has a handful of film credits.

Saw a kiwi actress called Caren Pistorius in denial yesterday. She was pretty good. Also rather attractive.

irishbucsfan · 31-01-2017 10:33PM

Russell Crowe is a kiwi, Sam Neill is a paddy.

irishbucsfan · 31-01-2017 10:35PM

Sky and Discovery reached an agreement, fans of tennis/snooker/motogp/tiddlywinks rejoice

Bridge93 · 31-01-2017 10:45PM

Fascinating watching the wheels come off quite spectacularly at Leicester City. It makes last year look all the more impressive. Were it to happen surely they'd be the first ever champions to be relegated the following year?

zambrotta11 · 31-01-2017 10:46PM

And cycling more importantly. I thought I was going to have to cancel sky if they lost eurosport

Bazzo · 31-01-2017 10:49PM

Bridge93 wrote: »

Fascinating watching the wheels come off quite spectacularly at Leicester City. It makes last year look all the more impressive. Were it to happen surely they'd be the first ever champions to be relegated the following year?

Man City did it 80 odd years ago.

Stheno · 31-01-2017 10:52PM

I have to say fair play to ye lads and lassies in here.

Modding the politics cafe has been full on the past few weeks, and it's refreshing to come in here to a forum where you can relax and enjoy the posts

31-01-2017 11:01PM

Stheno wrote: »

I have to say fair play to ye lads and lassies in here.

Modding the politics cafe has been full on the past few weeks, and it's refreshing to come in here to a forum where you can relax and enjoy the posts

Take an under performing Ireland and a coach picking players from the province he coached or some other nonsense and things would derail fairly swiftly if were early / mid six nations or coming into the World Cup.

The world of politics is changing dramatically. I truly hope the status quo (much as they are miles from perfect) find a way to bring things back to the middle of the political spectrum. Brexit, le Pen, Trump all make me worry for my kids.

Stheno · 31-01-2017 11:03PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Take an under performing Ireland and a coach picking players from the province he coached or some other nonsense and things would derail fairly swiftly if were early / mid six nations or coming into the World Cup.

The world of politics is changing dramatically. I truly hope the status quo (much as they are miles from perfect) find a way to bring things back to the middle of the political spectrum. Brexit, le Pen, Trump all make me worry for my kids.

My point was more that compared to the extremes of the politics threads, it's been nice to see a different approach here which is probablly more reflective of the general population

awec · 31-01-2017 11:26PM

Isn't Aragorn from NZ too?

irishbucsfan · 31-01-2017 11:29PM

awec wrote: »

Isn't Aragorn from NZ too?

No he's an American of Danish descent, but that's close to Old Zealand so you get half a point.

Bazzo · 31-01-2017 11:32PM

irishbucsfan wrote: »

No he's an American of Danish descent, but that's close to Old Zealand so you get half a point.

I thought Viggo Mortensen was Argentinian? Or something South American. I'm learning a lot today.

awec · 31-01-2017 11:32PM

Hugh Jackman too, right?

CatFromHue · 01-02-2017 12:14AM

Stheno wrote: »

I have to say fair play to ye lads and lassies in here.

Modding the politics cafe has been full on the past few weeks, and it's refreshing to come in here to a forum where you can relax and enjoy the posts

Modding the politics cafe is a form of sado masochism I'd imagine.

grumpyScotsman · 01-02-2017 12:26AM

awec wrote: »

Hugh Jackman too, right?

I think he might be Australian.....

Yeah_Right · 01-02-2017 12:37AM

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Russell Crowe is a kiwi, Sam Neill is a paddy.

Russell Crowe considers himself Australian but can't get Aussie citizenship :pac:

Sam Neill is a kiwi. Nice try IBF

The only other kiwi actors that I can think of who have done anything overseas are Cliff Curtis, Jermaine Clement, Karl Urban, Manu Bennett, Anthony Starr and Rhys Darby but none of them would be household names.

Some of our actresses would be more famous; Zoe Ball, Melanie Lynskey and Anna Paquin. That's something I've found interesting about Ireland. You churn out great male actors but I can't think of any great female ones.

pickarooney · 01-02-2017 12:50AM

Bazzo wrote: »

I thought Viggo Mortensen was Argentinian? Or something South American. I'm learning a lot today.

I was sure he was Norwegian.
Apparently he did live a good bit in south America

Zzippy · 01-02-2017 01:12AM

Yeah_Right wrote: »

Some of our actresses would be more famous; Zoe Ball, Melanie Lynskey and Anna Paquin. That's something I've found interesting about Ireland. You churn out great male actors but I can't think of any great female ones.

Well Ruth Negga has just been nominated for an Oscar. Soirse Ronan has been nominated a couple of times. Maureen O'Hara is probably our most famous export, and Brenda Fricker won an Oscar in the 80s I think.

Yeah_Right · 01-02-2017 01:20AM

Zzippy wrote: »

Well Ruth Negga has just been nominated for an Oscar. Soirse Ronan has been nominated a couple of times. Maureen O'Hara is probably our most famous export, and Brenda Fricker won an Oscar in the 80s I think.

Yeah there have been some good ones (I know who Ronan and O'Hara are) but no where near the quantity of Irish male actors that have made it big. It's always been one of those trivial things that I find interesting.

swiwi_ · 01-02-2017 06:17AM

errlloyd wrote: »

Saw a kiwi actress called Caren Pistorius in denial yesterday. She was pretty good. Also rather attractive.

She's a project actress, qualifying as a Kiwi after being in NZ for 3 years.

(I had never heard of her before TBH)

errlloyd · 01-02-2017 09:00AM

swiwi_ wrote: »

She's a project actress, qualifying as a Kiwi after being in NZ for 3 years.

(I had never heard of her before TBH)

Her dad is obviously South African, but I think she primarily considers herself kiwi. She's only been in a handful of movies, and was a small enough role in Denial. (I recommend it btw better film than the lack of hype would indicate)

Podge_irl · 01-02-2017 09:21AM

Yeah_Right wrote: »

The only other kiwi actors that I can think of who have done anything overseas are Cliff Curtis, Jermaine Clement, Karl Urban, Manu Bennett, Anthony Starr and Rhys Darby but none of them would be household names.

And he is in one of the finest movies of all time

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(not a joke - love that movie)

molloyjh · 01-02-2017 09:52AM

Podge_irl wrote: »

Yeah_Right wrote: »

The only other kiwi actors that I can think of who have done anything overseas are Cliff Curtis, Jermaine Clement, Karl Urban, Manu Bennett, Anthony Starr and Rhys Darby but none of them would be household names.

And he is in one of the finest movies of all time

(not a joke - love that movie)

I liked that post initially thinking that was a joke. I then read the last line and unliked it.

As bad movies go it's grand for passing a hungover Sunday. And it's clearly a lot better than the Stallone attempt. But it's still pretty meh IMO.

Sure wasn't Urban in LoTR, the new Star Trek films, RED and one of the Bourne movies (and not forgetting the Doom film too!). He'd be very close to a household name I reckon.

Buer · 01-02-2017 10:04AM

awec wrote: »

Isn't Aragorn from NZ too?

And he actually took that role off an Irish man. LOTR started filming with Stuart Townsend who was sacked after filming had already started. Poor bloke spent months trainnig and getting into character. His career might have been something rather different if he had been kept in the job.

Daniel Day Lewis, an Englishman (but Irish citizen) turned down the role too.

Interestingly, Nicholas Cage was rumoured to have been offered the role also.

molloyjh · 01-02-2017 10:06AM

Buer wrote: »

And he actually took that role off an Irish man. LOTR started filming with Stuart Townsend who was sacked after filming had already started. Poor bloke spent months trainnig and getting into character. His career might have been something rather different if he had been kept in the job.

Daniel Day Lewis, an Englishman (but Irish citizen) turned down the role too.

Interestingly, Nicholas Cage was rumoured to have been offered the role also.

I did not know any of those things. Every day really is a school day!

EDIT: Also, Stuart Townsend as Aragorn!? Eh, no.

Buer · 01-02-2017 10:13AM

molloyjh wrote: »

I did not know any of those things. Every day really is a school day!

EDIT: Also, Stuart Townsend as Aragorn!? Eh, no.

I live to give.

Townsend used have Charlize Theron on his arm around Howth back in the day a few times. The stuff of teenage fantasies.

awec · 01-02-2017 10:39AM

grumpyScotsman wrote: »

I think he might be Australian.....

Australian, New Zealand, same thing really.

Buer · 01-02-2017 10:41AM

awec wrote: »

Australian, New Zealand, same thing really.

Kinda like being from NI and ROI.

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