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Chris O'Dowd's correction of interviewer who called him "British"

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  • #32
    mike65
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    I thought this was about the LLS last night...disappointed.


  • #33
    Quorum
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    jellygems wrote: »
    Good man Chris, what is with the British claiming all the good ones.... I bet they wouldnt call Shane McGowan British :rolleyes:

    Shane McGowan IS British.


  • #34
    Quorum
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    mikemac1 wrote: »
    Such a strange accent

    I knew a few from Roscommon but none of them speak like that

    Strange in a good way

    It's very put on, IMO. He Oirishes it up a bit, I think.


  • #35
    geeky
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    I like Chris O'Dowd's approach in interviews, he's polite but doesn't suffer foolishness. Mrs Geeky saw an interview with an Irish journalist (just as the IT Crowd was taking off) who asked him 'oh, when are you coming back to us?'

    He just turned around and said I'm still a jobbing actor, mate, I go where there's work. If celebs weren't so nicey-nicey and smiling through idiocy in interviews, I'd actually watch more interviews.


  • #36
    ejmaztec
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    MakeEmLaugh wrote: »
    Concise, firm and discreet.

    The exact opposite of what this thread's going to be.:P


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  • #37
    mike65
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    only in the way that Seán Dermot Fintan O'Leary, Jr is.


  • #38
    Quorum
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    Marilyn Helpful Rambler wrote: »
    He's pretty much been living in London for the last ten years, I think. So it's probably got a bit more English since.

    It doesn't sound remotely English though.


  • #39
    mike65
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    O'Dowd sounds like his should be clearing muck and leaves from a drainage ditch in the midlands.


  • #40
    scoob70
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    El Horseboxo wrote: »
    Yeah but Ireland seem to do it when there is an ancestral link to the country. Still a bit cringeworthy. Especially the Obama one. Whereas the British seem to do it geographically because they think Ireland and Britain is one and the same.

    Well I'm a brit living here and watched this and it is cringeworthy. He delt with this superbly :). This is just bloody lazy youngsters in their first journalist job more wrapped up in furthering their careers then taking the time to do some basic research on their subject. I'm just saying :D.


  • #41
    Colmustard
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    Ghost Buster wrote: »
    Obviously it only matters to the Irish in the same way that calling an Australian a Czech would matter to the Australians or calling an Estonian Spanish would only matter to Estonians.
    Have journalists a major issue with knowing a teeny tiny bit of geography and perhaps a smidge of their own history?

    Why would the journo know, he works in Britain, lives in London (for the past 10 years) has he ever acted here??, do you really think a British journo doesn't know where Ireland is,,come-on.

    Besides they can have him, I think he is crap.


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  • #42
    Ghost Buster
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    Colmustard wrote: »
    Why would the journo know, he works in Britain, lives in London (for the past 10 years) has he ever acted here??, do you really think a British journo doesn't know where Ireland is,,come-on.

    Besides they can have him, I think he is crap.
    Because they are supposed to know who they are talking to. Its basic research.
    As for has he ever acted here.. YES.


  • #43
    Duckworth_Luas
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    Colmustard wrote: »
    Why would the journo know, he works in Britain, lives in London (for the past 10 years) has he ever acted here??, do you really think a British journo doesn't know where Ireland is,,come-on.

    Besides they can have him, I think he is crap.
    You should calm down! The "journalist" didn't know, he corrected her. In a polite manner as well.


  • #44
    Colmustard
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    Ghost Buster wrote: »
    Because they are supposed to know who they are talking to. Its basic research.
    As for has he ever acted here.. YES.

    At a celeb bash, really, so the journo finds out who will be there and stays up all night studying their profiles, what do you think they are.


  • #45
    Colmustard
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    Duckworth_Luas wrote: »
    You should calm down! The "journalist" didn't know, he corrected her. In a polite manner as well.

    And that merits this thread and makes a nation proud. It'd moronic that anyone cares,


  • #46
    Duckworth_Luas
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    Colmustard wrote: »
    And that merits this thread and makes a nation proud. It'd moronic that anyone cares,
    Relax!


  • #47
    MakeEmLaugh
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    Colmustard wrote: »
    Why would the journo know, he works in Britain, lives in London (for the past 10 years) has he ever acted here??, do you really think a British journo doesn't know where Ireland is,,come-on.

    Besides they can have him, I think he is crap.

    He's starred in The Clinic and an RTÉ-produced dramatisation of the IRA's bombing campaign called 1974: The Year London Blew Up, both prior to The IT Crowd. Also, the first project he created and co-wrote, Moone Boy, is shot and set entirely in the west of Ireland.

    So, yes, he has acted here.

    And presumably you see no problem with Jeremy Irons being referred to as an Irish actor, since he has lived in Cork for several years now?


  • #48
    Ghost Buster
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    Colmustard wrote: »
    And that merits this thread and makes a nation proud. It'd moronic that anyone cares,
    The only person getting excited about it is you;)


  • #49
    Solair
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    I find the British get *VERY* upset and indignant when the French mistakenly call them American. I've seen this on French tv in reference to musicians mostly (but occasionally actors too).

    I actually had a long argument with a French guy who was insisting that the Rolling Stones and U2 were American. He then concluded that 'well they prefer to be referred to as American'... (clearly having had a chat with them personally or something on the subject...)

    Likewise, it's not a great idea to call the Belgians French or Dutch and the Austrians are fairly sensitive about being referred to as German.

    I realise that it's just a mix-up by the presenter, but it sort of highlights a major deficiency in UK geography lessons that even a well-educated TV presenter can't identify their closest neighbour.
    It's understandable if you're from the US or Australia or wherever as you may be unfamiliar with the geography, but we are the only country with a land boarder with the UK.


  • #50
    FortuneChip
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    In her defence, Irish/British, they're all the same


  • #51
    Agricola
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    Its strange though. If my job was to stick a mic in front of actors and a guy with a noticeable english accent (who for some reason has been on Irish TV for afew years) came along to be interviewed, I wouldnt make the leap and say "As an Irish actor.........."

    Come on he played an Irish character in the IT crowd, he doesnt sound like someone from anywhere in Britain, why say "British actor" unless maybe you're a bit thick.


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  • #52
    A Primal Nut
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    There is a battle raging on Wikipedia over this:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chris_O%27Dowd&diff=511358417&oldid=511357690


  • #53
    Colmustard
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    MakeEmLaugh wrote: »
    He's starred in The Clinic and an RTÉ-produced dramatisation of the IRA's bombing campaign called 1974: The Year London Blew Up, both prior to The IT Crowd. Also, the first project he created and co-wrote, Moone Boy, is shot and set entirely in the west of Ireland.

    So, yes, he has acted here.

    And presumably you see no problem with Jeremy Irons being referred to as an Irish actor, since he has lived in Cork for several years now?

    Couldn't give a toss.

    So he did work here, I never seen any of them, I did watch the IT crowd and I assumed he got the job because he was mates with fellow Brit and londoner Graham Linehan they formed a friendship when they where introduced by the British talkshow host Grahan Norton or it might have been sir Terry Wogan.


  • #54
    Ghost Buster
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    FortuneChip wrote: »
    In her defence, Irish/British, they're all the same
    Irish/British/Troll/What ever:rolleyes:


  • #55
    ejmaztec
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    Colmustard wrote: »
    Why would the journo know, he works in Britain, lives in London (for the past 10 years) has he ever acted here??, do you really think a British journo doesn't know where Ireland is,,come-on.

    Besides they can have him, I think he is crap.

    Ever since I first saw him in the IT Crowd, I've always had him down as the very poor man's Dylan Moran. If it weren't for the rest of the characters in that programme, I probably wouldn't have watched it.:(


  • #56
    Colmustard
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    ejmaztec wrote: »
    Ever since I first saw him in the IT Crowd, I've always had him down as the very poor man's Dylan Moran. If it weren't for the rest of the characters in that programme, I probably wouldn't have watched it.:(

    Snap
    Richard Ayoade is what keeps me there, i think he is very good.


  • #57
    kylith
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    Agricola wrote: »
    Its strange though. If my job was to stick a mic in front of actors and a guy with a noticeable english accent (who for some reason has been on Irish TV for afew years) came along to be interviewed, I wouldnt make the leap and say "As an Irish actor.........."

    Come on he played an Irish character in the IT crowd, he doesnt sound like someone from anywhere in Britain, why say "British actor" unless maybe you're a bit thick.

    The only thing I can think of to make her sound less unprepared is that she intended to say 'as an actor working in Britain', but got mixed up in the heat of the moment.

    That said, Chris handled it well; correcting her with no fuss and getting on with the interview.


  • #58
    Duckworth_Luas
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    Colmustard wrote: »
    Couldn't give a toss.

    So he did work here, I never seen any of them, I did watch the IT crowd and I assumed he got the job because he was mates with fellow Brit and londoner Graham Linehan they formed a friendship when they where introduced by the British talkshow host Grahan Norton or it might have been sir Terry Wogan.
    Seriously, calm down! I don't see why British posters like you get so wound up by Irish people who self identify as Irish!


  • #59
    Colmustard
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    Duckworth_Luas wrote: »
    Seriously, calm down! I don't see why British posters like you get so wound up by Irish people who self identify as Irish!

    West British and proud to be more exact.


  • #60
    Duggys Housemate
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    Colmustard wrote: »
    Couldn't give a toss.

    So he did work here, I never seen any of them, I did watch the IT crowd and I assumed he got the job because he was mates with fellow Brit and londoner Graham Linehan they formed a friendship when they where introduced by the British talkshow host Grahan Norton or it might have been sir Terry Wogan.

    This seems like a bad troll attempt. Anyway, the Irish are taking over Britain, thats what this shows. This is part of the plan. Next, we introduce black pudding to British breakfasts.


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  • #61
    Solair
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    Entertainment 'journalists' and geography clearly aren't a good combination.


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