Why did they choose a British actor to play a French starship captain?

Robert Kent wrote:

For the same reason Abrams chose a Croatian immigrant (Mira Furlan) to
play a French woman on "Lost."

"Robert Kent" yahoo.com> wrote in message
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It's the Sean Conery syndrome, he's played ...

A Britsh secret agent with a scottish accent (Early Bond movies) (OK this
one is feasible)
An American writer ... with a Scottish accent (Finding Forrester)
A Spanish swordsman ... with a scottish accent (Highlander)
A Russian submarine captain ... with a scottish accent (Hunt for Red
October)

and many other similar characters.

On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:13:41 GMT, "Robert Kent" yahoo.com>
wrote:

None of the good actors were available and they had to settle for
anyone they could get? :-)

Robert Kent wrote:

Because by the time of TNG, Britain had invaded and subjugated France.
Picard was french in name only.

On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:46:50 -0400, Ragnar comsouth.net> wrote:

Well, turnabout is fair play ..

Actually, Scotland's a part of Great Britain, so a Scot as a British agent
is posible.
"Bill Plenge" NoSpam.net> wrote in message
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In article , "Robert Kent"
yahoo.com> wrote:

Because to Americans any non-American accent is exoctic enough and
actual accuracy is unimportant. ;-)

On 2008-06-14 12:52:54 -0700, "Bill Plenge" NoSpam.net> said:

He was actually supposed to be from Scotland in that movie.

On Jun 15, 5:52 am, "Bill Plenge" NoSpam.net> wrote:

"I'm not Spanish, I'm Egyptian."

He was an Egyptian who'd assumed a Spanish identity ... and had a
scottish accent.

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