Originally posted by: Jzero
Originally posted by: PanzerIV
I was sort of excited until I saw it has Tom Cruise in it. I don't dislike Cruise but casting him tells me it's either not going to take place in England as it does in the book or he is going to adopt an English accent which I doubt. Therefore we are probably looking at another massacre of a classic like was done to Around the World in 80 Days earlier this summer.
It will probably be a massacre just because they always eff this stuff up, but I don't see why you think it would be hard from him to use an English accent. Any competent actor can speak convincingly in multiple dialects.
But they will probably "Americanize" it because that's just the way it's done, it seems. I don't really see why the locale is so significant, though.