Definetelly, being italian and watching Romans talking with british accent is a bad feel that disturbs you all along the show. I always watch movies in original language, maybe subbed if i cant undestand, but series as Rome, or Spartacus, surely I will be watching them dubbed in italian, where they make a huge use of latin terms (even because most of them are still in use in our language) and with proper pronounce
@wationsfils in case it isn't clear to you the whole thing is about the money....studios do whatever they can to have less expences and more gain....nothing else matters....it's not my opinion(to be honest as a greek my opinion about historical movies is close to yours)but that's how things are.....if english gives more gain.....so be it.....i'd love to see alexander, helen of troy etc portraited by greek actors but that won't happen in any time soon....
@liokiko1992 I watched it both in original english and with italian dub, and I feel it more realistic with italian talks :) . Italian dubbers use to be all great theather actors and their acting is excellent and nothing less the original
@wationsfils i didn't say that all romans were blobd cause i wasn't alive back then.all i'm saying it's just that the scripts tells us he didn't have the tipical looking.you speak about all romans while i'm mentioning only ovtavian's description....
@wationsfils the description i gave you was written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus commonly known as Suetonius, who was a Roman historian,so he couldn't be wrong.....i am greek so i'm not blond as you say(again you speak without knowing) and yes my skin is tanned but only a lit bit.
@wationsfils sorry i said it;s a BBC production but it's actually an HBO production....anyway it;s british...of course the will have british accent....
@wationsfils about augustus,this is from wikipedia: "He was unusually handsome ... He had clear, bright eyes ... His teeth were wide apart, small, and ill-kept; his hair was slightly curly and inclining to golden; his eyebrows met. His ears were of moderate size, and his nose projected a little at the top and then bent ever so slightly inward. His complexion was between dark and fair. He was short of stature
wonder how many patatos she had brought on set lmao she is a cute mick though im 80% italian from naples and 20# precent irish from belfest northern ireland
I totally had a thing for her during the show, then I heard her talk in her real voice and it sent me over the edge. Can't get her out of my mind! Good luck with everything Kerry. :-)
Strangespeare, I am not so sure the "pivotal character" you refer to is necessarily "not with us". If we are both talking about who I think we are talking about that is. I have watched season 2 episodes mutliple times and am still not 100% sure.
The character I'm pretty sure you're talking about is very much with us (well, as much as they can be for someone who "lived" during Caesar's rule) The series creator's said that this character would feature in a movie version of the series, if one was ever made.
it is around 70 years post Actium that claudius becomes emperor and it would be a good laught to see Claudius proclaim emperor after being found by the praetorian guard according to suetonius. yes the series does end in the right place, i remember the boredom my augustus modual during the end of this period where nothing amazing happens for about ten years.
it would be great if they continued Rome but after Actium nothing exciting other than in a historical point of view really happen other than Octavian (Now Augustus) slowly over time becoming Emperor. to make good TV than would have to do a different period of Roman History
I hope your not suggesting that she was voiced over, although I wouldn't rule out the possibility, but many actors/actresses can manipulate they're voices for various roles bud.
Patrick was a Roman, duh (unless you are trying to be ironic), Condron is from Thurles, I lived there for a few years and I can safely say it is the worst place on God's earth (I have lived in the African Bush & the american South, so I know a thing or two)
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yes its funny the real roman italians were all backup actors the people who never talked all the back ground actors was there a shortige of italian actors? no just no one wants to see short tanned dark haired -darked eyed people on tv as main characters
It's really a secret, Kerry was an accomplished actress before Rome.
She was in Angela's Ashes and Unleashed alongside Morgan Freeman. Sorry that her name is Irish or that she has red hair didn't give it away.
Ireland has produced many great actors from Gabriel Byrne to Brendan Gleeson and Cillian Murphy but Kerry is one of the only really well known female actors.
It can be hard from time to time to tell instantly where an actor or actress comes from just by their accent alone. Eva Green, the Casino Royale bond girl and Golden Compass witch, is french by birth, but her english dialect had me fooled entirely. Just goes to show...
That's not strictly speaking "british" it's Recieved Pronunciation a form of dialect designed so that all speakers of English could understand it and you'd be hard pressed to find an English actor who doesn't at least attempt Irish.
Okay it is a British thing I guess but the accents across the British Isles are incredibly varied (as they are in any country I guess) The differences between a Birmingham accent and a Manchester accent or a London Accent are HUGE! The RP dialect is a massive stereotype and actually it's kind of irritating when you hear dodgy American attempts at trying to sound "British" on TV. Hers is good though I wouldn't have guessed she was Irish If I hadn't known.
I know there are regional variations of the British accent-as there are for an American accent. For example, you have the practically indeciperable Yorkshire accent ( still a "British" accent), and we have the even more indecipherable Georgia accent (an American Southern accent). And BBC newsreaders speak in a neutral Brit accent or "BBC English" while American newsreaders speak in an accent that lacks regional characteristics.
I suppose it's all semantics at this point, though...
R.P. (Received Pronunciation) could even be considered a British Commonewealth thing. I've often heard even S. Africans, but also New Zealanders boast of speaking with "Queen's English" (i.e. R.P.). In the theatre, it is regarded as transcending place (because it has no locality in the British Isles) and is regarded as an ideal, neutral pronunciation of English. R.P. even changes through time. (1930s R.P has some very different vowel pronunciations.)
Probably wouldn't apply to Canadians. Any Canuck talking R.P. or whatever, would be laughed at or possibly, have an empty Labatt's bottle tossed at his head.
LOL yes, it doesn't seem to cross the Atlantic. North Americans have their own standards, but even they tend towards a Mid-Atlantic or Bostonian accent for a touch of class. Thinking about it though, I've definitely heard Indians talk of "Queen's English," (older ones) or actually aim towards an R.P. pronunciation, to rid themselves of their regional accent, and to elevate their status. R.P. tends to be a cure-all to get rid of a regional accent (which is particularly useful in the theatre).
No, N. Americans don't tend toward a "Mid-Atlantic" or Bostonian accent. Some of that stuff still goes through the private high schools, but in the USA a "refined" accent as a hallmark of "class" is not as "valued" as it is in the UK. We don't have such a stratified class system, although, ironically, distribution of income is becoming more and more inequitable.
You'll find that even American billionaires speak in the heavy regional dialects of their childhood, and do so quite proudly.
Surely that's a relatively recent thing though! I bet before the 1950s, there will have been, at least amid the aspiring middle classes, a desire to seem more refined as someone's financial status increased. I also bet there will have been trends among "yuppies" towards that up as far as the 1980s/90s if it doesn't continue today!. There are always some who aspire to refine their speech.
In the UK at the moment, privately educated kids try to swap the R.P. they were raised with for "Mockney."
It probably is relatively recent. I think the notion of an "upper crust" accent-and the desire to acquire one-pretty much disappeared with the end of WW II and the entry of millions of military veterans into college via the G.I. Bill. The middle class took off and making money-not SOUNDING like you had money-became the #1 priority for the nation.
I know many "yuppies", but no one I know thinks consciously about "flattening out" their regional accent. But sometimes it just happens.
I really dont understand how americans and those canadians got their accent so different from the british...i mean, weren't they british? just a few hundred yrs passed cant make ppl speak that different from how they did before, having not mentioned the telephone, TV, etc......
just my personal curiosty, I'm a chinese guy btw, anybody can give an answer plz? just send me a message that'll be appretiated.
Well, America isn't part of the British Commonwealth of Nations, although Canada is, basically the Commonwealth nations always kept in close connection to British society, especially the more mobile, wealthy classes. There are some theories that the US accent is one preserved from a blend of accents of the original settlers. The Australian accent has distinct vowel patterns tying it to Cockney and Irish accents. (Which might indicate the make up of the original population sent out there.)
But you're right, the US accent is very distinct from any British regional accent of today, and is far more nasal than any of them. (Although the Australian accent is quite nasal.) America though is the earliest of British colonies, and it is supposed that whereas British accents have developed since the colonisation of America (perhaps moving more to the throat than the nose), and that the US accent is a relic. The Quebecoise accent is similarly a relic accent that died out in France.
Another possible explanation (I'm just speculating here) might be the contact between Brits and French in the early American colonies, where the powerplay was balanced towards the Brits, forcing the French to speak English with their accent, if they integrated into British settlements. Certainly elements of the New York/New Jersey accent sees certain Irish vowels cropping up.
im sooooooooo surprised- what a great english accent this is. I think some of the above comments are hilarious...after all the awful american historical movies we have had this is a great series- bbc actors and hbo classy production.
PCoderch, First of all I am a professor and I have no idea where you got that idea from; Rome was an EMPIRE that stretched from Africa, part of what is now on the Asia/Eastern Europe border to Northern Europe. There was no "race". Yes the central well-known political leaders were mostly from Italy and surrounding areas but after so many years a "roman" was unmistakable from anyone else.
Northern Europeans are not Romans. The latter had large dark eyes, wavy to curly hair that was black/brown/chestnut in color, and fine bone structure. Northern Europeans have small blue/grey/green eyes, straight hair that is blonde/red/light brown and big bones. They are two completely different races of people.
That's the difference today. There was a much higher incidence of blonds in the past. Much of the Italian admixture comes from the Roman trade with Africa and the Moslem incursions into Sicily and Italy. While warmer climates select for darker skins, Rome also had a steady source of Northern European genes from
their slaving. Besides, race theory has been dismissed.
An oirishwoman! The real Romans are shitting themselves in the afterlife. "What's this? We're being played by a bunch of Gauls and Germans? The gods really do have a sick sense of humor!"
Funny this is titled "THE SHOCKING SECRET". Ummm. Kerry Condon is IRISH. Anyone can learn these SECRETS from sure treasure troves such as Google,Wikipedia,IMDB, and many other secret documents like these. :)
Gotta love ROME though soooo good!
And I do have a crush on Kerry Condon no matter the mysterious accent. Cheers.
Aren`t present day Italians not related to the ancient Romans?I read that a lot of them are descendents of the invaders who came later,lombards,goths,huns.
it really depends on where they come from. however, most italians are somehow related to ancient Romans. you know, invading barbarians raped village women, yadda yadda yadda.
Sorry, but no. Ancient Romans didn't have red hair. The lightest hair color was chestnut. They were White People, yes, but they didn't look like Anglos.
Listen, Anglo, Sulla had auburn hair, not red. As for Crassus, I have never seen any reliable source on what his hair looked like, but he was shown as having black hair in the film "Spartacus". The typical Roman had white skin, light brown hair and brown eyes which tended towards a greenish and blueish hue. Tacitus describes Germans as physically different from Europeans for your people!
Because the best actors and actresses are Anglosaxons. And BBC have a big stake in the series. What did you think has happened these last 2000 years....think Anglosaxons are still good for nothing Barbarians ;-)
This video makes conflict and trouble. She is an actress and yes I think she can change the way she speaks like Jamie Bamber of Battlestar Galactica and if you remember Dr. Strangelove the actor that plays his part can change voices too!
Anyone lucky enough to see Kerry Condon in the play Lieutenant of Inishmore, heard her natural Irish voice. She's very talented.
mendelsohn88 1 month ago
Definetelly, being italian and watching Romans talking with british accent is a bad feel that disturbs you all along the show. I always watch movies in original language, maybe subbed if i cant undestand, but series as Rome, or Spartacus, surely I will be watching them dubbed in italian, where they make a huge use of latin terms (even because most of them are still in use in our language) and with proper pronounce
Senyorpiroteknik 1 month ago
0:58 which episode is it?
MsGunsBaby 9 months ago
I prefer her real accent =)
LerouxsPhantom 10 months ago
@wationsfils i'm glad we agree!!!yes your description fits....
liokiko1992 1 year ago
@wationsfils in case it isn't clear to you the whole thing is about the money....studios do whatever they can to have less expences and more gain....nothing else matters....it's not my opinion(to be honest as a greek my opinion about historical movies is close to yours)but that's how things are.....if english gives more gain.....so be it.....i'd love to see alexander, helen of troy etc portraited by greek actors but that won't happen in any time soon....
liokiko1992 1 year ago
@wationsfils what you are talking about is indeed more accurate but
a.latin is dead language and they would need time to learn it cause no one speaks it out of schools and univercities
b.they could speak italian but again time is priceless to wait them to learn the accent etc
c.of course there's no reason to pay italian actors if they can find british with much less money.
d.that comparison about americans, arabs and anglo-saxons.....out of topic
liokiko1992 1 year ago
@liokiko1992 I watched it both in original english and with italian dub, and I feel it more realistic with italian talks :) . Italian dubbers use to be all great theather actors and their acting is excellent and nothing less the original
Senyorpiroteknik 1 month ago
@wationsfils i didn't say that all romans were blobd cause i wasn't alive back then.all i'm saying it's just that the scripts tells us he didn't have the tipical looking.you speak about all romans while i'm mentioning only ovtavian's description....
liokiko1992 1 year ago
@wationsfils the description i gave you was written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus commonly known as Suetonius, who was a Roman historian,so he couldn't be wrong.....i am greek so i'm not blond as you say(again you speak without knowing) and yes my skin is tanned but only a lit bit.
liokiko1992 1 year ago
@wationsfils sorry i said it;s a BBC production but it's actually an HBO production....anyway it;s british...of course the will have british accent....
liokiko1992 1 year ago
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liokiko1992 1 year ago
@wationsfils about augustus,this is from wikipedia: "He was unusually handsome ... He had clear, bright eyes ... His teeth were wide apart, small, and ill-kept; his hair was slightly curly and inclining to golden; his eyebrows met. His ears were of moderate size, and his nose projected a little at the top and then bent ever so slightly inward. His complexion was between dark and fair. He was short of stature
liokiko1992 1 year ago
atia, che donna!!
MultiTata80 1 year ago
shes the girl in danny the dog with jet li
britbme 1 year ago
i didn't think much of her.
shiroisan87 1 year ago
haha she has a cute irish accent
AlienNationOAP 1 year ago
wonder how many patatos she had brought on set lmao she is a cute mick though im 80% italian from naples and 20# precent irish from belfest northern ireland
Michaelprotectsme 2 years ago
yup shes frm thurles like myself. know the girl well. go kerry!!!!!
jotsii 2 years ago
I never thought that she was Irish
:)
marytawapa19 2 years ago
The second one I believe - First Season
fatalismm 2 years ago
a sexy irish bird....ooooh lovey
mushroom2you 2 years ago
I totally had a thing for her during the show, then I heard her talk in her real voice and it sent me over the edge. Can't get her out of my mind! Good luck with everything Kerry. :-)
Concatenate 2 years ago
Yea thats cuz shes Irish, like me!, check her out on IMDB, shes from Tipperary.
epdug 2 years ago
wow
hutcheybutchey 2 years ago
She is an amazing actor :)
I hope she makes it big
cutiepinkpanther 3 years ago 13
wheres the music from?
Alwuhush 3 years ago
Rome: Soundtrack CD... I assume.
14.99 USD from Amazon
vid22dotcom 3 years ago
Strangespeare, I am not so sure the "pivotal character" you refer to is necessarily "not with us". If we are both talking about who I think we are talking about that is. I have watched season 2 episodes mutliple times and am still not 100% sure.
burth179 3 years ago
The character I'm pretty sure you're talking about is very much with us (well, as much as they can be for someone who "lived" during Caesar's rule) The series creator's said that this character would feature in a movie version of the series, if one was ever made.
Viorica8957 3 years ago
she must've taken a few vocal classes to smooth out her Irish accent.
hollywoodwerewolf 3 years ago 3
it is around 70 years post Actium that claudius becomes emperor and it would be a good laught to see Claudius proclaim emperor after being found by the praetorian guard according to suetonius. yes the series does end in the right place, i remember the boredom my augustus modual during the end of this period where nothing amazing happens for about ten years.
piro6220 3 years ago
i claudius happened 70 after the battle of Actium and in the augustan period it is the only major drama is the question of augustus' successor.
piro6220 3 years ago
Was that an irish accent?
It sounded american as well, though Im not sure.
LilliputTroupe 3 years ago
it would be great if they continued Rome but after Actium nothing exciting other than in a historical point of view really happen other than Octavian (Now Augustus) slowly over time becoming Emperor. to make good TV than would have to do a different period of Roman History
piro6220 3 years ago
@piro6220 punic wars, Barcas vs Scipii! thats a good story, why the hell movies are just about caesar for god sake
Senyorpiroteknik 1 month ago
lol
kharos82 3 years ago
LOL. Julius Caesar ( Ciaran Hinds) is Irish too. Servilia (Lindsay Duncan) and Vorenus ( kevin McKidd ) are Scots...
MrsBadGuy1 3 years ago 2
well some of it is based on a real story and a real women who did sedeuce Mark Antony and Ceaser
chillinmills 3 years ago
kerry is irish she studied acting and theatre in an english grammer svhool. she can do irish english and scottish accents floorlsly
homzi20 3 years ago
I hope your not suggesting that she was voiced over, although I wouldn't rule out the possibility, but many actors/actresses can manipulate they're voices for various roles bud.
JoeKydd757 3 years ago
I love Cleopatra and I agree with you !
Highschoollover7 3 years ago
lol
She's as Irish as St. Patrick.
jjmadboy 3 years ago
Patrick was a Roman, duh (unless you are trying to be ironic), Condron is from Thurles, I lived there for a few years and I can safely say it is the worst place on God's earth (I have lived in the African Bush & the american South, so I know a thing or two)
liamfoley 3 years ago
its CONDON not condron. twat. im frm thurles and really not dat bad. maybe u shud have stayed in the bush.lol
jotsii 2 years ago
Actually she was a lesbian for a while in Rome...
mkopbcgfd 3 years ago
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yes its funny the real roman italians were all backup actors the people who never talked all the back ground actors was there a shortige of italian actors? no just no one wants to see short tanned dark haired -darked eyed people on tv as main characters
histatimaniples 3 years ago
Well short, of course not.
marbeque 3 years ago
The italians today are nothing like romans!
mkopbcgfd 3 years ago 4
It's really a secret, Kerry was an accomplished actress before Rome.
She was in Angela's Ashes and Unleashed alongside Morgan Freeman. Sorry that her name is Irish or that she has red hair didn't give it away.
Ireland has produced many great actors from Gabriel Byrne to Brendan Gleeson and Cillian Murphy but Kerry is one of the only really well known female actors.
CelticCarteldotcom 3 years ago
It can be hard from time to time to tell instantly where an actor or actress comes from just by their accent alone. Eva Green, the Casino Royale bond girl and Golden Compass witch, is french by birth, but her english dialect had me fooled entirely. Just goes to show...
amongsttrees 3 years ago
And all this time I thought the "terrible secret" was Caesar's epilepsy. Go Figure.
RODERICKMOLASAR 3 years ago 3
es necesario considerar q el formato e el q fue grabada la serie es distinto del usado para el detrás de camaras
novomitra 3 years ago 2
And the guy that plays verenus is scottish...whats your beef?
thebirdisblue 3 years ago
So, she's Irish. Do you really think Romans sounded like Derek Jacobi?
AxelQC 3 years ago
Any decent Irish actor/actress can do a British voice. Not usually so the other way around...
zoznack 4 years ago
That's not strictly speaking "british" it's Recieved Pronunciation a form of dialect designed so that all speakers of English could understand it and you'd be hard pressed to find an English actor who doesn't at least attempt Irish.
TaienQuinn 4 years ago
It sounds British to me. You wouldn't hear anyone speaking like that in N. America (unless they're poseurs).
zoznack 4 years ago
Okay it is a British thing I guess but the accents across the British Isles are incredibly varied (as they are in any country I guess) The differences between a Birmingham accent and a Manchester accent or a London Accent are HUGE! The RP dialect is a massive stereotype and actually it's kind of irritating when you hear dodgy American attempts at trying to sound "British" on TV. Hers is good though I wouldn't have guessed she was Irish If I hadn't known.
TaienQuinn 4 years ago 3
I know there are regional variations of the British accent-as there are for an American accent. For example, you have the practically indeciperable Yorkshire accent ( still a "British" accent), and we have the even more indecipherable Georgia accent (an American Southern accent). And BBC newsreaders speak in a neutral Brit accent or "BBC English" while American newsreaders speak in an accent that lacks regional characteristics.
I suppose it's all semantics at this point, though...
zoznack 4 years ago 2
R.P. (Received Pronunciation) could even be considered a British Commonewealth thing. I've often heard even S. Africans, but also New Zealanders boast of speaking with "Queen's English" (i.e. R.P.). In the theatre, it is regarded as transcending place (because it has no locality in the British Isles) and is regarded as an ideal, neutral pronunciation of English. R.P. even changes through time. (1930s R.P has some very different vowel pronunciations.)
homoproteus 3 years ago
Probably wouldn't apply to Canadians. Any Canuck talking R.P. or whatever, would be laughed at or possibly, have an empty Labatt's bottle tossed at his head.
zoznack 3 years ago
LOL yes, it doesn't seem to cross the Atlantic. North Americans have their own standards, but even they tend towards a Mid-Atlantic or Bostonian accent for a touch of class. Thinking about it though, I've definitely heard Indians talk of "Queen's English," (older ones) or actually aim towards an R.P. pronunciation, to rid themselves of their regional accent, and to elevate their status. R.P. tends to be a cure-all to get rid of a regional accent (which is particularly useful in the theatre).
homoproteus 3 years ago
No, N. Americans don't tend toward a "Mid-Atlantic" or Bostonian accent. Some of that stuff still goes through the private high schools, but in the USA a "refined" accent as a hallmark of "class" is not as "valued" as it is in the UK. We don't have such a stratified class system, although, ironically, distribution of income is becoming more and more inequitable.
You'll find that even American billionaires speak in the heavy regional dialects of their childhood, and do so quite proudly.
zoznack 3 years ago
Surely that's a relatively recent thing though! I bet before the 1950s, there will have been, at least amid the aspiring middle classes, a desire to seem more refined as someone's financial status increased. I also bet there will have been trends among "yuppies" towards that up as far as the 1980s/90s if it doesn't continue today!. There are always some who aspire to refine their speech.
In the UK at the moment, privately educated kids try to swap the R.P. they were raised with for "Mockney."
adipophiliac 3 years ago
It probably is relatively recent. I think the notion of an "upper crust" accent-and the desire to acquire one-pretty much disappeared with the end of WW II and the entry of millions of military veterans into college via the G.I. Bill. The middle class took off and making money-not SOUNDING like you had money-became the #1 priority for the nation.
I know many "yuppies", but no one I know thinks consciously about "flattening out" their regional accent. But sometimes it just happens.
zoznack 3 years ago
commonewealth~ what aboot canada....
I really dont understand how americans and those canadians got their accent so different from the british...i mean, weren't they british? just a few hundred yrs passed cant make ppl speak that different from how they did before, having not mentioned the telephone, TV, etc......
just my personal curiosty, I'm a chinese guy btw, anybody can give an answer plz? just send me a message that'll be appretiated.
skyfrank 3 years ago
Well, America isn't part of the British Commonwealth of Nations, although Canada is, basically the Commonwealth nations always kept in close connection to British society, especially the more mobile, wealthy classes. There are some theories that the US accent is one preserved from a blend of accents of the original settlers. The Australian accent has distinct vowel patterns tying it to Cockney and Irish accents. (Which might indicate the make up of the original population sent out there.)
homoproteus 3 years ago
But you're right, the US accent is very distinct from any British regional accent of today, and is far more nasal than any of them. (Although the Australian accent is quite nasal.) America though is the earliest of British colonies, and it is supposed that whereas British accents have developed since the colonisation of America (perhaps moving more to the throat than the nose), and that the US accent is a relic. The Quebecoise accent is similarly a relic accent that died out in France.
homoproteus 3 years ago
Another possible explanation (I'm just speculating here) might be the contact between Brits and French in the early American colonies, where the powerplay was balanced towards the Brits, forcing the French to speak English with their accent, if they integrated into British settlements. Certainly elements of the New York/New Jersey accent sees certain Irish vowels cropping up.
homoproteus 3 years ago
You should hear her voice in Unleashed/Danny the Dog! An amazing American accent.
timiexperience 4 years ago
I think her real accent makes her even sexier.
Turambar88 4 years ago 17
HAHAHA great idea
BooZe122 4 years ago
shes in angela's ashes
Zoehhhh 4 years ago
she is a very good actress!
hannahtim 4 years ago 2
De rien!
roxylexy 4 years ago
Voice double? Are you serious?
^^ that was sarcasm in case you missed it.
roxylexy 4 years ago
i heart kerry condon
krnboarder17 4 years ago
So what... She's Irish.
ChoctawCreek 4 years ago
weird...they did a good job
yatrasoc 4 years ago
It's not really her voice, it's her accent, isn't it?
-->Weird ending.
Johnak4715anos 4 years ago 3
yea it was
kinda scary
shiyboy4 4 years ago
She does a great job of covering it! I've seen her in a couple of other mothers and her accent is never that thick.XD
juliatheepic 4 years ago
im sooooooooo surprised- what a great english accent this is. I think some of the above comments are hilarious...after all the awful american historical movies we have had this is a great series- bbc actors and hbo classy production.
tadge72 4 years ago
yuck, what was that?! her voice... hm. sad.
dmbdreamgirl22 4 years ago
PCoderch, First of all I am a professor and I have no idea where you got that idea from; Rome was an EMPIRE that stretched from Africa, part of what is now on the Asia/Eastern Europe border to Northern Europe. There was no "race". Yes the central well-known political leaders were mostly from Italy and surrounding areas but after so many years a "roman" was unmistakable from anyone else.
papasitoman 4 years ago
there seems to be a lot of 'professors' on youtube!mmm!
tadge72 4 years ago
I am a professor
revan1235 4 years ago
Uh, are you replying to someone. Because that statement by itself is kind of weird. I mean, your point?
elinalaula 4 years ago
Horses live in stables
mkopbcgfd 4 years ago
Northern Europeans are not Romans. The latter had large dark eyes, wavy to curly hair that was black/brown/chestnut in color, and fine bone structure. Northern Europeans have small blue/grey/green eyes, straight hair that is blonde/red/light brown and big bones. They are two completely different races of people.
PCoderch 4 years ago
That's the difference today. There was a much higher incidence of blonds in the past. Much of the Italian admixture comes from the Roman trade with Africa and the Moslem incursions into Sicily and Italy. While warmer climates select for darker skins, Rome also had a steady source of Northern European genes from
their slaving. Besides, race theory has been dismissed.
formless777 4 years ago 3
An oirishwoman! The real Romans are shitting themselves in the afterlife. "What's this? We're being played by a bunch of Gauls and Germans? The gods really do have a sick sense of humor!"
wiseguyz123 4 years ago 4
lmao
lawfreak333 4 years ago 2
Rome is a great series. It makes history interesting.Too bad its not on regular tv which has many stinko reality shows. Rome is ancient reality.
norb1937 4 years ago
yeah, i love the way she says pleasure,lol!!!
rsnvodka 4 years ago
Funny this is titled "THE SHOCKING SECRET". Ummm. Kerry Condon is IRISH. Anyone can learn these SECRETS from sure treasure troves such as Google,Wikipedia,IMDB, and many other secret documents like these. :)
Gotta love ROME though soooo good!
And I do have a crush on Kerry Condon no matter the mysterious accent. Cheers.
ishhod 4 years ago 2
OK? She was also in Jet Li's Unleashed. A lot of actors get help from a voice coach.
cocoacorin 4 years ago
Maybe because this was a BBC production. And it doesn't matter. They used Italian extras in the series for "authenticity."
norcalrobbie2 4 years ago
Aren`t present day Italians not related to the ancient Romans?I read that a lot of them are descendents of the invaders who came later,lombards,goths,huns.
bazzatheblue 4 years ago
it really depends on where they come from. however, most italians are somehow related to ancient Romans. you know, invading barbarians raped village women, yadda yadda yadda.
xxxJeahxxx 4 years ago
i wouldn't say most, a lot of families would find that their Italian blood only goes so far
d89gr 4 years ago
Sorry, but no. Ancient Romans didn't have red hair. The lightest hair color was chestnut. They were White People, yes, but they didn't look like Anglos.
PCoderch 4 years ago
sorry PC, but some romans DID have red hair (Atia didn't though) Famous men with reddish hair (around this time period): marcus crassus and Sulla
lou4brew 4 years ago
Listen, Anglo, Sulla had auburn hair, not red. As for Crassus, I have never seen any reliable source on what his hair looked like, but he was shown as having black hair in the film "Spartacus". The typical Roman had white skin, light brown hair and brown eyes which tended towards a greenish and blueish hue. Tacitus describes Germans as physically different from Europeans for your people!
PCoderch 4 years ago
What i mean is that Tacitus describes Germans and other Northern Europeans as physically different from Romans.
PCoderch 4 years ago
you would though, wouldn't you?
ELeeming 4 years ago
i knew kelly condon was irish.
MontyConnor 4 years ago
i hate irish accent shame more to people then accents tho
downzymcfc4 4 years ago
She doesn't have the most flattering Irish accent, does she? I was shocked when I first heard her talk in an interview.
funkyfru 4 years ago 3
I´m Portuguese, Thanks to BBC and the British for this serie and exceptional actors.
Luso515PorTuoGraal 4 years ago
Because the best actors and actresses are Anglosaxons. And BBC have a big stake in the series. What did you think has happened these last 2000 years....think Anglosaxons are still good for nothing Barbarians ;-)
aeonflux67 4 years ago
you guys dindnt know she was Irish. he lastname is condon super Irsh
iMPERIALSUPPORT 4 years ago
hehe I love the way she says "All the time!"
Quadratic77 4 years ago
Dr. House from HOUSE is English.
dashiznickus 4 years ago
This video makes conflict and trouble. She is an actress and yes I think she can change the way she speaks like Jamie Bamber of Battlestar Galactica and if you remember Dr. Strangelove the actor that plays his part can change voices too!
1942tj 4 years ago
I hate her in that movie! Or I just hate her character...
TheodoraMladenova 4 years ago
ha! thats funny!
bboysince1971 4 years ago
It certainly is, but most people couldn't tell the differance between an Italian and another European based people.
Aesirblond 4 years ago
Atia meurt mais ne se rend pas!
CorneliusMargius666 4 years ago
hilarious, actually she's irish... i think both of her voices are hot - but maybe that's just me.
mlower09 4 years ago
That was great
Reece5065 4 years ago
LOL...she may as well have a Jersey accent....LOL
LouGurl 4 years ago