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Old 29-08-2005, 14:32
Leon Bilson
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Does anybody know any foreign actors in any of the soaps?

Also, if a foreign character comes in, they always seem to speak to their family in English, not their native language (i.e. the Ferreiras, di Marcos). Can and of you re-call foreign languages being spoken in soap?

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Old 29-08-2005, 14:53
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The Ferreiras and the di Marcos sounded pretty English to me.
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Old 29-08-2005, 15:02
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Originally Posted by Leon Bilson
Does anybody know any foreign actors in any of the soaps?

Also, if a foreign character comes in, they always seem to speak to their family in English, not their native language (i.e. the Ferreiras, di Marcos). Can and of you re-call foreign languages being spoken in soap?

Leon.
Don't know if you get to see it across the water but Lana the Russian girl in Fair City is actually Russian in real life and when her brother Sergi came to visit her for her wedding to Leo she spoke in Russian to him.
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Old 29-08-2005, 15:31
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Originally Posted by Leon Bilson
Does anybody know any foreign actors in any of the soaps?
Emmerdale's Emily Symons (Louise) is Australian. At least, I think she was born in Oz.

Also, if a foreign character comes in, they always seem to speak to their family in English, not their native language (i.e. the Ferreiras, di Marcos). Can and of you re-call foreign languages being spoken in soap?
Neighbours' Lil says the odd Serbian word every now and again.

Sunset Beach regularly had it's Latin-American characters arguing in Spanish. This was mainly between Carmen and Gabi. And the Chang's (Rae's parents) mostly talked to one another in Chinese (I think.)
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Old 30-08-2005, 12:51
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Eldorado (may it RIP) had many foreign actors in. For the first few episodes these actors/characters spoke in their native languages (Danish, Spanish) but this idea was dropped and they all started speaking English so we'd all understand.

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Old 30-08-2005, 22:25
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I know James Alexandrou is half Cypriot (and also is Cliff Parisi (who plays 'EE's' 'Minty'), because he looks Greek/Cypriot, has a foreign surname and also it has been stated that he speaks Greek?).

What about any characters in the main soaps (i.e. 'EE', 'Corrie', 'Emmerdale' etc.)?

Did the di Marcos always talk in English (even with the grandparents (including the grandparents to each other?)?)? Also, did Rosa speak with an Italian accent (I can't remember)?

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