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[โ€“] quotheraven404@lemmy.ca 30 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

I'm sure many (American) people think Hugh Laurie is like House in real life too ๐Ÿ˜‚

[โ€“] Dagamant@lemmy.world 22 points 9 months ago (2 children)

American here, Iโ€™m a big fan of Stephen Fry so I knew about him from A Bit of Fry and Laurie. I know Iโ€™m an outlier in the statistics.

[โ€“] Thrashy@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Jeeves and Wooster here, but lump me into that outlier group with you.

[โ€“] kylua@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Similar story but I'm Italian

[โ€“] Wanderer@lemm.ee 15 points 9 months ago

British people know how sophisticated he really is

[โ€“] Halosheep@lemm.ee 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I was VERY surprised when I heard his real accent as a kid.

[โ€“] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

So were the production team of House. They totally thought he was an American and were surprised when he first spoke with them in his natural voice.