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Rufus Beck Questions German Film Industry’s Foreign Casting Choices

He recounted roles from an English lord in Cornwall to Swedish characters in Croatia with differing overseas catering and production standards

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Overview

  • Beck said German productions routinely cast domestic actors in foreign roles such as Scots, Venetians and Swedes
  • He described dressing as an English lord on a Rosamunde-Pilcher set in Cornwall’s country manors
  • He revealed that many Cornwall residents did not realize German crews had filmed there for decades
  • He noted his performance remained unchanged for Croatia crime TV films, with only stereotypical makeup and no accent alterations
  • He contrasted German shoots with a French coproduction where catering included a three-course meal served under a tent with wine and cheese