Does Hollywood Have The Best Actors In The World?

Maybe

According to Hollywood, it doesn't.

Alexander Wright: "American film producers are constantly telling me that Britain possesses the most capacious reservoir of acting in the English-speaking world compared to which, New York is but a puddle and Los Angeles a spittle"

But then Hollywood has the money to attract the best actors from all over the world.

Except that it doesn't. Many British actors refuse to answer Hollywood's call in spite of the money and I'm sure that is also true for other countries as well.

But then there's Elstree Studios.

This is effectively Hollywood come to Britain. Elstree is repsonsible for some very American movies:

• "Star Wars" episodes 1 to 6
• The "Indiana Jones" films
• various Muppet Adventures including "Dark Crystal" and "Labyrinth"
• "Superman"
• "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"

Although it also does plenty of homegrown stuff that is instantly recognisable as British, it is effectively a colony or beachhead of Hollywood.

So I guess the answer is: yes. If not Hollywood itself, then Hollywood's money gets the best actors.

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