It could be anyone, but the downside of this interesting idea is that mainstream actors or actresses are the ones people will recognize more as well as the fact that mainstream movies is a capitalistic view of how a country is underlined or remembered (Independence Day for USA anyone?).

As the implication is that it can be a male or female.

sperY

Serbia444 Posts

March 31 2012 22:39 GMT

#127

On April 01 2012 07:21 Incognoto wrote:

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I know he played in Snatch, are there other good movies he's in you'd recommend?

Sadly no

Sabre

United Kingdom1086 Posts

March 31 2012 22:40 GMT

#128

Got to be Michael Caine for the UK :D what a legend

Scribble

2077 Posts

March 31 2012 22:46 GMT

#129

I feel like, sadly, Mel Gibson probably best represents the ideals of the majority of Americans. Perhaps that's too cynical. I'm not sure what American actor, in an ideal world, I would have represent the US. If it doesn't have to be an American; Ricky Gervais. If the country were to somehow sync its collective ideals to one actor, Ricky Gervais would be the person I'd like it to sync up with.

Glueburn

United States496 Posts

March 31 2012 22:52 GMT

#130

Morgan Freeman! Ofcourse!

saltywet

Hong Kong1316 Posts

March 31 2012 22:56 GMT

#131

On April 01 2012 05:17 Erasme wrote:

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Definitely. Whenever I think of a british, it's always him.

when i think of british
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bruce lee or andy lau for hong kong

NrG.Bamboo

United States2756 Posts

March 31 2012 23:04 GMT

#132

On April 01 2012 07:21 Incognoto wrote:

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Who eats burgers for breakfast??

They are the cornerstone of any nutritious breakfast.

cava

United States1035 Posts

March 31 2012 23:07 GMT

#133

Clint Eastwood. No question.

MountainDewJunkie

United States10346 Posts

March 31 2012 23:11 GMT

#134

Nicholas Cage

He's American incarnate: compulsive and in debt

1hpBuiltForLove

Canada89 Posts

March 31 2012 23:12 GMT

#135

People represent their countries only in domains of interest, such as sports or subjects.

I understand the actor as only representing what acting and theatre are for such given country.

If we were to talk about running or hockey, you would find conclusions along the same line.

Pull

United States308 Posts

March 31 2012 23:14 GMT

#136

Definitely Jack Black for America...sadly

danl9rm

United States3111 Posts

March 31 2012 23:15 GMT

#137

Definitely Chuck Norris for U.S.

marttorn

Norway5211 Posts

March 31 2012 23:18 GMT

#138

Blargh, I can't think of the last Norwegian movie I really really liked. I can't bring myself to like (or watch) most of the movies in the Norwegian industry, not to mention that there's not that many (for obvious reasons)

Could I cheat and use sweden? I'm half swedish (technically quarter brazilian, quarter swedish though) so because I'm hopelessly lost about Norwegian films, I'll use that. I'm also assuming that it's not specific to actor, as in male-only. That would be kind of silly, so i'm assuming that's not the case.

Actress: Noomi Rapace

Country: Sweden (because I'm somewhat of a cheating bastard)

Reason: Her portrayal of Lisbeth Salander in the Swedish/Danish movie adaption of the Millennium series (which is much better than the recent English film, by the way [/hipster]) is what led me to my decision. Lisbeth Salander is one of my favorite female characters as of recent, if not just for the fact that she's really really different from the typical female damsel-in-distress-esque character type.

Oh, and by the way, I'll list the original titles of the Millennium series, because the English names (except for the second one) were surprisingly completely different.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo = Men Who Hate Women
The Girl Who Played with Fire = Same as English title
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest = The Air-Castle that was Blown Up (was a little hard to translate, makes more sense in Swedish)