British Talent All Over the Place!

A recent chart, published on St George’s Day, shows that 63 per cent of the “hottest 100 movies” star English actors. They may not be in the #1 lead role each time, but make no mistake about it – their presence is felt.

Lovefilm.com, the UK’s largest online DVD and games rental service, analyzed its top 100 rental films, and found English actors Clive Owen and Daniel Craig each starred in four of the top 100 films.

Simon Pegg, Ian McKellen, Sean Bean and Jude Law all starred in three of the nation’s favourites.

English actresses Thandie Newton, Kate Winslet, Keira Knightley and Helena Bonham Carter have three starring roles each in the top 100 movies, while Judi Dench and Tilda Swinton take roles in two each.

London was found to be home to the majority of English talent – including Ray Winstone, Michael Caine, Hugh Grant and Sacha Baron Cohen, plus Keira Knightley, Emily Blunt, Helen Mirren and Sophie Okonedo.

Speaking of Helen Mirren, have you seen State of Play starring her loveliness, Rachel McAdams, Russel Crowe, and Ben Afleck? It’s awesome – I loved it.

Lovefilm’s Top 25 Rentals are (with films featuring English leads in brackets):

1. The Last King Of Scotland (Simon McBurney) 2. Little Miss Sunshine 3. Atonement (Keira Knightley, Brenda Blethyn) 4. Casino Royale (2006) (Daniel Craig, Judi Dench) 5. Déjà Vu 6. The Pursuit Of Happyness (Thandie Newton) 7. The Departed (Ray Winstone) 8. Hot Fuzz (Simon Pegg, Nick Frost) 9. Blood Diamond 10. American Gangster (Chiwetel Ejiofor) 11. Children Of Men (Clive Owen) 12. Crash [2005] (Thandie Newton) 13. The Bourne Ultimatum (Paddy Considine, Albert Finney)) 14. The Devil Wears Prada (Emily Blunt) 15. Run, Fat Boy, Run (Simon Pegg, Thandie Newton) 16. The Constant Gardener (Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz) 17. The Holiday (Kate Winslet, Jude Law) 18. The Queen (Helen Mirren, Alex Jennings) 19. Die Hard 4.0 20. Walk The Line 21. Knocked Up 22. Inside Man (Clive Owen, Chiwetel Ejiofor) 23. Million Dollar Baby 24. I Am Legend 25. The Prestige (Michael Caine)

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