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Why is he considered a German actor when he's also Spanish?

posted 10 years ago by ph75006
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His father is German (though born in Bazil) and his mother is Spanish. He was born in Barcelona. And although he grew up primarily in Germany, he speaks both German and Spanish fluently.....I just think it's rather unfair to keep labeling him as "German actor" when he has the potential to be so much more.

It's like how Michael Fassbender is also labeled a "German actor" when he's half-Irish and grew up primarily in Ireland.

[–] raf-33 8 years ago

As a Brit and thus close to Michael Fassbender's territory I can assure you that no one around here thinks of him as German. He is Irish, he has the accent and all of the cultural phenomena typical of the Irish, so he may have German lineage but he's as German as Kim Kardashian.

Wherever you call home and wherever you are molded in to adulthood is where you are from. If Daniel is more at home drinking a glass bucket full of beer than sleeping on a couch at 3 in the afternoon then it's obvious which culture he is from. People do this with Saoirse Ronan too, they call her American despite the fact she has an accent that even someone from Cork would have trouble deciphering.

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