Dear Americans Please Stop Screwing Up Shakespeare
And we Brits will promise never to make a western...It's the accent and lack of theatrical timing. There are some very good American actors such as Kevin Kline, Laurence Fishburne and Malkovitch who have the theatrical training. But every time you guys shoot Shakespeare the directors choose untrained movie actors who are utterly wrong for the part and ignore actors with real heft.
Even the awful Midsummers Night Dream with Calista Flockhart worked because of Kline, Strathairn, Tucci and Bill Irwin. All these guys are trained at Shakespeare.
Anymore messing with the Bard and we'll remake Red River with Ricky Gervais or Shane with Eddie Izzard.
It's your choice America...