Foreign accents

One thing an actor has to be prepared to do is shift his or her accent depending on where their Immortal originally came from. The results of this have been decidedly mixed - no doubt helped by the example set in the Highlander movie, where Frenchman Christophe Lambert struggled with a Scottish accent and Scotsman Sean Connery didn't even bother to try and sound Egyptian - never mind Spanish.

The best example of a dodgy accent is Garwin Sandford's attempts with John Garrick's English accent (C9, 'Shadows'). Then again, Elizabeth Gracen's "French" accent, delivered when Amanda first becomes Immortal in the 9th Century, sounds distinctly Dick Van Dyke, which makes it Dodgy Cockney, not Dodgy Parisien.

Still, at least they made the effort. Many Brits don't even bother: Morgan D'Estaing (Marc Warren) is French and appears to have spent his entire life there. Which makes his Saaarf Lahndan (South London) accent all the more perplexing. Similarly, Gabriel Piton seems to have spent his entire 300-odd year existence in France, but sounds distinctly English.

Here's a quick list of those actors and actresses who have gamely taken on the accent, and my rather unfair rating (1-10) of how I perceive their efforts: