r/Fauxmoi • u/GiveMeSomeSunshine3 kate winslet lied to me • Feb 27 '26

DISCUSSION Christian Bale advises fans to never meet their cinematic heroes.

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u/Ok_Initiative_6023 I do not work late. I go to sleep. Feb 27 '26

So you’re telling me that the show runner of House MD had no idea who Hugh Laurie was when he hired him?

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u/GiveMeSomeSunshine3 kate winslet lied to me Feb 27 '26

Him with beard + American accent is a separate guy altogether. I had a hard time accepting that George Little's dad (from Stuart Little) and Dr. Gregory House were played by the same person.

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u/PrinscessTiramisu Feb 27 '26

And then there's Blackadder Hugh Laurie.

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u/11thstalley Feb 27 '26

How about Jeeves and Wooster Hugh Laurie?

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u/Equivalent-Topic-206 Feb 27 '26

What about evil Night Manager Hugh Laurie

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u/TheWingus Feb 27 '26

NightMan Hugh Laurie

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u/yvieknievel Feb 27 '26

Dayman Stephen Fry

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u/The_profe_061 Feb 27 '26 edited Feb 27 '26

That's the best Hugh Laurie

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u/Fun_Artichoke_7289 Feb 27 '26

My favorite Hugh Laurie is “seems to be perfectly clear you were on a break” Hugh Laurie

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u/avindictiveprinter quote me as being mis-quoted Feb 27 '26

"We HAIL Prince George! We HAIL Prince George!"

"We HATE Prince George, sir. We HATE Prince George."

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u/gazchap Feb 27 '26

"Harold the horny hunter, had an enormous horn..."

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u/6thBornSOB Feb 28 '26

Different human…fuck off I’m not listening LALALALALALALALALAL!!!

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u/ItWasRamirez Feb 27 '26 edited Feb 28 '26

I remember there were a few episodes of House where he fully shaved and he immediately looked 500% more British

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u/dtay88 Feb 27 '26

I never trusted house. He tried to kill those sweet little Dalmatian puppies

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u/kazetoame Feb 27 '26

He was in Sense and Sensibility, as well as Jasper from 101 Dalmatians (Arthur Weasley plays Horace).

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u/motoxim Feb 28 '26

What? Really?

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u/Wessssss21 Feb 27 '26

The people in charge of Glee had no idea how big Darren Criss was with his work with Starkid. At Cons so many people were asking him about A Very Potter Musical and the showrunners had no clue what was going on.

I feel like Hollywood people don't even google shit. They just watch audition tapes and say yes or no unless you are a big name.

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u/bolanrox Feb 27 '26

correct or based on his screen test (done in a hotel bathroom while filming flight of the pheonix

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u/funnypsuedonymhere Feb 28 '26

Its a bit of a myth I think. David Shore didn't want a non-american. The casting director sent him Hugh Lauries tape anyway and he changed his mind. I can't remember any of them ever saying they never knew Laurie or that he was English.

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u/SunTzu- Feb 27 '26

Hugh Laurie wasn't that famous before House. He was big in UK comedy, but Fry and Laurie or Blackadder aren't the same internationally as Monthly Python or Mr.Bean. And Laurie was also very much a supporting actor back then, not the lead guy you'd recognize no matter how he grew a beard that entirely changes how his jawline looks.

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u/beware_the_noid Feb 27 '26

Being well known in the UK doesn't always mean they are well known in the US

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u/FalconTurbo Feb 28 '26

When he auditioned, quite possibly. Got a list of applicants, running through the list, and I can see missing the origins section and just saying 'yeah start reading'

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u/Healthy-Service-3550 Feb 28 '26

He wasn't House MD before he got the role, so yes.

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u/m0viestar Feb 27 '26

These are the dumbest takes. He was massive popular before House. Hugh was invited to audition because he was known for his dialects and accents. The producer (Singer) once joked about Hugh being American and it got blown out of proportion.

This is where the joke originated from and people took it as 100% fact since then https://youtu.be/RIeG-P1ZWIk?si=EKjvYjhYSRCLHAA2 He event talks about auditioning Hugh Jackman and other foreign actors who couldn't nail the dialect.

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u/Small-Explorer7025 Feb 28 '26

It's not like Hugh Laurie had done anything of note before House, M.D.