Why did they ask a British actor to play a great American President?

Why not?

The operative word here is "act"or. It shouldn't matter what the nationality is.

Besides, Lewis has the same tall, lanky look - good choice, I think.

They can always hire Obuma to do a voiceover later.

Many people said that Lincoln had a high-pitched voice.
It wasn't that long ago.

Thread: "I saw John Wilkes Booth assassinate Abraham Lincoln" --- video

you were there?

You think all the people who reported he had a high voice were lying?

Do you need a link? Look it up.

You are argumentative...

Read more: [link to www.smithsonianmag.com]




"If anyone had an educated guess as to how it sounded though, it would be Holzer, who has written 40 books on Lincoln and the Civil War."

"The author has pored over reports of Lincoln’s public appearances on speaking tours, eyewitness accounts told to Lincoln’s law partner William Herndon and newspaper commentaries about the Lincoln-Douglas debates, and, surprisingly, he says, one of the only things that can be said with certainty is that Lincoln was a tenor."





Read more: [link to www.smithsonianmag.com]

Damn, you fuckers are lazy!

------------------------

One of the only things that can be said with certainty is that Lincoln was a tenor.

“Lincoln’s voice, as far as period descriptions go, was a little shriller, a little higher,” says Holzer. It would be a mistake to say that his voice was squeaky though. “People said that his voice carried into crowds beautifully. Just because the tone was high doesn’t mean it wasn’t far-reaching,” he says.

Of the actors who have played Lincoln, “Waterston catches it for me,” says Holzer. “Although he is from Massachusetts, he gets that twang down, and he’s got a high voice that sometimes lapses into very high.”

[link to www.smithsonianmag.com]