wombat_of_war said:
thaluikhain said:
Eclectic Dreck said:
Ezekiel T Bluff said:
I just noticed something:
Isnt't it weird that Peter Capaldi (the next Doctor) is credited on imdb page for World War Z as:
W.H.O. Doctor?
Well, if he played as a doctor in a movie about a global pandemic, there are basically only two well known organizations he'd work for: The Center for Disease Control or the World Health Organization. And since he's english, it wouldn't make sense to cast him as a CDC Doctor.
Coincidence? Definitely. Awesome coincidence though.
Why would it have to be a well-known one, though? Couldn't they say he's from a particular countries Important Sounding Organisation?
there is also USAMRIID.United States Army Medical Research Institute for infectious diseases.. ill go back to my geeky dark corner now
USAMRIID does not have the resources to actually do anything about a problem on the scale of a global pandemic. Their efforts are largely based around the military uses of disease. The CDC by contrast is concerned with disease in general including efforts to combat various outbreaks and pandemics.
Moreover, and this seems important, why would you cast an actor from the UK in a role as an
American. Sure, it can and indeed
does happen that people immigrate and get into those sorts of jobs but this is relatively unimportant. You'd use someone who at least can present a very decent American accent for such a job. I've never seen Capaldi attempt such a thing as I've only seen him in two things that I recall - World War Z and that one episode of Doctor Who.