James Mcavoy Defends Hathaway Casting.... British star James Mcavoy has defended Anne Hathaway's casting as Jane Austen in Becoming Jane - insisting "you find the actor, not the accent" for movie roles.Director Julian Jarrold was criticised for casting an American actress in the role of the iconic 18th century English author, but The Last King Of Scotland star believes Hathaway was the best choice for the part.He says, "I think (the criticism was) fairly expected, but I'm a Scotsman and it's really surreal playing two Scottish people in the last seven years, so I haven't got a leg to stand on."I think you find the right actor - you don't find the right accent - and she is undoubtedly brilliant."When you find a British person playing Jfk or (Richard) Nixon or some real big American icon, nobody bats an eyelid here. We don't go, 'This is terrible - it should be an American man playing this part', so I don't know why we get so annoyed."

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