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Why are ALL the American "actors" in the recent Godzilla films so lousy? I mean, nobody can possibly be THAT bad and still land a acting gig. I honestly believe the AD goes out on the street and shanghai's the first round-eye tourist they see. These guys can't really be professional actors can they? Just wonderin'
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Wonder no more - you've hit it on the head. Apparently, Toho did recruit American (or American-looking) residents, tourists, businessmen, students, etc to appear in these flicks.

I forget where, but somewhere online is an article that lists who most of these people were in real life - and, surprise, they weren't actors.