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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 248627" data-attributes="member: 27">Though Ingo is Australian, he has a German family background so he likely speaks the language.&nbsp; Kathleen Gati, however, is from Canada so she&#039;s just saddled with playing the role with the Swiss/German accent because they never expected the role to turn into such a scene-stealer.&nbsp; Dr. O was meant to be a day-player role in that story where Robin was being held in that clinic.&nbsp; In fact, I&#039;m kind of surprised they didn&#039;t (over time) allow Obrecht to lose the accent.&nbsp; Maybe Gati uses the accent to help get into character--I&#039;ve heard actors sometimes use such devices to help their performance.&nbsp; Lord knows Kathleen Gati is one hell of an actress, and Obrecht is so much fun to have around.Years ago, the show hired an Aussie actor to play a con man involved with Maxie.&nbsp; As the plotline unfolded, we discovered the guy was actually American and just putting on an Australian accent to help with the con.&nbsp; Dr. Obrecht met the guy (saw through his act) and after he left the room, she quipped &quot;If that man is Australian, then I&#039;m a Canadian.&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp; I nearly died laughing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 248627, member: 27"] Though Ingo is Australian, he has a German family background so he likely speaks the language. Kathleen Gati, however, is from Canada so she's just saddled with playing the role with the Swiss/German accent because they never expected the role to turn into such a scene-stealer. Dr. O was meant to be a day-player role in that story where Robin was being held in that clinic. In fact, I'm kind of surprised they didn't (over time) allow Obrecht to lose the accent. Maybe Gati uses the accent to help get into character--I've heard actors sometimes use such devices to help their performance. Lord knows Kathleen Gati is one hell of an actress, and Obrecht is so much fun to have around. Years ago, the show hired an Aussie actor to play a con man involved with Maxie. As the plotline unfolded, we discovered the guy was actually American and just putting on an Australian accent to help with the con. Dr. Obrecht met the guy (saw through his act) and after he left the room, she quipped "If that man is Australian, then I'm a [I]Canadian[/I]." I nearly died laughing. [/QUOTE]

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