Well, actors being actors, it doesn't really matter which part of the country he's from whether he plays a Yankee or a Reb. Heck, Vivian Leigh, best known as Southern belle heroine Scarlett O'Hara, wasn't even American. And Clark Gable, who played Southern smuggler Rhett Butler from South Carolina, was actually from Ohio (a Northern state).
Now, about playing twins . . . Jensen could do that easily. Heck, he's done it twice already. Not technically twins, of course, but Dean and dream!Dean, and Dean and future!Dean.
If the brothers were from a border state, it could easily be that one fought with the North and the other with the South. That particular war split up a lot of families.
In fact, if you want to watch a good miniseries about cousins fighting on opposite sides of the war, I suggest watching The Blue and The Gray. One of the Southern cousins becomes an embedded journalistic artist with a Northern unit, and having ties to both sides, tries to remain neutral. And at one point, the Southern cousins sneak their Northern kin behind Southern lines for a night of partying. The miniseries is kind of cheesy in that way 1980s miniseries had, but I like it better than the John Jakes epic soap opera North and South. Though a point of interest with N&S is that it was Patrick Swayze's first major success.
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Date: 2011-06-09 06:43 pm (UTC)Now, about playing twins . . . Jensen could do that easily. Heck, he's done it twice already. Not technically twins, of course, but Dean and dream!Dean, and Dean and future!Dean.
If the brothers were from a border state, it could easily be that one fought with the North and the other with the South. That particular war split up a lot of families.
In fact, if you want to watch a good miniseries about cousins fighting on opposite sides of the war, I suggest watching The Blue and The Gray. One of the Southern cousins becomes an embedded journalistic artist with a Northern unit, and having ties to both sides, tries to remain neutral. And at one point, the Southern cousins sneak their Northern kin behind Southern lines for a night of partying. The miniseries is kind of cheesy in that way 1980s miniseries had, but I like it better than the John Jakes epic soap opera North and South. Though a point of interest with N&S is that it was Patrick Swayze's first major success.
Anyway, Jensen in Yankee blue. Yes.