Why did joss whedon choose david borianez and italian to play an irish vampire?

Question

i mean he should have picked a pale guy maybe even an actual irishman like that that played bullseye in daredevil i forget his name.but he was an uppencomer back then.

Answer 1

D'you mean Colin Farrell? Yeah, he would have been great.  But his accent is a very strong Dublin accent and Angel was meant to be from Galway, which is a very different accent to the Dublin one - but even still I think Colin Farrell would have done a better job than David Boreanaz at the accent.  I think that is possibly the WORST Irish accent I have ever heard on TV - it was terrible!!! David Boreanaz was fine as Angel but, as you said, if Angel was meant to be Irish then maybe Whedon should have gone with a different actor. There's plenty of talented actors in Ireland ; )