Brits Take The Lead! 2013 Sees America Ship In Overseas Talent

It used to be that British actors were traditionally cast by Hollywood filmmakers as villains; in endless kids' Disney flicks we'd hear exaggeratedly posh English voices coming out of the most evil of witches ('Snow White'), scary giant octopuses ('The Little Mermaid') and murderous lions ('The Lion King'), and even the creators of some of the biggest blockbusters such as 'Die Hard' and 'The Silence Of The Lambs' scoured the UK for the perfect sinister accent.

However, now the Brits are playing the good guys with a surge of overseas talent showcasing their well-practised foreign accents over the past few years - even one of the most American flicks of 2012, Steven Spielberg's 'Lincoln' cast London born Daniel Day-Lewis as the iconic US President. Here are our four biggest British stars that have been making their mark in Hollywood with seminal roles over the past and coming months.

Jeremy Irons' son Max Irons is also making his mark overseas with a major role in the Stephanie Meyer adapted movie 'The Host' and an upcoming lead role in 'Vivaldi' opposite Neve Campbell. And all that's not to mention the talent on the other side of the camera! Oscar winning English director Sam Mendes firmly secured his place in Hollywood with 'American Beauty' in 1999, but now he's managed to take UK flicks to the same heights with Bond movie 'Skyfall' which became the second highest grossing movie of 2012

So with British talent, both fresh and experienced, jetting over to the glitz and glamour of LA, has Hollywood finally been taken over? Of course, we haven't even started on the female stars...

Aaron Taylor-Johnson & Martin Freeman