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Worst accents in films - a wee list

Discussion in 'Sensorium' started by Cúchulainn, Nov 13, 2006.

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    [​IMG] Sean Connery - The Hunt for Red October
    Sean Connery - The Untouchables
    Tom Cruise - Far and away
    Richard Gere - Jackel
    Kevin Costner - Robin Hood Prince of Theives
    Gweneth Paltrow - Shakespeare in Love
    Brad Pitt - too many movies to mention
    Mel Gibson - Braveheart
     
    Cúchulainn, Nov 13, 2006
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    Sean Bean - Silent Hill.... terrible!
     
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    Any American trying to do a British accent, except Cary Elwes in RObin Hood Men in TIghts. That was just classic
     
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    Any Australian or New Zealand soap star who goes to try and "make it big in Hollywood" and therefore has to try and do an "American" accent so they can fit in. I guess it's only funny if you remember what they used to talk like.

    Examples: Cliff Curtis, Temuera Morrison, Martin Henderson, Heath Ledger, Naomi Watts, Nicole Kidman etc

    Other than that, you can't go past Nicolas Cage's dodgy Italian in Captain Corelli's Mandolin.
     
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    Every actor in Alexander playing a Macedonian(especially the children at the start) had an Irish accent for some reason! :lol:
     
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    Which is funnier because Cary *is* English! o_0
     
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    I vote for the entire cast of "A perfect storm". Probably the worst butchering of the Boston accent in the history of film.
     
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    Every American actor ever 'speaking' french
     
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    The accents from The Departed, on the other hand, were beautiful. Except for the fact that no one actually has one anymore :p
     
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    The Highlander movies were appalling... Scottish accent anyone?

    I hate the fake Irish accent in Sin City. That was just bad.
     
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    Some of the accents from Aurthur were terrible. I remember the guy that the knights were saving in one of the first few scenes where the Brits ambushed the convoy had an accent that sounded Russian
     
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    I never understood how so many actors fail to do an Irish accent. I think Gillian Anderson deserves credit as she pulled of a flawless Norn Iron accent.
     
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    In what film, Cuch?
     
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    Worst Ever - Dick van Dyke trying to do Cockney in "Mary Poppins".
     
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    I know Harrison Ford pulled off a terrible Russian accent in a submarine movie, I forget which one though...

    On the note of a very good accent though - Hugh Laurie in House.
     
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    The Mighty Celt, Barmy. Its a boring movie about greyhound racing, but auld Gillian was very impressive.
     
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    Not surprising. The Scot was cast as an Egyptian-cum-Spaniard and a Frenchman was the Highlander.
     
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    Costner in JFK. Gawd awful.
     
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    *sigh* I was waiting for that...
     
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    Actually Christopher Lambert was born in the US (Long Island, New York). He was educated in Switzerland and he studied acting in Paris.
    In the first movie his Scottish accent is not perfect but it's not as bad as in the sequels.
     
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