The American's can't do an accent.

[Caj]

Kevin Costner, Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves.

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That was the worst, I guess.

Keanu Reeves in Bram Stoker's Dracula.

In his first line in the movie, he's trying to (a) say his line, (b) do an accent and (c) hold his head still and make eye contact. You can see the struggle on his face; I think from that point on they just let him Ted his way through the movie.

Caj

[izzarina]

I think from that point on they just let him Ted his way through the movie.

That would have been totally awesome, dude!!! Party on!



Carrie Fisher, in the first Star Wars movie (I'm at a loss as to what to call it...it used to be Star Wars, but it's now Star Wars, Episode 5, A New Hope), started out with some sort of an accent....I'm thinking she was trying for English. But after her ship is captured, she loses the accent completely.

[emmline]

Carrie Fisher, in the first Star Wars movie (I'm at a loss as to what to call it...it used to be Star Wars, but it's now Star Wars, Episode 5, A New Hope), started out with some sort of an accent....I'm thinking she was trying for English. But after her ship is captured, she loses the accent completely.

Yep yep yep. That's what happened.

[SteveShaw]

The American's can't do plurals, either.

Too right they can't. You do the math.

[Walden]

That's right. There is one mathematic involved.

[Steamwalker]

Worst American accent I have heard was Emma Thompson is Primary Colors. There are probably many others but I probably didn't notice that such and such was trying to do an American accent.

[SteveShaw]

The worst American accents are those adopted by British pop singers down the ages. They all did it, Beatles, Stones, the lot (try "It's All Over Now" by the Stones for example). It's great to hear UK singers eschewing this awful affectation. Though when I hear Kate Rusby singing in a Barnsley accent for more than 34.58 seconds...

[The_Celtic_Bard]

Monty Python, of course they were just parodying it.

[mutepointe]

i've moved around and traveled my fair share. in kanawha county, west virginia, people who have lived here their whole lives have different accents depending upon which town they grew up in. and they grew up sometimes less than 10 miles apart. i could believe that you see the same things where you live.

i have a friend who talks and gestures with all the animation of keanu and my friend isn't acting. he's just that way naturally.

that being said, kevin costner in robin hood was pitiful.

[The_Celtic_Bard]

I think all can agree on Kevin the Pitiful

[CHasR]

Yes, but one of the most fascinating accents ever (IMO) belongs to Cary Grant.
I never get tired of hearing this guy speak!

[mamakash]

Are there any british fans of Buffy lurking on this board? If so, then what do you think of James Marsters' accent for Spike? I'm not british, but his accent seems very natural. I was shocked to find he spoke with an american accent.
It's not fair to pick on Americans for bad british accents, you guys can't pull off american accents, either. The most obvious ones seem easiest . . .cockney or aristocrat or southern(american) or new york, but they end up coming across like caractures . . . retaining a few glaring qualities but missing the subtle. They "work" for the audience who isn't paying attention to the nuances. For the native speaker, faking is obvious.

[mamakash]

Double post.

[cowtime]

Kevin Costner, Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves.

That was the worst, I guess.

It beats Tom Cruise in Far and Away.

While I was reading this thread, TC immediately came to my mind. That was really bad.

The other one that followed Tom Cruise was Leonardo di Capprio(I'm not looking up the correct spelling).

[mamakash]

Whe did Leonardo DiCaprio do a bad accent?

I jest remember a British actor doing an amazing american accent. When you mentioned Leonardo DiCaprio, I remembered. Cate Blanchett. She was an impressive Katharine Hepburn! It's such an odd accent, even for an american, but she made it sound perfectly natural.