I've noticed in several of his films that his accent seems to come and go.mamakash wrote:Whe did Leonardo DiCaprio do a bad accent?
The American's can't do an accent.
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Speaking of English people doing an American accent, I thought that Orlando Bloom did an outstanding job in Elizabethtown. If I didn't know he's English, I never would have guessed (hilarious movie, too!). And, of course, there's Hugh Laurie....
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Not bad at all. I wasn't certain until I heard him in an interview.mamakash wrote: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...
Gwyneth Paltrow does a convincing English accent.
As for bad ones, may I nominate Robin Williams in Mrs Doubtfire... Oy vey...
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The first movie I saw Minnie Driver in, she portrayed an American, and not knowing who she was prior to that, I assumed she was. Very convincing.
Same goes for Hugh Laurie, whom I never knew was British.
And, though I hate to admit it, Aussie Mel Gibson sounds completely American in most of his movies.
Being a Yank meself, I can't speak to the [in]accuracy of Americans doing Brit accents. I can fake one myself, and I think I sound smashing.
Same goes for Hugh Laurie, whom I never knew was British.
And, though I hate to admit it, Aussie Mel Gibson sounds completely American in most of his movies.
Being a Yank meself, I can't speak to the [in]accuracy of Americans doing Brit accents. I can fake one myself, and I think I sound smashing.
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I've lived around Boston most of my life and in the past few years we've become well known for our grim, violent neighborhood movies - "Mystic River", "Departed", "Gone, Baby, Gone" etc. These movies are full of people who are supposed to be from Dorchester or South Boston. Nobody talks like that. They sound like a Saturday Night Live parody to me.
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I didn't even realise that he was EnglishRedwolf wrote:And, of course, there's Hugh Laurie....
Shows you how attentive I am to such details. As for Orlando Bloom, there were a few things that he said in the course of the movie that alluded to his English-ness (Katherine, my eldest, kept laughing at how he still said the "Elizabeth" portion of Elizabethtown like he did in Pirates of the Caribbean.."Elizabuth", rather than "ElizabEth"
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We say it "Elizabuth" where I'm from, so I didn't notice a difference. We'll grant him an excellent Northwest accent then (suitable, as he was supposed to have been from Oregon)izzarina wrote:I didn't even realise that he was EnglishRedwolf wrote:And, of course, there's Hugh Laurie....
As for Orlando Bloom, there were a few things that he said in the course of the movie that alluded to his English-ness (Katherine, my eldest, kept laughing at how he still said the "Elizabeth" portion of Elizabethtown like he did in Pirates of the Caribbean.."Elizabuth", rather than "ElizabEth"
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