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Worst accent?

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grant

16:04 / 11.12.01

quote:Originally posted by potus:
On the opposite end of this topic, was anyone else impressed by Brad Pitt's almost but not quite there Pike accent in Snatch. It's admittedly difficult and I think he did a fairly decent attempt for an American.

Not being first-hand familiar with the original, I was totally into it.

pointless and uncalled for

16:07 / 11.12.01

The supporting cast were doing a better job than he was. He was still pretty close to what I'm familiar with as the original.

The Natural Way

09:05 / 12.12.01

I know it's a cliche, but....

Last night when I flicked over to Dracula Keanu Reeve's accent had me in fits.

"Ahhhove Trocked the Bahsshtord dorn tor has Lor!"

Or something.

Scrubb is on a downward spiral

11:02 / 12.12.01

Re Keanu Dracula:

"It is Draahhhcula. And he is Euulld."

My friend and I spent much of the film "Dear Gohhdd!"ing at each other in the style of Ms Ryder.

We're The Great Old Ones Now

12:40 / 12.12.01

Meryl Streep in 'Out of Africa'.

Ewan McGregor's painful Alec Guinness impersonation in Phantom Menace.

Rev. Wright

14:18 / 12.12.01

Keanu and Ryder are both awful with their accents in Dracula, but don't let off Gary too easily. What was it....

'da children ov da nite....
....vot bootiful muzik dat day mayik.'

awful.

Locust No longer

17:09 / 17.12.01

I like Ewan McGreggor but his accent in Velvet Goldmine was pretty horrible, too. Trying to be Iggy Pop is a hard thing to pull off.

Tempus

20:53 / 17.12.01

quote:Originally posted by Nick:

Ewan McGregor's painful Alec Guinness impersonation in Phantom Menace.

Shoot. I was hoping to be the first one to point that out. That may actually be the best possible scenario for a bad accent though--do it in a wretched movie and no one will notice. Good adice to any would-be screen idols out there.

Red Cross Iodized Salt

22:15 / 17.12.01

That guy who's in all of Guy Ritchie's films (the one who plays the boxing promoter in Snatch) did the worst American accent I've ever heard all throughout The One. Everytime he spoke it made the film less and les watchable. I wouldn't mind, but there wasn't any need for him to actually have an American accent ion the first place.

On the plus side, he's that much less likely to have much of an acting career now, so we won't have to listen to or look at him quite as much...

mondo a-go-go

08:43 / 18.12.01

quote:Originally posted by potus:
THe award is of course waiting for the moment that Ewan MacGregor tries to do anything other than Scottish though.

as has of course been mentioned already: phantom menace

though frankly, nowhere near as bad as ewan bremner's cockney accent in mojo. ouch.

Margin Walker

22:26 / 18.12.01

Although it's not the worst accent of all time, Emma Thompson's faux American accent in "Judas Kiss" made me wince at least a couple of times.

Regrettable Juvenilia

22:26 / 18.12.01

Oh God, what about Kenneth Branagh's American accent in Dead Again? Aaarrrggghhh!

Jack Fear

11:46 / 19.12.01

Agreed on that, Fly. Who'd have thought that the era's premiere Anglo-Irish Shakespearean would make a hard-boiled Angeleno detective sound like--Kermit the Frog?!? Hi-ho!

Dave Moran

12:41 / 19.12.01

'Cheeeldrenn oif the night, ah fottt sveet myoosic dey mak.'

Gary Oldman auditions for 'Allo 'Allo.

Then there's Val Kilmers bizarre disguises in 'The Saint', Uma Thurman's Mrs Emma Peel.

And Jar Jar Binks - his accent possibly being the most disgraceful crime in cinema history.

The Natural Way

13:17 / 19.12.01

'da children ov da nite.... etc

Alright, I don't like Dracula, but you've got to understand Oldman's accent in context. The film does the whole mix and match various elements from the *Dracula genre* thing (incl. campy accents)...so, while this makes for a bit of a post-modern mess, it's a bit unfair to criticise Oldman for a silly accent he was probably told to ham up.

The Return Of Rothkoid

20:50 / 19.12.01

Well, that gets him off the hook there. But what about his Russian accent in Air Force One? Ain't no excuse for that. Fuck, I can do a better accent, and I only dated a Russian; I wasn't paid to be one.

Dave Moran

07:46 / 20.12.01

I agree with Guns, to be honest - I tend to view the film as hilarious fun - the first few minutes where Oldman in bright red armour swaps gobble-di-gook with Hopkins ( he's the priest who damns Drac's wife, I just noiced that the other night watching it again ) is endlessly chuckleworthy.

best other bit - when Drac turns into a wolf halfway through humping Lucy Westenra - and she doesn't even notice !!! Bwahahahahahahahahaha !!!

gentleman loser

23:26 / 20.12.01

I second Keanu in The Devil's Advocate.

Worst. Accent. Ever!

Another awful Southern accent: Gary Oldman in The Fifth Element. I guess he and Keanu should stick to their regular voices.

GreatForm

10:17 / 28.12.01

I can't believe you people think Ewan McGregor had a bad accent in Star Wars. What kind of accent was he supposed to have. There is no Scotland or Ireland on Naboo. Alls i know is that he sounded just like the old Obi Wan Konobi.

Spatula Clarke

10:36 / 28.12.01

Amazed by the fact that none of the Buffyites here have mentioned Kendra.

Irish? Jamaican? Scottish?

Human?

The Natural Way

11:07 / 28.12.01

Yeah, what the fuck was that? I think it was supposed to be jamaican, 'cause of all the "'tinks", but I'm not sure.....

Bear

11:13 / 28.12.01

Never heard her before but "tinks" could also be bad Irish

Spatula Clarke

11:21 / 28.12.01

Ay wuz sent 'ere by me Watchuuur. 'E tinks dere's a baaad eeevil comin' to Sunnydale.

Now I tink of it, there was definitely a bit of Welsh in the emphasis of some of the syllables, too.

[ 28-12-2001: Message edited by: Extremely Restrained Dupre ]

The Natural Way

11:26 / 28.12.01

I fair fancy her, though.

DaveBCooper

13:03 / 28.12.01

Oldman in Dracula.
Oldman in True Romance.
Oldman in Leon.
Oldman in The Fifth Element.

The common denominator is painfully obvious. Once, JUST ONCE, I think it’d be nice if Gary acted in a way that didn’t remind us that he was acting.. I only know a little of stage- and screen- craft, but I think this is generally held to be an important aspect of it.

Sorry, digression there, but I had to get it out of my system. Better now.

DBC

Bear

13:18 / 28.12.01

But surely his accent was meant to be awful in True Romance?

Nobody else mention Mr Gibson in Braveheart, guess it wasn't that bad then...

glassonion

08:09 / 29.12.01

gary oldman's sister s big mo from albert square. acting skills at dawn cockenthesps

08:09 / 29.12.01

It's really unconvincing when that robot barbie doll chick who plays Buffy tries to do a human accent.

Our Lady of The Two Towers

10:37 / 29.12.01

Angel's 'Oirish'? For that matter, Doyle's 'Oirish' or Wesley and Giles 'English', for which they have less excuse seeing as the fuckers live[d] here...

alas

00:59 / 07.01.02

I realize it's been since last year that anyone wrote on this topic, but I can't resist:

Julia Roberts doing god knows what with her mouth in Michael Collins. Oh my god.
Nothing and no one is worse. I'm quite sure on this one.

Ierne

17:43 / 07.01.02

alas beat me to the punch there re: Julia Roberts in Michael Collins. And then she had to SING...och, it was bloody painful.

Cop Killer

18:36 / 08.01.02

Dan Akroyd in Driving Miss Daisy is the worst Southern accent I have ever heard in my life:
"Mom, I'm heyar..."
As if he didn't look like a jackass he had to sound like one too...

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