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mhg83 12-02-12 08:42 PM

Actors with bad fake accents?
 
I was watching Perks of being a wallflower today and Emma Watson's fake American accent was just horrible. You could tell she was trying her hardest but the British accent kept coming in and out.

Maybe since it was her first film using one and she'll get better over time.

JumpCutz 12-02-12 08:55 PM

Re: Actors with bad fake accents?
 
Tom Cruise- Far and Away
Kevin Costner- Robin Hood: POT
Keanu Reeves -Bram Stoker's Dracula

resinrats 12-02-12 09:06 PM

Re: Actors with bad fake accents?
 

Originally Posted by JumpCutz (Post 11491718)
Kevin Costner- Robin Hood: POT

That's the one I thought of when I saw the thread title.

Tarantino 12-02-12 09:13 PM

Re: Actors with bad fake accents?
 
Charlie Hunnam (Jax) on Sons of Anarchy.

whoopdido 12-02-12 09:16 PM

Re: Actors with bad fake accents?
 
Jared Harris in Lincoln
Tom Hardy in Lawless

Hokeyboy 12-02-12 09:17 PM

Re: Actors with bad fake accents?
 
I remember Ken Branagh's American accent in Dead Alive being particularly cringeworthy.

Hokeyboy 12-02-12 09:23 PM

Re: Actors with bad fake accents?
 
Took me a second there... :lol:

Obey The D 12-02-12 09:25 PM

Re: Actors with bad fake accents?
 
Claire Forlani - Mallrats

Tom Hardy - DKR

Groucho 12-02-12 09:27 PM

Re: Actors with bad fake accents?
 
This will probably send people into a fit, but Daniel Day-Lewis in Last of the Mohicans. To his credit, it's the only film where he does have accent problems.

Obey The D 12-02-12 09:30 PM

Re: Actors with bad fake accents?
 
Patty Duke - The Miracle Worker

Dan 12-02-12 09:41 PM

Re: Actors with bad fake accents?
 
Matthew Goode - Watchmen

Mondo Kane 12-02-12 09:49 PM

Re: Actors with bad fake accents?
 
Rod Steiger's Irish accent in Run of the Arrow is hilarious. It sounds just like Spencer Tracy's portugese in Captains Courageous.

I also remember Ewan McGregor's American accent in Black Hawk Down sounding a bit off.

inri222 12-02-12 10:32 PM

Re: Actors with bad fake accents?
 
Tom Hanks' southern retard accent in FG.

whoopdido 12-02-12 11:11 PM

Re: Actors with bad fake accents?
 

Originally Posted by inri222 (Post 11491838)
Tom Hanks' southern retard accent in FG.

For what it's worth, supposedly Hanks patterned his accent after the kid who played young Forrest. The kid actually talked like that so Hanks just used the same accent for adult Forrest.

Hazel Motes 12-02-12 11:40 PM

Re: Actors with bad fake accents?
 
every Nicholas Cage accent.

JumpCutz 12-02-12 11:41 PM

Re: Actors with bad fake accents?
 
The grandaddy of them all....Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins.

Osiris3657 12-03-12 12:49 AM

Re: Actors with bad fake accents?
 
Leonardo DiCaprio in Blood Diamond

devilshalo 12-03-12 01:39 AM

Re: Actors with bad fake accents?
 
Jodie Foster - Elysium

Unless they went back to re-dub her lines.

hasslein 12-03-12 03:46 AM

Re: Actors with bad fake accents?
 
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/movie-talk/...-all-time.html

GoldenJCJ 12-03-12 03:49 AM

Re: Actors with bad fake accents?
 

Originally Posted by whoopdido (Post 11491740)
Tom Hardy in Lawless


Originally Posted by Obey The D (Post 11491754)
Tom Hardy - DKR

You know, I really like Tom Hardy but the more movies I see with him the more I'm convinced he just says his lines with a mouth full of marbles. Even his natural accent sounds like he's talking with his mouth full.

Hokeyboy 12-03-12 06:18 AM

Re: Actors with bad fake accents?
 
Al Pacino in SCARFACE. Hilariously bad.

obscurelabel 12-03-12 08:23 AM

Re: Actors with bad fake accents?
 
James Mason in Age of Consent grapples with an Austrailian accent at the beginning of the movie, but by the time the action switches to Austrailia about fifteen minutes in, wisely drops it for his usual distinctive mid-Atlantic delivery.

Coral 12-03-12 09:46 AM

Re: Actors with bad fake accents?
 

Originally Posted by Rockmjd23 (Post 11491749)
Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting

Did he even attempt an accent? I thought he just sounded like himself.

I came across a horrible accent recently:

Ivo Nandi (Joe Masseria on Boardwalk Empire)

Giles 12-03-12 09:49 AM

Re: Actors with bad fake accents?
 

Originally Posted by JumpCutz (Post 11491718)
Tom Cruise- Far and Away
Kevin Costner- Robin Hood: POT
Keanu Reeves -Bram Stoker's Dracula

Costner wasn't even trying.

others

Julia Roberts - Mary Reilly
Heather Graham - From Hell

Unclejosh 12-03-12 12:12 PM

Re: Actors with bad fake accents?
 
Justin Theroux in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle


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