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What are some of the absolutely most unrealistic and poorly done accents you've ever seen in a movie? There are three that immediately came to my mind,
1. Kevin Costner's "Bostonian accent" in the otherwise great film "13 Days".
2. Harrison Ford's "Russian accent" in "K-19 Widowmaker".
3. Kevin Costner's "English accent" in "Robin Hood Prince of Thieves".
**mic drop**
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
Don Cheadle's "English" accent in the Ocean's films. Very few non-Brits seem to be able to do an English accent, although I guess it doesn't help there are so many different accents in such a small area.
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I don't watch Castle but that scene was great!!
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
"Give me one ping and one ping only Vasilly " Sean Connery !!
Mae hen wlad fy nhadau yn annwyl i mi, Gwlad beirdd a chantorion, enwogion o fri; Ei gwrol ryfelwyr, gwladgarwyr tra m�d, Dros ryddid collasant eu gwaed. Gwlad, gwlad, pleidiol wyf i'm gwlad. Tra m�r yn fur i'r bur hoff bau, O bydded i'r hen iaith barhau.
Not a movie, and technically not an accent, but Kiefer Sutherland in 24 (Season 8) trying - and horribly failing - to speak German. Ripped the immersion right out of that episode.
But if you insist:
Mel Gibson in Braveheart.
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I love Ewan McGregor's work but his American accent in "Blackhawk Down" was not convincing at all. His "Scottishness" slipped out many times.
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
Sean Connery in Highlander. What a brilliant casting decision that was.
"Sean, we're making a film taking place in 16th century Scotland." "Exshellent!" "You'll be a Spaniard." "My name ish Ramiresh." "MacLeod will be played by a Frenchman."
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What are some of the absolutely most unrealistic and poorly done accents you've ever seen in a movie? There are three that immediately came to my mind,
3. Kevin Costner's "English accent" in "Robin Hood Prince of Thieves".
**mic drop**
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Originally Posted By: oldgrognard
Dan Akroyds Southern accent in Driving Miss Daisy.
Almost no one does a southern accent well. Except for Andrew Lincoln in Walking Dead, which is amazing considering how he speaks naturally. Same language but completely different. LOL Most make me cringe a bit. I have no doubt New Yorkers feel the same way hearing people attempt theirs too. I hear the Fargo accents were WAY over the top too.
The best use of bad accents has to be the Col. Angus skit from SNL though. LOL
I thought the captain/"surgeon" of the Acheron in "Master and Commander" had a pretty horrible French accent, which he probably got from "The Holy Grail."
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That is truly the worst, the WORST, attempt at a Geordie accent, or ANY accent, I have EVER heard in my life. All the other recommendations fall by the wayside by a long way compared to that. *shudder*
