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Accents, Which actors do them really well? Do a good job at it?

Started by Koltar, February 03, 2008, 03:34:03 AM

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Koltar

February 03, 2008, 03:34:03 AM
Because of stuff said up in the Roleplaying thread related to DOCTOR WHO and TORCHWOOD I'm starting this thread.


 Not interested in the negatives, just the good ones.

Christian Bale - Does a pretty decent American accent, so much so that he stayed with that character voice when doing interviews for BATMAN BEGINS.

Drew said that James Marsters did a pretty good job in that  TORCHWOOD episode.  (by the way, heard that character is supposed to return)

Supposedly Hugh Laurie does a good job of an American accent on "HOUSE" - I wouldn't know, I'm usually watching something else.


In V FOR VENDETTA, Natalie Portman sounded natural. Did those in the U.K. think she sounded natural?


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laffingboy

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February 03, 2008, 10:19:48 AM
I guess Meryl Streep is the obvious answer; it's become almost a cliche.

I think Hugh Jackman and James Cromwell both do very good American Accents. Russel Crowe is convincing, too.
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February 03, 2008, 10:22:52 AM
The guy that plays Jimmy Macnulty in The Wire - Dominic West. Born in Yorkshire, England, he has a heavy, to us on this side of the pond, accent when out of character.  On The Wire, he's pretty good as a Baltimore detective.

Though my wife says she can here more of his natural tendency this year than in years past...
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Koltar

#3
February 03, 2008, 11:20:47 AM
Quote from: laffingboyI guess Meryl Streep is the obvious answer; it's become almost a cliche.

I think Hugh Jackman and James Cromwell both do very good American Accents. Russel Crowe is convincing, too.


If you mean this James Cromwell.......(?)

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000342/


It might be because he was born in America.


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Pseudoephedrine

#4
February 03, 2008, 02:13:36 PM
Dominic West, and in fact, most of the rest of the actors on the Wire.
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February 03, 2008, 03:24:07 PM
Quote from: KoltarChristian Bale - Does a pretty decent American accent, so much so that he stayed with that character voice when doing interviews for BATMAN BEGINS.
Ah, his George W. Bush impression.

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droog

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February 04, 2008, 06:29:33 AM
I've never heard anyone do a decent Australian accent, including Meryl Streep.
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February 04, 2008, 04:33:34 PM
Re: Natalie Portman in V for Vendetta...

You know your movie review site is a wee bit biased when they start throughly lambasting an actresses 'atrocious' accent in a movie (despite not having a native ear for said accent) and no one else... anywhere... complained.

Did I say Lambasted? I meant excoriated.

Luckily I don't read them because I care about the accuracy of their perspective, but for the vigor of their hate.
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February 05, 2008, 12:02:11 PM
Quote from: droogI've never heard anyone do a decent Australian accent, including Meryl Streep.
I haven't even heard Australians do a good Australian accent.  You people are completely unbelievable.

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droog

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February 06, 2008, 01:24:11 AM
Quote from: Ian AbsentiaI haven't even heard Australians do a good Australian accent.  You people are completely unbelievable.


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February 06, 2008, 12:05:20 PM
Hugh Laurie is about 99.9% indistinguishable from a regular American accent. You have to listening for it, and even then, its very rare.
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#11
February 06, 2008, 02:37:57 PM
Quote from: Zachary The FirstHugh Laurie is about 99.9% indistinguishable from a regular American accent. You have to listening for it, and even then, its very rare.

I haven't heard him slip, its true, but I will note that his accent is, to my ear anyway, odd for its lack of recognizable regional inflection. It's American, but blandly generic American that damn few people actually speak.

Not that I would have noticed if I hadn't paid such close attention to his talking. I think the 'I've got a frog in my throat' burr helps him too....
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February 06, 2008, 03:19:21 PM
Quote from: SpikeI haven't heard him slip, its true, but I will note that his accent is, to my ear anyway, odd for its lack of recognizable regional inflection. It's American, but blandly generic American that damn few people actually speak.

Not that I would have noticed if I hadn't paid such close attention to his talking. I think the 'I've got a frog in my throat' burr helps him too....
It is.  It's the kind we speak in the Midwest when we're trying to sound all non-regional (though, for the most part, the midwest has a pretty standard American sound to it, with perhaps a bit of a twang, depending on the area, and exlcuding Chicago and the North Mid-west). :p
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February 06, 2008, 03:30:24 PM
Quote from: Zachary The FirstIt is.  It's the kind we speak in the Midwest when we're trying to sound all non-regional (though, for the most part, the midwest has a pretty standard American sound to it, with perhaps a bit of a twang, depending on the area, and exlcuding Chicago and the North Mid-west). :p


Don't gimmee none o' your lip. I'm from Nebraska, and you don't get more midwestern than that.  ;)

Mind you, I haven't LIVED there for 15 years or so... so I could be out of touch....
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February 06, 2008, 04:43:44 PM
And whatsamatta with Chicago and over by dare?

Friggin' Indiana hicks...

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