Not each character must have an aCent!
Hollywood loves accents. Generally not even with cause. Accents can add character to the character, but when executed poorly they are often annoying and hamper the whole viewing expertise. Listed below are 15 film accents so unhealthy they nonetheless make me cringe to this present day.
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Gabourey Sidibe, Assault on the Tower (2011)
Common Photos / By way of youtube.com Initially, the director was going for a Jamaican accent, however all we bought was a very unhealthy Caribbean/Irish accent.
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Steven Seagal, out of justice (1991)
Warner Bros. Footage / By way of youtube.com Initially meant to be an Italian accent, we ended up getting a half Italian half New Jersey accent. Even this faux accent was dropped a number of occasions all through the movie.
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Cameron Diaz, New York gangs (2002)
Miramax / By way of youtube.com What that meant was an Irish accent, however we ended up with a half-Irish, half-American accent that was virtually unattainable to listen to.
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Laurence Oliveira, the jazz singer (1980)
Warner Bros. Footage / By way of youtube.com Olivier performed Neil Diamond’s Jewish father within the movie. His German accent was so exaggerated that it was troublesome to decipher the dialogue.
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Sean Connery, highlander (1986)
twentieth Century Studios / By way of youtube.com The Scottish actor’s Spanish accent within the movie was too compelled and drew robust criticism from critics.
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Mickey Rooney, Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
Paramount Image Studios / By way of youtube.com Mickey Rooney’s portrait of the Japanese landlord, Mr. Yunioshi within the movie has been the topic of in depth criticism for its racist and offensive characterization of the Japanese.
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Dick Van Dyke, Mary Poppins (1964)
Walt Disney Footage / By way of youtube.com In 2017, a Babbel ballot ranked Van Dyke’s British accent within the movie as “the worst British accent by an American in movie historical past”.
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Ana Hathaway, Someday (2011)
Common Photos / By way of youtube.com Commenting on Hathaway’s Yorkshire accent within the movie, Huff Publish wrote: “I used to be so distracted, questioning which model of the mom tongue she would attempt subsequent – going from the BBC of the warfare to the right clinks of ‘Eeee by gum’ – I really forgot to cry, which was a disgrace as it is a Corker from a brief story, and Edinburgh and London look beautiful.”
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Leonardo DiCaprio, Blood diamond (2006)
Warner Bros. Footage / By way of youtube.com On a tweetComic Trevor Noah commenting on Leo’s accent stated: “Tiffany is transferring in direction of moral sourcing of diamonds, however nothing will erase the horror of Leo DiCaprio’s accent in Blood diamond‘”
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James Van Der Beek, varsity blues (1999)
Paramount Image Studios / By way of youtube.com In response to IMDb, the Texas accent of Van Der Beek and the remainder of the forged was so unhealthy that they gained the award for “Worst Faux Accent” at that 12 months’s Stinkers Unhealthy Films Awards.
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Harrison Ford, Okay-19: The Widower (2002)
Paramount Image Studios / By way of youtube.com Within the movie, Ford performs the position of a Soviet navy officer. The officer’s uniform fits Ford very effectively, the Russian accent, not a lot.
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Angelina Jolie, alexander (2004)
Warner Bros. Footage / By way of youtube.com “Jolie’s portrayal of Olympias as a cross between Morticia Adams and Medusa, eyes broad as snakes writhe round her,” the BBC stated commenting on Jolie’s efficiency. Jolie and her co-star Rosario Dawson’s accents had been so off the mark that, in response to IMBd, they gained a joint award for Worst Faux Accent: Feminine on the 2004 Stinkers Unhealthy Films Awards.
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Jodie Foster, elysium (2013)
Tristar Footage / Columbia Footage / By way of youtube.com Critics are confused concerning the accent Foster was utilizing within the movie, however agree that it was terrible. Peter Bradshaw from The Guardian wrote, “She has a imply British accent, however arrogantly switches to French to direct murmured endearments to her husband and kids.”
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Kevin Costner, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Photos from Warner Bros. / By way of youtube.com Costner’s English accent within the movie was unpolished and out and in of the movie.
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Brad Pitt, The Satan’s Personal (1997)
Columbia Footage / By way of youtube.com Brad Pitt’s Irish accent within the movie could be very unusual. However his fairly face was a very good distraction.
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