Bad movie accents

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Posleen Killer

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Was watching Ocean's Eleven last night and had to laugh at Don Cheadle's attempt at a cockney accent.

What's the worst accent you've heard?

I think it has to be a tie for both main actors in Highlander ....

Sean Connery as a Spaniard with a Scottish accent and Christopher Lambert as a Scotsman with a French accent, classic !
 
For me, without doubt, Mickey Rourke in A Prayer for the dying. Was supposed to be Northern Irish, started off there, wandered off to visit every county in the Republic, popped accross to Scotland on a couple of occasions, went completely unidentifiable, had a brief flirtation with what sounded South African - but by that stage could of been anything, before he obviously just gave up and went back to mumbled American.
 
There are terrible ones but by far and away the worst accent I have heard in my entire life is Justin Theroux's Irish accent in Charlies Angels 2. It's the funniest thing on celluloid.

If the simpsons make a movie then GrounRABkeeper Willie's Scottish would be the clear favourite.

Schooly
 
Just remembered Tom Cruise's Oirish accent in 'Far and Away', boyfriend at the time was Irish and got chucked out of the cinema cos he was laughing so much at it.
 
The majority of actors who try a Scottish accent are normally very bad. Liam Neeson and Jessica Lange in Rob Roy, Mel Gibson in Braveheart and quite possible worst of all Ryan Phillipe in Gosford Park !
 
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is chock full of weird and wonderful accents. Irish-German, Welsh-Egyptian, English-American, and Sean Connery.
 
Burt RenolRAB when he was playing an Irish man, i had my head in my hanRAB every time he spoke, truly awful. i think it might have been striptese but im not sure
 
Talking of distant past, what about all those old british films 30's and 40's, especially war films with "posh" actors trying to speak "common". Sorry but can't think of any specific films.
 
99% of American actors trying any sort of British accent. They get horribly confused and inevitably end up speaking Australian when trying to speak english (obviously to them english = cockney). They should just not attempt either Scottish or Irish because they just mix the three together and end up with no one understanding where they come from. Thank goodness they very rarely attempt welsh!
 
Agree about Mel Gibson in Braveheart and his poor attempt at a Scottish accent.

Also Keanu Reeves' attempts at English accents in both Dangerous Liasions and Dracula...:rolleyes:
 
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