arsene york-hunt 1:51 Mon Aug 23
Worst British accents in films TV etc.
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Scotty in Star Trek Sounded like the nearest he'd been to Scotland was a bottle of Johnny Walker.
Marlon Brando as Fletcher Christian; An appalling performance even by his low standard, the accent like his acting was way over the top.
Charlie Hunnam In Green Street Hooligans. Worst cockney since Dike van Dyke
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Lily Hammer
1:56 Mon Aug 23
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Ray Winstone has played a few septics who sound like they spent some of their youth on the Chicken Run.
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Side of Ham
2:04 Mon Aug 23
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Daphne Moon's brother in Frasier, she was a broad spoken Manc and he played his role with a London accent and not a very good one either.
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13 Brentford Rd
2:06 Mon Aug 23
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The top WH boy in Green St!
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BRANDED
2:07 Mon Aug 23
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Don Cheadle Oceans Eleven
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqIw65PoIIU
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Lee Trundle
2:12 Mon Aug 23
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Keanu Reeves in Dracula.
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Wilko Johnson
2:14 Mon Aug 23
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Sean Bean in Essex Boys.
One that was bad but I found entertaining and funny was the Geordie Tim Healy playing a West Londoner in Boys From The Bush.
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oldtimer
2:14 Mon Aug 23
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How about Dick Van Dyke in "Mary Poppins.
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zebthecat
2:16 Mon Aug 23
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BRANDED 2:07 Mon Aug 23
That is the one that sprung to mind.
Absolutely atrocious.
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Joe C
2:18 Mon Aug 23
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American TV cop show called Castle - did an episode featuring a Geordie.
Hands down the worst attempt at any kind of accent - whatever the fuck it was, it wasn’t Geordie
https://youtu.be/Ei1DnFdJrww
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ironsofcanada
2:19 Mon Aug 23
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arsene york-hunt 1:51 Mon Aug 23
"Scotty in Star Trek Sounded like the nearest he'd been to Scotland was a bottle of Johnny Walker."
It might not be very good but he tried to go back to an Aberdeen accent he heard training in same barracks as Aberdeen soldiers here - ie. England - during WWII. It was shortly before he lost his finger on Juno Beach in Normandy.
But even the greats - not that Doohan was one - are really bad at times. Olivier in the 49th Parallel for instance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXTffkM-ME0
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Side of Ham
2:20 Mon Aug 23
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TBF my grandad used to go mad at the chumley warner type accents for cockneys in the 1930's/40's/50's films.....so the posh wankers could understand them........ :-)
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ironsofcanada
2:21 Mon Aug 23
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Joe C 2:18 Mon Aug 23
I like Castle and remember that, the funniest thing was they shoe-horned the character in in an ESL class.
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RBshorty
2:23 Mon Aug 23
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I would say Russell Crowe in Robin Hood. But he may thump me.!
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ironsofcanada
2:26 Mon Aug 23
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Sorry here is the exactly moment Olivier goes through about 3 different accents in one line. In 49th Parallel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXTffkM-ME0&t=1953s
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Joe C
2:26 Mon Aug 23
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ironsofcanada 2:21 Mon Aug 23
Yep, great show - other than that awful last series
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Mad Dog
2:29 Mon Aug 23
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Don Cheadle in oceans 11
The one off green street.
Sean connery got an Oscar for playing an Irish cop with a Scottish accent.
Ray Winstone's "russian" accent in black widow or his accent in departed. Not sure if it was supposed to be Irish or American. Either way it was shit
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Mad Dog
2:30 Mon Aug 23
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Kevin Costner gets a pass because he didn't even try to do a British accent in Robin Hood.
And a special mention to anyone that has a scouse accent.
Disgusting horrid nasal whiney fleghmy shit accent
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RBshorty
2:31 Mon Aug 23
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I seem to recall Anthony La Paglia (Another Antipodean) Murdering the Cockney accent in a episode of Frasier as Daphne’s brother.
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Long Lost
2:41 Mon Aug 23
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They should just be like Sean Connery and speak normally whatever the role.
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ironsofcanada
2:41 Mon Aug 23
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Joe C 2:26 Mon Aug 23
Agreed. The bad of American network television, you have to keep churning out a bunch of episodes even when all your half decent ideas are gone.
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