Just did a rewatch of the series not too long ago. Every time she was on screen I just felt the cringe build knowing her lines were going to be brutal to listen to.
There was an episode of Walker, Texas Ranger where Chuck Norris went undercover as a Mexican migrant worker. He made no attempt at an accent whatsoever, speaking in his normal voice. They also put him in brown face.
Karl Urban as Butcher in The Boys, excruciating. they changed so many other characters around (including making Wee Hughie a six foot yank), should have just let him be a kiwi
you know what, you made me doubt myself here so i had a quick search and found various opinions including that the accent is shit on purpose as some kind of satire. thankfully this is bollocks:
It’s kind of the perfect storm because you have a British character, played by a New Zealand actor, written by American writers and in the first season I had a Canadian dialect coach. At the end of the first season I identified that there was certain elements of authenticity that could be improved, so I brought in Andrew Jack, who was one of the foremost, world-class dialogue coaches. I had first worked with him 20 years ago on Lord of the Rings. He came in and we significantly improved the specificity of the dialect and he was able to contribute more colloquialisms to give that character more authenticity and I was super excited about where we were going to go, but really tragically he was one of the first victims of the pandemic, he was working on The Batman and he passed
far be it from me to speak ill of the dead but it did not work
most of the actors in Narcos, they spoke Spanish alright, but not Colombian or even paisa.
Wagner Moura’s efforts are worth mentioning, his Spanish was pretty decent in the last episodes.
99.9% of Jamaican patois, including Apex Legends (ok, not a film but had to mention). One surprising exception: Brad Pitt in Meeting Joe Black - embarrassing yes, but surprising.
But don't forget My Cocaine in several of his movies butchering an American accent. I think it's hilatious that the two of them sort of mirror each other so perfectly in that regard. :)
I love how the rebuttal is "yes people do sound like that; and worse" and you're asserting the respondent missed the point by directly addressing your earlier statement fully.
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jaennaet@sopuli.xyz · 16 pts · 139d
Evil_Opossum@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 138d
I'd argue that Kendra was far worse!
lastunusedusername2@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 138d
First off, no accent in the Buffyverse is worse than Angelus' Irish.
Evil_Opossum@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 138d
I'm starting to think Buffy had some terrible accent choices cause my God you're right about that one too!
jaennaet@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 138d
Evil_Opossum@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 138d
Just did a rewatch of the series not too long ago. Every time she was on screen I just felt the cringe build knowing her lines were going to be brutal to listen to.
Taleya@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 138d
Excep for how to pronounce poof
argueswithidiots@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 138d
There was an episode of Walker, Texas Ranger where Chuck Norris went undercover as a Mexican migrant worker. He made no attempt at an accent whatsoever, speaking in his normal voice. They also put him in brown face.
That was pretty bad.
IcedRaktajino@startrek.website · 10 pts · 139d
kip@piefed.zip · 7 pts · 138d
Karl Urban as Butcher in The Boys, excruciating. they changed so many other characters around (including making Wee Hughie a six foot yank), should have just let him be a kiwi
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 138d
Is he not a Kiwi in the show?
kip@piefed.zip · 4 pts · 138d
you know what, you made me doubt myself here so i had a quick search and found various opinions including that the accent is shit on purpose as some kind of satire. thankfully this is bollocks:
https://hypebeast.com/2022/5/the-boys-karl-urban-hypebeast-season-3-billy-butcher
far be it from me to speak ill of the dead but it did not work
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 138d
Karl Urban was in lotr? Huh.
e8CArkcAuLE@piefed.social · 7 pts · 138d
most of the actors in Narcos, they spoke Spanish alright, but not Colombian or even paisa. Wagner Moura’s efforts are worth mentioning, his Spanish was pretty decent in the last episodes.
ghost@literature.cafe · 6 pts · 138d
99.9% of Jamaican patois, including Apex Legends (ok, not a film but had to mention). One surprising exception: Brad Pitt in Meeting Joe Black - embarrassing yes, but surprising.
Yore@fedinsfw.app · 5 pts · 138d
Dick van dyke in Mary poppins is the gold stsndard
daychilde@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 138d
But don't forget My Cocaine in several of his movies butchering an American accent. I think it's hilatious that the two of them sort of mirror each other so perfectly in that regard. :)
fox2263@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 138d
Daphne from Frasier
ThomasWilliams@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 138d
"I can tell from your accent you come from Manchester"
? But music hall cockney is supposed to be London....?
The Beatles come from Liverpool, that's basically just down the road.
RaoulDook@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 139d
I don't know if it's the worst I've ever heard, but Ted Lasso sounds like Foghorn Leghorn which is not really how anybody talks
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 138d
We literally have a US Senator that sounds even more cartoonish (John Kennedy of Louisiana).
Unfortunately, there really are people who talk even stupider than Ted Lasso in the US south.
RaoulDook@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 138d
You're missing the point entirely. I didn't say the accent was stupid - it is inaccurate.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 137d
I love how the rebuttal is "yes people do sound like that; and worse" and you're asserting the respondent missed the point by directly addressing your earlier statement fully.
Taleya@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 138d
Everyone trying to do Australian accents ever.
DragonAce@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 138d
Jessica Parker Kennedy's crappy French accent on Black Sails. It was excruciating to listen to every time she opened her mouth.
ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 137d
I didn't even notice the accent, I just heard angels singing every time she was on screen
tokeholdlaunch@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 138d
It would have to be a tie between Anna Paquin as Sookie Stackhouse in True Blood or Julia Garner as Ruth in Ozark
ohulancutash@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 138d
There was a guy supposed to be from Newcastle on Castle. He was unintelligible to the main cast, and nothing like a newcastle accent at all.
ollie@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 138d
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEpHswmkisQ