Top Ten Bad Accents That Happened To Good People
How funny is this list?! Madonna made the list for her regular accent, not for one that she tried to perfect in a movie role. hhahahahahahah
The fact that Dick Van Dyke made the list has me in tears because my house is currently on a Mary Poppins role and I have to sit through that performance three times a day. It really is quite bad. I'm just surprised they thought to include him. The rest of the actors on OK! Magazine's top ten are much more recent pieces.
10: Elijah Wood in The Lord of the Rings
9: Gwyneth Paltrow in Sliding Doors
8: Ben Affleck in Shakespeare in Love
7: Kevin Costner in Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves
6: Madonna (For her mysterious real-life Britishisms)
5: Natalie Portman in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
4: Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins
3: Keanu Reeves in both Bram Stoker's Dracula and Much Ado About Nothing
2. Britney Spears for her batty behavior in early 2008
1. Scarlett Johansson in both The Girl With the Pearl Earring and The Prestige
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I didn't know Ben Affleck was in Shakespeare in Love. How did I miss that?
see, thats how bad it was you don't even remember...LOL he was and it was BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADDD.
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He played Ned who played Mercutio. lol I didn't notice it the first time I watched either, but I did the last time and was floored! And imagine me, just anguished to see Colin Firth playing that dispicable fiance! I just adore him but not that character he played! LOL
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LMAO. I'm going to have to go back and watch it now to see! That's like when Matt Damon was in Eurotrip...I was watching the credits and was thinking...."WHAT?!?! WHERE?!?!"...and had to go back thru and find him.
who was he in eurotrip???
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Yeah...he was the lead singer of the band...singing "Scotty Doesn't Know"...LMAO His head was shaved..and he was making out with Scotty's girlfriend!!!
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lol he played the guy in the band right?
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How about ScarJo in ANYTHING? Her regular SPEAKING/"acting" voice is a bad accent in itself. GOD.
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Why did I want to strangle her in Nanny Diaries?
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All that ho ever does is stare vacantly at something with her flycatcher mouth gaping open. I can do that shit. Pay ME some money, Hollywood.
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What are back accents. Did you mean BAD accents?
What about Tom Cruise's 'Irish' accent in 'Far and Away'. It was terrible!
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Ok, I like Kevin Costner but I think it's widely known that in all the movies he has been in, he has used the same monotonous voice and tone in every single one. LOL And OH!!! Leave Dick Van Dyke's accent alone!!! LOL I LOVED it!! So corny it was perfect for the character he played! I'm such a goofball and try to mimic him at home... drives the hubby and kids crazy!! LOL Now I feel like some Mary Poppins!! :)
Ok people talk about Madonna, but she's been living in England for goodness sakes AND her friggin HUSBAND is British. Of course she has a twinge of an accent and some coloquialisms (sp?). I visited North Carolina last weekend and spent about 30 minutes talking to a lady in Walmart and came out of there with a slight drawl. Luckily it cleared up faster than the mysterious rash i was getting some cream for, but it was there! It could happen to YOUUUUUUUUU.
i can't believe they forgot Drew Barrymore in Ever After!
she was painful, i walked out of that movie because i couldn't listen to haaaer spaykeeng loike thaaat
LOL Ooooh I know what you mean! It is AWEFUL. I can't believe Winona Ryder in Bram Stoker's Dracula didn't make it! I can hardly watch that movie because of her bad acting/accent...and for the record, I really like both of those actresses! :)
I would have to say #10 is SO wrong. Elijah Wood's accent is great in LOTR!!!!
He has a proper British Accent. OK! Mag is a bunch of wankers!!!
And what about Angelina Jolie in Alexander???
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omg lol
i read the title as top 10 bad ACCIDENTS instead of accents and this whole post and comments made no sence to me.......
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Bollocks! Elijah Wood was very good - quite English. Gwyneth was surprisingly goo with the English (London) accent. Costner was absolutely SHITE and lazy - no attempt at a British accent at all. Dick Van Dyke should be at number one ... the fact that it's still being talked about nearly 50 years after he made it means it was truly terrible! I should know - I'm British!
WOAH! You definitly missed one. It should have made number 1. Drew Barry Moore in "Ever After". That was the WORST accent ever!
How about Mischa Barton in...anything?
For the record, they digitally altereed Natalie Portman's accent in the Star Wars movie so that one doesn't really count.
What about Brad Pitt in Snatch? That was pretty horrible.
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OhmyGod, I loved him in that movie. LOL. Of course, I've never met a real..."english" gypsy...I think? But I thought he NAILED that part. Of course, they could sound completely different and I'd never know.
he was playing an Irish gypsy. And from the ones Ive talked to he was pretty spot on. Cant understand a word they're saying either
Dick Van Dyke is supposed to have a Cockney accent. It's supposed to show his status and how it's different from the kids and Mary Poppins. His accent was perfect for the character, not how you think every British person should sound.
ScarJo at no. 1? I'm guessing you're not English. Her accent in The Girl With the Pearl Earring was wonderful. It went down a notch in The Prestige, but still good.
Gwyneth Paltrow at 9? Once again, you're not British, are you?
lol worst accent ever has to go to brad pitt in seven years in tibet(1997) he tried to be austrian and .. well it didnt go over very well.. haha youtube it:P
I think the people here could've compiled a better list LOL These are great!
why orlando bloom is not on that list for Elizabethtown
I didn't like Leonardo di Caprios accent in Blood Diamond. Although I have no idea if it was good.
How about Tilda Swinton in Michael Clayton - still don't understand why she won the award for supporting actress in that movie. Her accent sounded annoying. Also Richard Gere in The Jackal - supposed to be Irish (?) accent? It comes & goes.
Hello, Scarface? Al Pacino?
Most retarded movie ever made, and the accent was fucking horrifying.
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I was thinking of Brad Pitt's terrible Irish accent in The Devil's Own. Richard Gere's was awful too in The Jackal.
Sorry but I have Brits in my family and BOTH Gwenny and Scarlett missed the mark. Brad's accent in 'Snatched' was actually pretty inventive.his accent in 7 years in Tibet was pretty good and the big thing is he maintained it throughtout the entire film. It was his accent in 'Troy' that was just weak and he couldn't maintain it.
how about leo dicaprio in Blood Diamond? Horrible, right?
HAHHAHAAH to the person that said orlando bloom did a bad accent!! he's british?!?!?!
or wait..was he trying to be American in the movie? yea, that sounds about right. forget I said that.
Elijah's accent in LOTR was very good indeed. I am English and notice flaws in accents when actors try and be British. He was very good. Sean Astin slipped up more times than Wood!
It's pretty ridiculous that they included Elijah on this list when I know any number of British people who assumed he was also British until they learned otherwise.
Now, his accent in "Oliver Twist", on the other hand, is cringe-worthy. Just shows what some good dialect coaching can accomplish.
You gotta be kidding, right? Elijah Wood's accent in LoTR fooled British people! Now if you wanna pick on him for his accent in Oliver Twist, I'll join you! Baaaaaaaddddd.
OK, am I just confused??? Because I thougt Casey Affleck was in Shakespeare in Love. But that can't be right. OH! I know, it was Ralph Fiennes' bro, Joseph. I knew it was somebodys' less famous brother.
They forgot Nicole Kidman in Cold Mountain.
They forgot Nick Cage in Conair, totally unneccesary-horrible
I was one of the few people who did not like Renee Zellweger's performance in Cold Mountain. She is in a different movie from her costars with that Beverly Hillbillies accent. But she won bec. she did'nt get it for Chicago.
lol, putting elijah wood on that list is just ridiculous. most stupid thing I've ever seen. he had a cute accent in LOTR! go elijah<3
im not being funny but im from the uk and i dont see a problem with half the accents on this list, elijah had me fooled in lotr!
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