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Worst Irish Accent in a fillum

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  • 30-06-2008 6:55am
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    tolosenc
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    Just watching the Jackal now. If people in the raa spoke like Richard Gere is right now, I dread to think how different Irish history may be today...
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    Xavi6
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    The worst is easily the shitehawk in that 'P.S. I Love You' bollox.


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    DublinWriter
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    obl wrote: »
    Just watching the Jackal now. If people in the raa spoke like Richard Gere is right now, I dread to think how different Irish history may be today...
    I saw this thread and that was the first filum that came to mind.

    What's-her-face in Micheal Collins comes a close second.


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    kowloon
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    Kevin Spacey in Ordinary Decent Criminal was pretty mixed up.


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    KTRIC
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    I can't believe no one mentioned Tom "didly-dildy oi" O'Cruise in Far and Away. I had to turn it off half way through because it was really embarrassing.


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    alkev
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    Mick Jagger in Ned Kelly


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    The_Conductor
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    Natasha McElhowen (or however you spell her name).
    That "Oirish" accent when she played the IRA gangster in Paris in "Ronin"......
    It was cringeworthy........

    On a similar note- in "Heroes" the episodes that were supposedly in Cork- and the accents once again........ arrrrgghhhhhhhhhh


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    Xavi6
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    Oh actually, has anyone watched 'Burn Notice'? Great show but the accent your one Fiona had in the first few episodes was horrendous. Luckily they've now pretty much dropped it.


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    c - 13
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    The crowd in sin city were pretty bad. Not the worst i've ever heard mind you ...


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    Karl Hungus
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    smccarrick wrote: »
    Natasha McElhowen (or however you spell her name).
    That "Oirish" accent when she played the IRA gangster in Paris in "Ronin"......
    It was cringeworthy........

    Hmm, I thought both herself and Jonathan Price did fairly well accent wise. Definitely not great, but nowhere near as bad as Tom Cruise or Gerard Butler.


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    Pherekydes
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    Colin Farrell in Alexander. :D


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    kowloon
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    Irish accents should be done by Irish people in Irish films.
    Alexander was just wrong.


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    Pherekydes
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    kowloon wrote: »
    Alexander was just wrong.

    On every level.


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    togster
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    Xavi6 wrote: »
    Oh actually, has anyone watched 'Burn Notice'? Great show but the accent your one Fiona had in the first few episodes was horrendous. Luckily they've now pretty much dropped it.

    I was just going to post that. Good show though


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    Karoma
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    Tom Cruise in Far and Away.
    Godawful accent in a godawful movie from a godawful gob****e.



    (Google: Did you mean: far and away tom cruise accident?)


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    Sherifu
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    Heroes did a fair hatchet job last season.


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    humanji
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    c - 13 wrote: »
    The crowd in sin city were pretty bad. Not the worst i've ever heard mind you ...
    Weren't they actually Irish actors as well?


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    GAAman
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    "The devils own" Bradley pitts "belfast" accent made it real hard to get into the film at all


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    c - 13
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    humanji wrote: »
    Weren't they actually Irish actors as well?

    Were they ? I never knew that. Maybe they were just overdoing it, plus the dialogue itself wouldn't have helped lend to the overall impression.


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    Hrududu
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    Irish accents should be done by Irish people in Irish films.
    Have you heard Pierce Brosnan's accent in Evelyn? Holy sh!te "Wheres me dhaughther?"


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    Aspiration
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    Sherifu wrote: »
    Heroes did a fair hatchet job last season.

    Ditto. Caitlin and Rocky in the Wandering Rock Pub in Cork... lol :rolleyes:


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    Steve_o
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    Yea Tom Cruise's accent in 'Far Away Home' is god awful, also Julia Roberts' accent in 'Michael Collins' was pretty sh*te...


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    Steve_o
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    Hrududu wrote: »
    Have you heard Pierce Brosnan's accent in Evelyn? Holy sh!te "Wheres me dhaughther?"

    Pierce Brosnan is a paradox, an Irish actor who has the worst Irish accent ever!!!


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    more tea vicar
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    What about stereotyped phrases they use in films, like ... "top of the morning tee yee" and talking about stuff like leprechauns, banshees, shillelaghs and the like.


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    My personal favourite is Tommy Lee Jones as Ryan Gerragggttthhyy in Blown away..hilarious

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWU_SteRfOI


    It's in there about 2 mins in,for anyone not familiar


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    Alun
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    The ones in the current series of Heroes are pretty dire.


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    JethroC
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    How's about the girlfriend of Chevy Chase's caddy in Caddyshack...f**king dire! :eek:


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    superfly
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    Alun wrote: »
    The ones in the current series of Heroes are pretty dire.

    i think 'Caitlin' was in an episode of CSI:NY the other night and she was doing the same **** accent


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    biko
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    Sean Connery in Untouchables. He doesn't even try.


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    Aspiration
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    superfly wrote: »
    i think 'Caitlin' was in an episode of CSI:NY the other night and she was doing the same **** accent

    Caitlin was dire but the "gardai" were worse!


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    barryfitz
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    Sean Connery in Darby O'Gill and the little people. That was a real didly eye film anyway but his accent was terrible :p


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