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Most convincing non Irish actor in an Irish role.

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    #32
    Baggly
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    kupus wrote: »
    Veronica Guerin actress forget her name, I remember thinking the accent was pretty good.

    Cate Blanchett


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    #33
    MrWalsh
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    Surely Brad Pitts accent in Snatch wouldnt be considered to be Irish? It was a traveller accent, probably sounded terrible to a traveller. I wouldnt consider travellers to have Irish accents.

    I thought yer man in Braveheart who played the mad Irishman Stephen did a good Irish accent. "He wasnt right, in the head".


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    #34
    darkdubh
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    MrWalsh wrote: »
    Surely Brad Pitts accent in Snatch wouldnt be considered to be Irish? It was a traveller accent, probably sounded terrible to a traveller. I wouldnt consider travellers to have Irish accents.

    I thought yer man in Braveheart who played the mad Irishman Stephen did a good Irish accent. "He wasnt right, in the head".

    Yes,never knew that actor is Scottish.He also played an IRA man in Some Mothers Son,which brings us on to Helen Mirren in that film.


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    #35
    MrWalsh
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    darkdubh wrote: »
    Yes,never knew that actor is Scottish.He also played an IRA man in Some Mothers Son,which brings us on to Helen Mirren in that film.

    Sorry I should have said he was Scottish in my post.

    Id forgotten he was in Some Mothers Son - only watched that recently. Agree, Helen Mirren had a very natural accent in it.


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    #36
    [Deleted User]
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    It feels like Snatch was Brad Pitt's way for him to apologize and make up for his terrible attempt at an accent in Devil's Own. While inconsistent, his traveller accent was spot on.


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    #37
    MrWalsh
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    While inconsistent, his traveller accent was spot on.

    Id like to hear what a traveller thought of it.


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    #38
    Larbre34
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    MrWalsh wrote: »
    Id like to hear what a traveller thought of it.


    'Twas spot on Boss.


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    #39
    [Deleted User]
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    Didn't he spend some time on a halting site learning from them?


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    #40
    Larbre34
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    Hrududu wrote: »
    I'll never forget seeing the trailer for Evelyn in the cinema and breaking myself laughing at Pierce Brosnans accent. "Where's me dhhhhaughthhher?"

    fc,550x550,heather_grey.2.jpg


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    #41
    MrWalsh
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Didn't he spend some time on a halting site learning from them?

    Dunno, but it sounded quite different to say, Patrick from Love/Hate who is actually a traveller.

    I also dont know if there is a difference between the accent of a traveller who lives in Ireland and one who lives in England.


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    #42
    galljga1
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    Anybody in Darby O' Gill.


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    #43
    poeticmakaveli
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    Arnold Schwarzenegger in the terminator!!


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    #44
    poeticmakaveli
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    There was an episode in columbo called "the conspirators" where the main culprit is Irish and has committed a murder trying to do a deal with a man so he can smuggle guns back to Ireland to help with the IRA!I thought he was pretty good! I think he was English!


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    #45
    Arne_Saknussem
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    Agree with whoever said Brad Pitt's performance in Snatch was fun but his accent was all over the place and in no way convincing.

    He obviously tried hard though.

    Day-Lewis in In the Name of the Father was pretty good.


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    #46
    NachoBusiness
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    Will Poulter (fairly posh UK accent) is exceptional at an American accent, obviously, but I felt he was also very good at a thick Dublin one in Glassland.

    The person I was with when I seen it actually thought that he was an Irish actor.

    Can only find one line of it really, but it comes at the very end of this clip:


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d-IEi5C6Bg


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    #47
    xalot
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    James McEvoy in Inside I'm Dancing is a good Dublin accent.


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    #48
    quickbeam
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    James McAvoy in Inside I'm Dancing as already mentioned, but also Romola Garai in the same movie was also excellent.

    McAvoy's missus, Anne-Marie Duff in The Magdelene Sisters was excellent too.

    Paddy Consindine in In America already mentioned, but Samantha Morton, his wife in the film was also good.

    Kelly Macdonald (notoriously for her awful accent in Boardwalk Empire) did a great accent in Intermission.


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    #49
    Eugene Norman
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    NachoBusiness wrote: »
    Will Poulter (fairly posh UK accent) is exceptional at an American accent, obviously, but I felt he was also very good at a thick Dublin one in Glassland.

    The person I was with when I seen it actually thought that he was an Irish actor.

    Can only find one line of it really, but it comes at the very end of this clip:


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d-IEi5C6Bg

    That's excellent. I was waiting for a posh English guy to appear at the end and do a good Irish accent but it was the guy at the counter. The reason I thought he was Dublin before he spoke is because of his mannerisms and body language/deportment.

    The trend seems to be if they try to do an actual regional accent, it works.


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    #50
    lawred2
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    Into The Blue wrote: »
    Daniel day Lewis, my left foot
    Brad Pitt, snatch

    Brad Pitt was a pikey... I'm not sure that there was any mention of nationality

    Not that I can remember anyway


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    #51
    jones
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    lawred2 wrote: »
    Brad Pitt was a pikey... I'm not sure that there was any mention of nationality

    Not that I can remember anyway

    "Not quite Irish, not quite English" is how the film portrays it i believe


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    #52
    MrWalsh
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    lawred2 wrote: »
    Brad Pitt was a pikey... I'm not sure that there was any mention of nationality

    Not that I can remember anyway

    The term you used in the post above is offensive and considered to be racist.


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    #53
    Billy86
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    MrWalsh wrote: »
    The term you used in the post above is offensive and considered to be racist.
    Well to be fair, 'the pikey' is basically his pseudonym in the role. Haven't seen it in a few years, but if I recall Jason Statham and the rest call him that most of the time when he isn't around.


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    #54
    La_Gordy
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    NachoBusiness wrote: »
    Thought for a thick Glaswegian accented James McAvoy, he did alright in Inside I'm Dancing.

    I came onto this thread to post just that. I was convinced he was Irish for a long time.


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    #55
    FloatingVoter
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    MrWalsh wrote: »
    Id like to hear what a traveller thought of it.

    Meant to be incomprehensible, anybody who spent time in West Limerick or North Kerry would be well used to deciphering accents like the one Brad Pitt had. He went on a week long bender with members of the travelling community in London to nail it. Not the first and not the last to get wasted in the name of research.


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    #56
    ricero
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    Vinnie jones

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-KCItuNd3o


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    #57
    whereto now
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    What about Kevin spacey in Ordinary Decent Criminal (least I think thats what it was called ) I don't really remember it been bad so it musta been ok....


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    #58
    Todd Gack
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    whereto now wrote: »
    What about Kevin spacey in Ordinary Decent Criminal (least I think thats what it was called ) I don't really remember it been bad so it musta been ok....

    Watch it again, it's brutal


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    #59
    whereto now
    Registered Users Posts: 230 ✭✭whereto now


    Todd Gack wrote: »
    Watch it again, it's brutal

    Will do.... :)


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    #60
    fryup
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    it would have to be Trevor Howard as the priest in Ryan's Daughter, played it to a tee


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    #61
    MrWalsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,664 ✭✭✭MrWalsh


    Billy86 wrote: »
    Well to be fair, 'the pikey' is basically his pseudonym in the role. Haven't seen it in a few years, but if I recall Jason Statham and the rest call him that most of the time when he isn't around.

    Yes, as a derogatory term.

    The n word might also be used in movies but it doesn't mean we should be using it posting here!


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