Celebrities who put on a fake their accent 24/7

Hang on Now

Russel Brand & David Norris are the two who come to mind. Maybe they've faked their accents for so long, that they actually sound that way now.

I'm not quite sure what Russell Brand does, but I think it's that he exaggerates the accent, and raises the pitch of his voice. He does it in such a way, as if to give the impression that he's making a unique point about something... he always thinks he has an angle!

368100

John barrowman.....Scottish or U.S. ....grew up in Scotland so accent is fake. Comes out with some BS that he auto reverts to Scottish accent when talking to his family...he just uses whichever will be of more benefit to him at any time

splinter65

I don’t think D Norris’s accent is fake but Clare Daly went to a boarding school but gets clean away with her mock “howaya” tripe.
Graham Norton’s accent is totally unrealistic too.
Bono’s midatlantic twang is like everything else about U2, totally fake.

donegaLroad

Kenneth Branagh, born and bred in Belfast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwzKgB6n2lw

tupenny

donegaLroad wrote: »

Kenneth Branagh, born and bred in Belfast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwzKgB6n2lw

Ffs. Winner here

tupenny

Saoirse Ronan also

Richard Hillman

Lewis Hamilton
Andrew "Beef" Johnston

Both true blue American's.....from England.

BrianBoru00

tupenny wrote: »

Saoirse Ronan also

Sairse Ronan talks like a bogger. I can't fathom why people think she would fake that kind of an accent.

I know people who went on a J1 to the states and came back sounding like the kardashians.

I'm taking the Noel Gallagher stance on Bono

dok_golf

pierce brosnan

dok_golf

graeme mc dowell

PeterParker957

dok_golf wrote: »

graeme mc dowell

Not fake. He went to university in the US.

Victor

Just about every actor ...

Arghus

368100 wrote: »

John barrowman.....Scottish or U.S. ....grew up in Scotland so accent is fake. Comes out with some BS that he auto reverts to Scottish accent when talking to his family...he just uses whichever will be of more benefit to him at any time

He lived in Scotland until he was eight and then his family moved The States.

Mysterypunter

Danny Dyer

368100

Arghus wrote: »

He lived in Scotland until he was eight and then his family moved The States.

So?

Riddle101

I'd say some celebrities are encouraged to exaggerate their accents so they can be more appealing when on screen. On the other hand, maybe it's an acting thing. If you've trained as an actor and did voice lessons or theatre work then the actors are probably just used to talking in a certain style and they just adopted it for themselves.

An Ri rua

splinter65 wrote:

I don’t think D Norris’s accent is fake but Clare Daly went to a boarding school but gets clean away with her mock “howaya†tripe. Graham Norton’s accent is totally unrealistic too. Bono’s midatlantic twang is like everything else about U2, totally fake.

Bang on about David Norris and Clare Daly.

Arghus

368100 wrote: »

So?

You can hardly say he grew up in Scotland, when most of his formative years were spent somewhere else. I know people who lived in England until they were twelve or thirteen, but who speak now as adults with an Irish accent.

368100

Arghus wrote: »

You can hardly say he grew up in Scotland, when most of his formative years were spent somewhere else. I know people who lived in England until they were twelve or thirteen, but who speak now as adults with an Irish accent.

And as an opposite I know people who lived in England until 8 or 9 who moved here and still have an English accent.

Topic is fake accents....have you ever heard him switch from one to the other as easily as clicking his fIngers?

https://www.theguardian.com/media/audio/2008/jul/14/john.barrowman.alice.wignall

He basically admits the US accent is fake in this

Don Kiddick

donegaLroad wrote: »

Kenneth Branagh, born and bred in Belfast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwzKgB6n2lw

Born yes...bred no...moved to England at the age of 8 or 9

rightyabe

Nadine Coyle..

Grayson

I grew up in westmeath. I sound nothing like a local. It's not put on, it's just my accent. It's quite possible that people like Graham Norton are the same.

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BrianBoru00 wrote: »

Sairse Ronan talks like a bogger. I can't fathom why people think she would fake that kind of an accent.

I know people who went on a J1 to the states and came back sounding like the kardashians.

I'm taking the Noel Gallagher stance on Bono

Her accent is north side dub.

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368100 wrote: »

So?

So then his accent changed.


David Norris speaks like an upper class Irish Protestant. Norton’s accent is Irish Protestant too. Saoirse Ronan is a dub accent. Branagh went to school in England from age 9 and received RP training. RP is the name of the elite English accent.

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368100 wrote: »

And as an opposite I know people who lived in England until 8 or 9 who moved here and still have an English accent.

Topic is fake accents....have you ever heard him switch from one to the other as easily as clicking his fIngers?

https://www.theguardian.com/media/audio/2008/jul/14/john.barrowman.alice.wignall

He basically admits the US accent is fake in this

The English accent is harder to shake. In general if you move as a child you will change your accent.

Barrow man isn’t faking either accent. His natural accent is the American accent

Sonics2k

368100 wrote: »

And as an opposite I know people who lived in England until 8 or 9 who moved here and still have an English accent.

Topic is fake accents....have you ever heard him switch from one to the other as easily as clicking his fIngers?

https://www.theguardian.com/media/audio/2008/jul/14/john.barrowman.alice.wignall

He basically admits the US accent is fake in this

Nah, I moved to Ireland from England in 1993 and I have no trace of an English accent.

Accents are really weird how they work. One of my parents lived in England until she was about 8 and the rest in Scotland until her 20's and then moved to Ireland. She sounds really really English.

mr_edge_to_you

Saoirse Ronan’s accent switches between bogger and northsider according to phase of the moon.

Minderbinder

When you move to another country and they don’t understand you, do you expect them to change?

Not saying it excuses everyone but I think it’s very understandable that someone moving from Scotland or Ireland to America will have to adapt in order to be understood.

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mr_edge_to_you wrote: »

Saoirse Ronan’s accent switches between bogger and northsider according to phase of the moon.

Why would somebody fake that. Wonder if she grew up in co Carlow and Howth or something.

Achasanai

server down wrote: »

So then his accent changed.


David Norris speaks like an upper class Irish Protestant. Norton’s accent is Irish Protestant too. Saoirse Ronan is a dub accent. Branagh went to school in England from age 9 and received RP training. RP is the name of the elite English accent.

Is the Irish Protestant accent uniform throughout Ireland? Does an Irish Protestant in Cork have the same one as those in Mayo?

KellyXX

Minderbinder wrote: »

When you move to another country and they don’t understand you, do you expect them to change?

Not saying it excuses everyone but I think it’s very understandable that someone moving from Scotland or Ireland to America will have to adapt in order to be understood.

A million times this.
Try asking for a mountain dew in a shop in the states and see how long it takes you to change your accent.