Fake Irish actors/characters

Beechwoodspark · 20-11-2018 11:11PM #1

So I was flicking through the channels and happened across a cringeworthy and overall crap sitcom (although not at all funny) on sky one called

The Reluctant Landlord

It really is p1ss poor. Also It features a terrible actress with an obviously fake Irish accent. I am guessing she is southern English(Kent or Sussex or some such) but open to correction.

Is this a new thing? The English trying to ape an Irish accent rather than employing an Irish actor?

Any other examples?

JustAYoungLad · 20-11-2018 11:19PM

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

So I was flicking through the channels and happened across a cringeworthy and overall crap sitcom (although not at all funny) on sky one called

The Reluctant Landlord

It really is p1ss poor. Also It features a terrible actress with an obviously fake Irish accent. I am guessing she is southern English(Kent or Sussex or some such) but open to correction.

Is this a new thing? The English trying to ape an Irish accent rather than employing an Irish actor?

Any other examples?

Whoa. Someone pretending to be someone else? Almost like theyre acting or something...

Noveight · 20-11-2018 11:23PM

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

The English trying to ape an Irish accent

Saoirse Rónan, basically.

0lddog · 20-11-2018 11:27PM

OP, do you mean people like Micheál Mac Liammóir ?

Guy:Incognito · 20-11-2018 11:29PM

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

It really is p1ss poor. Also It features a terrible actress with an obviously fake Irish accent. I am guessing she is southern English(Kent or Sussex or some such) but open to correction.

Ah yes, that notorious southern softie Yasmine Akram https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasmine_Akram

Harry Palmr · 20-11-2018 11:39PM

Daniel Day Lewis.

marcbrophy · 20-11-2018 11:54PM

Shay Cormac from the Assassin's Creed Rogue game always stood out as woeful to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBe6pRdpVh4

Your man's Canadian!

Gwynplaine · 20-11-2018 11:54PM

Aidan Gillen

AllForIt · 20-11-2018 11:57PM

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Daniel Day Lewis.

To be fair I think it is the Irish that attempt to claim him as one of 'ours'.

Roger Hassenforder · 20-11-2018 11:58PM

Have we been culturally appropriated?

21-11-2018 12:16AM

The girl that played the lead character in "blood" is English and you would never guess, her accent was excellent, I assumed she was Irish

YFlyer · 21-11-2018 12:17AM

Brad Pitt.

darlett · 21-11-2018 12:31AM

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Ah yes, that notorious southern softie Yasmine Akram https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasmine_Akram

Wow! Thats fairly embarrassing for the op!

Dominique McElligott in House of Cards.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers Henry VIII in the Tudors.
Cillian Murphy in Peaky Blinders.

Am i doing it right? All these featured english roles pretending to be Irish actors and actresses. Its a disgrace.

Jessie Belle · 21-11-2018 12:32AM

Fair city?

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 21-11-2018 12:43AM

I believe Tom Cruise in Far and Away is the current holder of the official all-tine worst Irish accent in cinematic history

StupidLikeAFox · 21-11-2018 12:47AM

Remember Sean Connery in the hunt for red October? Played a Russian army general with a full on Scottish accent

Wheety · 21-11-2018 12:48AM

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Ah yes, that notorious southern softie Yasmine Akram https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasmine_Akram

Guess the OP won't be back :-D

Zaph · 21-11-2018 12:56AM

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

I believe Tom Cruise in Far and Away is the current holder of the official all-tine worst Irish accent in cinematic history

Nah, Julia Roberts in Michael Collins has to take that title. Her accent was never from the same part of the country in two consecutive scenes. I believe she's even worse in Mary Reilly, but I haven't seen that.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 21-11-2018 01:28AM

Zaph wrote: »

Nah, Julia Roberts in Michael Collins has to take that title. Her accent was never from the same part of the country in two consecutive scenes. I believe she's even worse in Mary Reilly, but I haven't seen that.

I can accept that, but I didn't judge the competition!

zapitastas · 21-11-2018 01:34AM

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

I believe Tom Cruise in Far and Away is the current holder of the official all-tine worst Irish accent in cinematic history

Tom cruise actually had a decent irish accent but was made to opt for the stage Irish one for the movie.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 21-11-2018 01:37AM

The lad who played Escobar in Narcos probably has the worst accent in TV or cinema. He didn't even speak Spanish when they started making the show. It's like casting a German with poor English as Michael Collins.

Atoms for Peace · 21-11-2018 01:43AM

Peirce Brosnan's Irish accent is woeful.

gormdubhgorm · 21-11-2018 01:51AM

From the sons of anarchy about four years ago - Titus Welliver

gormdubhgorm · 21-11-2018 02:01AM

Atoms for Peace wrote: »

Peirce Brosnan's Irish accent is woeful.

He's from Meath....

Edit - I get it now

bodhrandude · 21-11-2018 02:18AM

darlett wrote: »

Wow! Thats fairly embarrassing for the op!

Dominique McElligott in House of Cards.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers Henry VIII in the Tudors.
Cillian Murphy in Peaky Blinders.

Am i doing it right? All these featured english roles pretending to be Irish actors and actresses. Its a disgrace.

Cillian Murphy is Irish, did you never see Ken Loach's The Wind the shakes the barley.

gormdubhgorm · 21-11-2018 02:22AM

bodhrandude wrote: »

Cillian Murphy is Irish, did you never see Ken Loach's The Wind the shakes the barley.

Oh I see in that wiki link the actress the OP is referring was a woman raised in Drogheda but born in the UAE...

FanadMan · 21-11-2018 03:44AM

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

So I was flicking through the channels and happened across a cringeworthy and overall crap sitcom (although not at all funny) on sky one called

The Reluctant Landlord

It really is p1ss poor. Also It features a terrible actress with an obviously fake Irish accent. I am guessing she is southern English(Kent or Sussex or some such) but open to correction.

Is this a new thing? The English trying to ape an Irish accent rather than employing an Irish actor?

Any other examples?

Aww bless! The poor young'un thinks this is something new

Larbre34 · 21-11-2018 03:54AM

StupidLikeAFox wrote: »

Remember Sean Connery in the hunt for red October? Played a Russian army general with a full on Scottish accent

Army General? Have you even seen THFRO?

Battleshtashions!

thesandeman · 21-11-2018 04:57AM

Sally O'Brien and the way she might look at ya.

She didn't need an accent.

Well she did for 'Allo 'Allo.

Cookie_Monster · 21-11-2018 05:00AM

Larbre34 wrote: »

Army General? Have you even seen THFRO?

and he was Lithuanian...

Tom Mann Centuria · 21-11-2018 07:42AM

bodhrandude wrote: »

Cillian Murphy is Irish, did you never see Ken Loach's The Wind the shakes the barley.

All of those Irish actors listed were playing English people. The poster was saying it isn't unusual for actors to use accents of other nations.

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