Best/Worst Irish accents on film/tv

El Siglo · 14-03-2010 02:29AM

Armin_Tamzarian wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5TEc1bSaNs

I think we have a winner! That was terrible so it was, what the hell was that? That's easily the worst accent I've ever heard.

JayeL · 14-03-2010 02:29AM

Kate Hudson did a very good southside Dublin accent in About Adam. Jon Voight in The General, as mentioned already. I think it's better if they're told to aim for a specific Irish accent rather than "generic". Jared Leto did ok in The Last of the High Kings too.

Too many bad ones to pick from, Kevin Spacey in Ordinary Decent Criminal kept veering from northern to Dublin to something unrecognisable. Brad Pitt in The Devil's Own was awful.

K-9 · 14-03-2010 02:31AM

magma69 wrote: »

Apparently the Irish accents are some the toughest to get right. Jon Voight in The General is perfect. Proper culchie guard accent.

Yeah, he did it brilliantly, his acting wasn't too bad either.

Everybody has mentioned the usual suspects I agree with, new release in at No.1.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Colin Farrell, he who has no excuses:

Watch the exclusive trailer for Neil Jordan's Ondine, starring Colin Farrell | Film | guardian.co.uk

filthymcnasty · 14-03-2010 02:40AM

K-9 wrote: »

Yeah, he did it brilliantly, his acting wasn't too bad either.

Everybody has mentioned the usual suspects I agree with, new release in at No.1.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Colin Farrell, he who has no excuses:

Watch the exclusive trailer for Neil Jordan's Ondine, starring Colin Farrell | Film | guardian.co.uk

yeah fair enough, but years ago when i seen Minority Report in the cinema didnt even know farrell was irish at the time, he'd got an american accent down fairly good (ish)

So is acting all about accents - a lot of comedians / my mates can do it too?!

K-9 · 14-03-2010 02:52AM

filthymcnasty wrote: »

yeah fair enough, but years ago when i seen Minority Report in the cinema didnt even know farrell was irish at the time, he'd got an american accent down fairly good (ish)

So is acting all about accents - a lot of comedians / my mates can do it too?!

Nope, look at Sean Connery.

tony1kenobi · 14-03-2010 02:53AM

Colin Farrell in any promotional work for any films he has featured in.

Glico Man · 14-03-2010 03:09AM

K-9 wrote: »

Nope, look at Sean Connery.

This seems to agree with you

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2003/jul/01/film.filmnews

Il Trap · 14-03-2010 03:24AM

Pierce Brosnan in Evelyn! Sad thing is he is Irish. 'Me Dauther!'

unreggd · 14-03-2010 03:53AM

The mad boyoz in Heroes

I love how Americans think a travellers accent is a Dublin accent :rolleyes:

K-9 · 14-03-2010 04:11AM

aaronh007 wrote: »

This seems to agree with you

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2003/jul/01/film.filmnews

Though it was bad, I remember it far more for being the longest death scene in a movie!

filthymcnasty · 14-03-2010 04:21AM

Anyone remember the irish bloke who used to be in the odd episode of Only Fools and Horses: 'brendan': 'Aaar derek hav ya any lawnmower engines for sale '! etc

Duggy747 · 14-03-2010 04:29AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GO-irf4ZP4

Po-tay-toes!

30txsbzmcu2k9w · 14-03-2010 04:35AM

Gwendolyn Vast Drivel wrote: »

You know when the Doc arrives in 1985 with his time-train and he's got his kids in the background as he's talking to Marty? I noticed the last time I watched it that one of them acts quite strange when the camera is on him. IIRC he makes a "show me the money" hand-gesture for no reason. I also read it mentioned in a tabloid newspaper the other day, so I know I didn't dream it. Look it up, y'all.

that kid is like something out of an Aphex Twin video

Armin_Tamzarian · 14-03-2010 12:29PM

El Siglo wrote: »

I think we have a winner! That was terrible so it was, what the hell was that? That's easily the worst accent I've ever heard.

Blown Away starring Tommy Lee Jones as an IRA bomber who has escaped from Castle-Grey prison.

Memorable quotes include

"I've come here to create a new country for you called chaos, and a new government called anarchy."

gagiteebo · 14-03-2010 01:01PM

mars bar wrote: »

That episode of CSI New York where they tried to speak Irish and have hurling. It got some pretty decent coverage on here!

Even the hurl in the bin looks fake!

Was it just me or is yer man Scotish?

Biggins · 14-03-2010 01:10PM

Worst ever?

Tom Crusie in Far and away.
It was also voted the worst ever by a TV poll.

The nutjob lays the accent on thicker than a drunken brickie and his trowel in a fit of madness.

perri winkles · 14-03-2010 01:14PM

What Irish movie was Richard Gere in... ?

ironictoaster · 14-03-2010 01:19PM

Biggins wrote: »

Worst ever?

Tom Crusie in Far and away.
It was also voted the worst ever by a TV poll.

The nutjob lays the accent on thicker than a drunken brickie and his trowel in a fit of madness.

Definitely, that empire poll is a load of crap.

Mars Bar · 14-03-2010 01:25PM

gagiteebo wrote: »

Was it just me or is yer man Scotish?

Exactly.

bazmaiden · 14-03-2010 01:34PM

Surely a Dub trying to do a Cork accent isn't too good...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn7AQe8SqVA

Calibos · 14-03-2010 01:56PM

perri winkles wrote: »

What Irish movie was Richard Gere in... ?

The remake of the Jackal

kraggy · 14-03-2010 03:10PM

mars bar wrote: »

That episode of CSI New York where they tried to speak Irish and have hurling. It got some pretty decent coverage on here!

Even the hurl in the bin looks fake!

That's a Scottish accent your man has.

Even though it's supposed to be Irish.

Pittens · 14-03-2010 03:20PM

that kid is like something out of an Aphex Twin video

No, he is being helpful. He is clearly directing the camera man to zoom in. Watch it again.

crushproof · 14-03-2010 03:24PM

gagiteebo wrote: »

Was it just me or is yer man Scotish?

Sure it could be shinty they're playing and speaking Scots-Gaelic :rolleyes:

Bottle_of_Smoke · 14-03-2010 04:24PM

John Voigt did a great Kerry accent in the General.

Cate Blanchett's was excellent in Veronica Guerin. If you didn't know her before that film it would never occur to you that she wasn't Irish.

Daniel Day Lewis and Pete Postlethwaite did amazing accents in In the Name of the Father.

Duggy747 · 14-03-2010 05:54PM

Pittens wrote: »

No, he is being helpful. He is clearly directing the camera man to zoom in. Watch it again.

That what I think his gesture is all about. It's one of the last scenes and I think he was given the oppertunity to signal the camera to pan in.

Dunno about him about pointing at his crotch, though. Maybe he was read y for his close-up? :pac:

Daniel Day-Lewis's accent has changed over the years, if you hear him talk normally you can tell the twang of Irish in his voice.

Teutorix · 14-03-2010 06:15PM

Bottle_of_Smoke wrote: »

Daniel Day Lewis and Pete Postlethwaite did amazing accents in In the Name of the Father.

He lives in wicklow and his father is irish. You should expect somebody like that to at least do a semi-convincing accent.

Chicken Run · 14-03-2010 06:29PM

O/T but none of the Youtube clips are coming up for me... I have "show pictures" enabled on my User CP an' everything.....

anyone ??

deman · 14-03-2010 06:31PM

magma69 wrote: »

Jon Voight in The General is perfect. Proper culchie guard accent.

Beat me to it. This has to be the best Irish accent done by a non-native.

Also Meryl Streep (Dancing at Lughnasa)does a very convincing accent.

Worst has to be Tom Cruise (Far and Away), Richard Gere (The Jackal) and Val Kilmer (The Ghost and the Darkness).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRm7gnx_uug

quickbeam · 14-03-2010 06:45PM

Best: James McAvoy in Inside I'm Dancing (all three leads were pretty good actually).

Worst: Gerard Butler in PS I Love You.

Both Scottish actors.

Best/Worst Irish accents on film/tv

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