Tinear's thread below about the late Edward Woodward has set me thinking about actors who seem to able to do well in different - particularly foreign - accents.As a Brit, I've been very impressed by Gwyneth Paltrow in, say, Possession and Renée Zellweger in Bridget Jones's Diary and Miss Potter. 'Our' Damian Lewis seems convincingly American in 'Life' on TV - but what would I know?!
And, of course, Brits like Peggy Ashcroft and her classically trained ilk have done a wide range of British accents in their time. Helen Mirren, too, more recently.
Any others come to mind?
Edits: 11/17/09
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Topic - Convincing foreign - and other - accents - Bhasi 02:31:04 11/17/09 (27)
- Rose Byrne - Analog Scott 07:53:38 11/22/09 (0)
- The meerkat diaspora ... - Bhasi 00:59:03 11/19/09 (3)
- The accent is purposely exaggerated and clunky.... - afilado 08:43:05 11/19/09 (2)
- Is it offensive? - Bhasi 10:17:37 11/19/09 (1)
- Nah, not offensive...... - afilado 19:40:50 11/19/09 (0)
- An actor like John Malkovich is interesting because... - eppis1 21:56:49 11/17/09 (0)
- Tons of Brits do very convincing American accents... - Harmonia 17:29:40 11/17/09 (6)
- RE: Tons of Brits do very convincing American accents... - patrickU 12:39:36 11/19/09 (0)
- RE: Tons of Brits do very convincing American accents... - mishmashmusic 05:45:23 11/18/09 (1)
- RE: Renee Zellweger should not be left out.nr - patrickU 12:42:24 11/19/09 (0)
- Great mini-essay there ... - Bhasi 02:03:43 11/18/09 (0)
- Your mention of Paltrow and Texas brings to mind... - mpathus 22:52:29 11/17/09 (0)
- Very respectfully disagree. Hauer, as evidenced in the very, very - tinear 17:57:13 11/17/09 (0)
- DDLewis hasn't the cadence of any American native speaker. That's the problem: - tinear 08:15:53 11/17/09 (6)
- Too harsh re La Paltrow ... - Bhasi 13:20:00 11/17/09 (5)
- Are you a native speaker of "English" English? - tinear 18:48:59 11/17/09 (4)
- Without getting too ad hominem about this, tin, ... - Bhasi 01:51:42 11/18/09 (3)
- My cred is a bit different, having - tinear 08:04:32 11/18/09 (2)
- I don't disagree with a single point you make ... - Bhasi 09:03:06 11/18/09 (1)
- Johnny Depp "doing" English. Creeps me out, completely. nt - tinear 15:46:19 11/18/09 (0)
- RE: Convincing foreign - and other - accents - mpathus 06:29:45 11/17/09 (0)
- RE: Convincing foreign - and other - accents - patrickU 04:55:08 11/17/09 (4)
- Sorry, Pat, but it takes a native speaker to hear subtleties. From your written - tinear 18:50:19 11/17/09 (0)
- Any particular roles and accents? nt - Bhasi 08:14:21 11/17/09 (2)
- RE: Too many! nt - patrickU 08:30:30 11/17/09 (1)
- Well, thanks anyway. nt - Bhasi 13:21:27 11/17/09 (0)
- David Tennant as Doctor Who nt - dave c 04:53:16 11/17/09 (0)