Retro Red Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 Simon Pegg is 49, the character was based on Pegg aged 29 (The artist Darick RobertsonĀ said he based Hughie's look on Tim from Spaced). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members chokeout Posted July 30, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted July 30, 2019 1 hour ago, Chest Rockwell said: Oh wow, that is damning, a comparison to Hunnam. It's nowhere near peak Hunnam. They should have just let him use his actual accent, him being British doesn't really add to the character and his kiwi accent would have worked fine.Ā I'm 4 episodes in and I'm liking it so far. Can see why Americans wouldn't like it, it's very anti corporation but never manages to go fully Robocop in its cynicism, which it would really benefit from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 8 hours ago, Chest Rockwell said: Oh wow, that is damning, a comparison to Hunnam. Itās distracting me the whole time. There have been loads of bad cockney accents in films and TV, butĀ Iāve never heard someone do a bad cockney accent the same way that Hunnam did it, until now. Itās baffling here, as well. Green Street was made for fuck all money really and they couldnāt afford a dialect coach, whereas The Boys has got some good wedge behind it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRooster Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 12 hours ago, Accident Prone said: I've read some more reviews on IMDB of The Boys, and a fair few folk are rating it very low due to all the (apparent) left-wing politics and anti-America sentiments, so I'll definitely be watching now. The trailer does Karl Urban's accent no favours though. Iāve just watched the first episode and while Karl Urbanās accentĀ isĀ definitely distracting I did enjoy the show. Itās worth trying.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle Posted July 30, 2019 Author Paid Members Share Posted July 30, 2019 Ā The worst cockney accent ever is Don Cheadle's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 No, it's Hunnam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Accident Prone Posted July 31, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted July 31, 2019 Green Street sets the budget tone from the get-go with the knock-off version of 'Down With The Sickness' in the first scene. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted July 31, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted July 31, 2019 10 hours ago, Bellenda Carlisle said: Ā The worst cockney accent ever is Don Cheadle's. Ā 9 hours ago, Keith Houchen said: No, it's Hunnam. Dick Van Dyke inĀ Mary Poppins, surely? The epitome of "What the fuck was that?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members chokeout Posted July 31, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted July 31, 2019 It's Hunnan. The least convincing British accent from a British actor of all time. Finished The Boys last night. It was enjoyable, not as edgy as it thinks it is, although the episode at the religious festival was intentionally trying to bait middle America. I really hope they try and push it a little more in the next series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted July 31, 2019 Moderators Share Posted July 31, 2019 It's definitely Hunnam. As a bonus check him out in Undeclared if you want to see him doing another different but equally terrible English accent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted July 31, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted July 31, 2019 American actors struggling to do an accent is one thing. But to be English and fuck up an English accent is just baffling. And heās done it numerous times now. So yeah, heās got to be the worst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 1 hour ago, Carbomb said: Dick Van Dyke inĀ Mary Poppins, surely? The epitome of "What the fuck was that?" Ah, but he also played the old man in charge of the bank and the accent was spot on, so it was a characterisation. Ā Plus Hunnam actually being English wins him the prize. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted July 31, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted July 31, 2019 3 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said: Ah, but he also played the old man in charge of the bank and the accent was spot on, so it was a characterisation. Ā Plus Hunnam actually being English wins him the prize. Yeah, that's a fair point. Hunnam has no excuse, whereas DVD around that time would likely have only been coached in standard RP, very little chance he'd have had all that much coaching in Cockney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members gmoney Posted July 31, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted July 31, 2019 37 minutes ago, Chest Rockwell said: It's definitely Hunnam. As a bonus check him out in Undeclared if you want to see him doing another different but equally terrible English accent. He ruined Undeclared. I watched the whole thing thinking "who the hell is this charmless yank doing this horrendous accent?" only to find out he was bloody English!Ā DVD in Mary Poppins might be a bit out there, but it's a great, magnetic performance.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Hunnam is the worst. Worse than thisĀ Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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